predecessor religion occupation nationality party office profession birth_date term_start residence article_title name partner
lorenzo langford roman catholic politician american republican mayor of atlantic city boy scout leader , mayor 1953 january 1 , 2014 atlantic city , new jersey don guardian
 don guardian louis fatato
don guardian

donald a. guardian -lrb- born 1953 -rrb- is the current mayor of atlantic city , new jersey .
he defeated incumbent democratic mayor lorenzo langford in the 2013 mayoral election to become the city 's first openly gay mayor and first republican mayor since 1990 .
he is a former executive with the boy scouts of america and headed atlantic city 's special improvement district for two decades prior to his election as mayor .
on january 19 , 2013 , guardian announced he was challenging mayor lorenzo langford .
he won the republican primary unopposed .
on november 5 , guardian beat mayor langford by a margin of 50 % to 47 % .
