While President Barack Obama may have only been inaugurated yesterday, the Victory Fund has already endorsed ten out candidates whose elections take place in 2009.

These endorsees include David Glasgow, who seeks to replace openly gay councilman Keith Durbin on the Nashville Davidson County Metro Council, and Coleman Prewitt, who is running for the Fort Lauderdale City Commission.

Learn more about the candidates below (clockwise from upper left).

Dan Anders – Judge, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

In the middle of Dan Anders’ 2007 campaign for the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell stepped in. When a vacancy arose on the court, Rendell appointed Anders to a seat on the court in the middle of his campaign. He has committed over 2000 of pro bon legal hours to LGBT causes, including the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

Joel Burns – Fort Worth City Council

Joel Burns’ victory in a December 2007 special election was inspiring for LGBT people nationwide. After anti-gay remarks made about him by a sitting city councilmember made headlines in the LGBT press, Burns’ dug in his heels and campaigned harder than ever. Furthermore, he called the moment his campaign’s “galvanizing” moment. “By the end of that day it was an amazing, wonderful just so reinvigorating and reassuring,” he said. “I had people I had never met in my life before walk through my campaign headquarters and say ‘how can I help?’ or say ‘here’s a check for a hundred dollars.’”

Christine Quinn – New York City Council

As the second-highest ranking elected official in America’s largest city, Christine Quinn has shattered barriers by taking on the role of Speaker of the New York City Council – the first woman and first gay person to serve do so. During her tenure as speaker, Quinn worked to pass laws and initiate policies in the areas of public safety, environmental protection, early childhood education, hunger and affordable housing.

Annise Parker – Mayor, Houston

Annise Parker has blazed trails for LGBT politicians in Texas for more than a decade. She now serves as Houston’s city controller, making her the second highest-ranking official in the city. Having been elected citywide six times, she is a political veteran – but she still has higher to climb in Texas politics. The Victory Fund will support her if she chooses to run for mayor of Houston.

Patrick Wojahn – College Park, Md. City Council

In 2007, Patrick Wojahn won a seat on the College Park City Council with 37 percent of the vote, making the first-time candidate the top vote-getter. Since his election, Wojahn lobbied the city council and the mayor to approve a letter in support of marriage equality in Maryland. College Park is only the fourth city in the state to officially support marriage equality.

Coleman Prewitt – Fort Lauderdale City Commission

Last year, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle received wide media coverage for his remarks stating that the city of Fort Lauderdale needed to buy single-occupancy toilets to reduce gay sex. He also opposed a plan to put a collection of gay and lesbian literature in a local public library. Coleman’s leadership in the local LGBT community will help ensure the LGBT community’s rights have a voice in the city. He is also involved in the Dolphin Democrats (Broward County’s gay Democratic group), the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of South Florida, Lambda Legal and the Gay and Lesbian Business Exchange.

David Glasgow – Nashville Davidson County Metro Council

In 2008, Keith Durbin made history as the first openly gay man to win an election in Tennessee. Now that Durbin has vacated his seat on the Nashville Davidson County Metro Council for a position with the mayor’s office, David Glasgow has risen to the challenge to assume Durbin’s seat on the Council. He is a board member and former chair of Artrageous, Inc., an annual event geared to raise thousands of dollars for Nashville CARES, a local HIV/AIDS service organization.

Henry Lo – Rosemead, CA City Council

Having first won a seat on the Garvey School District Board of Education in 2003, Henry has emerged as a bold leader in the San Gabriel Valley, particularly for the LGBT and Asian American and Pacific islander communities. This past year, Lo worked with the Asian American community to oppose Proposition 8. After participating in press conferences and other outreach efforts, Lo received threats of removal from his school board post.

Lynn Schulman – New York City Council

A candidate for New York City Council, Lynn has been campaigning for nearly two years. In that time, she has amassed a core group of knowledgeable consultants and secured the endorsements of Sen. Thomas Duane and current New York City Councilmember Rosie Mendez, both of whom are openly gay.

Dan Miller – Harrisburg, Penn. Controller

Dan Miller is not only a sitting member of the Harrisburg, Pa. City Council, he is also a small business owner, a previous Victory Fund endorsee and an elected delegate for Barack Obama at the 2008 Democratic National Convention. During his tenure on the City Council, Dan led the body to unanimously pass a domestic partnership registry.