SAN FRANCISCO - Health-care advocate and campaign manager of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi's Save Our Health Care campaign, Gary McCoy, announced his candidacy for the District 8 supervisor's seat in San Francisco on Tuesday.

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What we know:

The LGBTQ leader has been a resident of District 8, which includes the Castro , for nearly two decades. According to McCoy's news release, he currently resides in Twin Peaks with his husband.

McCoy has held leadership roles with the Alice B. Toklas LGBTQ Democratic Club as well as the Harvey Milk Democratic Club, his campaign said.

Along with Pelosi's endorsement, McCoy has garnered the support of several unions, including the National Union of Healthcare Workers, supervisors Matt Dorsey, Connie Chan, former supervisor and

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