SEX AND THE CITY ACTRESS, CYNTHIA NIXON SETS TO RUN FOR NEW YORK GOVERNORSHIP

Nixon took to Twitter on Monday to offer the unexpected announcement, writing, “I love New York, and today I’m announcing my candidacy for governor.” In a video accompanying the tweet, Nixon explains she is a lifelong New Yorker who’s never wanted to live elsewhere, but sees the gap in resources divided among the city as unacceptable: “How did we let this happen?”

“I love New York. I’ve never wanted to live anywhere else, but something has to change. We want our government to work again– on health care, ending mass incarceration [and] fixing our broken subway. We are sick of politicians who care more about headlines and power than they do about us… It can’t just be business as usual anymore. If we’re going to get at the root problem of inequity we have to turn the system upside down.”

If elected, Ms. Nixon would become the first female governor in New York state as well as the first openly gay governor in New York history. To learn more about her plans if elected, head to her official campaign site.