Six Transgender and Nonbinary Candidates Achieve Historic Wins in State Legislatures
Six transgender and nonbinary candidates have made history by winning legislative races in states that have never before elected an openly trans person to their legislature. These victories are projected by Decision Desk HQ. Bentley Hudgins will be Georgia’s first nonbinary and first Japanese-American lawmaker, winning State House District 90. Joanna Whaley will be the first trans person elected to Michigan’s state legislature, securing House District 2. Allison Montgomery will be Alabama’s first trans lawmaker, winning State House District 25. Jaelynn Scott will be Washington’s first trans state lawmaker and the first out Black trans state lawmaker elected in the country, winning State House District 37. Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford will be the first trans person elected to the Wisconsin state legislature, winning State House District 76. Additionally, Quinnie Perez is projected to win a seat on the Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District, making her the first trans woman ever elected in Flori...