articleHealth-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. New candidate emergesWhat we know:The LGBTQ leader has been a resident of District 8, which includes the Castro, for nearly two decades. "Gary is well prepared to help San Francisco address key challenges – jobs, affordability, housing and health care. "San Francisco needs leaders who aren't afraid to stand up for what’s right, cut through bureaucracy and get things done," said McCoy. Other candidatesThe outgoing Supervisor, Rafael Mandelman, who is also the board of supervisors' president, has endorsed another candidate, café owner Manny Yekutiel.