Ken Reeves has served on the Cambridge City Council since 1989. From 1992 to 1995 he was Mayor of Cambridge, and holds the distinction of being the first African-American to hold a mayoral position in Massachusetts, as well as being the first openly gay African-American to lead a city in the United States. He is a ten year veteran of Cambridge's city council, a two time mayor and perhaps the most outspoken politician in an electoral system that usually breeds backslapping and number two vote trading instead of dissent.