By Amy Sherman, Miami Herald

In Broward's state House District 92, two gay candidates -- Wilton Manors City Commissioner and lawyer Gary Resnick and first-time candidate and accountant Mark LaFontaine -- have already filed paperwork to open campaign accounts for the 2008 election.

And Wilton Manors Mayor Scott Newton, who is straight, said he'll run too.

All three are Democrats.

They'll run to replace term-limited Democratic Rep. Jack Seiler. He says he won't be endorsing anyone.

''This field will probably be five or six candidates and of the five or six candidates, five or six would have supported me over the years,'' Seiler said. ``I can't get in the middle of it.''

The district includes at least a part of Fort Lauderdale, Deerfield Beach, Lazy Lake, Oakland Park, Pompano Beach and Wilton Manors.

Gay candidates are nothing new in Wilton Manors, where a city race once included gossip about whether a candidate was gay enough. But the Florida Legislature has never had an openly gay legislator.

LaFontaine drew national attention a few years ago when he applied for a leadership position with the Boy Scouts of America, which doesn't allow gay members or gay troop leaders.