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Two Trans Women Become First to Win Major-Party Congressional Primaries

HeadlineJun 30, 2016

Two transgender women have been nominated by Democratic primary voters in Utah and Colorado to challenge Republican incumbents for their congressional seats in November. Thirty-year-old Misty Snow of Utah and 33-year-old Misty Plowright of Colorado are the nation’s first openly transgender candidates to win a major-party congressional primary in U.S. history.

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