http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/28/No_Gay_President_This_Time_David_Norris_Concedes_Defeat/
David Norris had led polls early in the race to become Ireland’s president, before he dropped out and then jumped back in amid a scandal. But the senator, who could have become the world’s first openly gay president, has conceded defeat today.
Early poll results show him finishing a distant fourth, and so Norris became the first candidate to congratulate Labor Party candidate Michael Higgins on what appears to be his win.