Two transgender candidates make US history by winning major party primaries
Both candidates face an uphill battle this coming November
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Your support makes all the difference.Transgender candidates won primaries in both Utah and Colorado on Tuesday night.
Misty K Snow, 30, made US history by becoming the first transgender candidate for the Utah Senate. "A lot of people told me whether I win or lose, I'm already making a difference just by running,” Snow recently told The Salt Lake Tribune.
Snow, who works as a grocery store clerk, will now face tea party favorite Senator Mike Lee, a Republican ally to Texas Senator Ted Cruz, this coming November.
Meanwhile, Misty Plowright, a 33-year-old former IT worker also won her primary in Colorado, and will face Representative Doug Lamborn. She earned more than 13,000 votes compared to her opponent’s 9,600 plus votes.
“I’m not a professional politician," Plowright recently told The Denver Post. "I know what it’s like to struggle, and I know what it’s like to actually work. That just doesn’t exist in most of our elected representatives."