Transgender women win primaries in Utah and Colorado

In what marks a major first in American politics, two transgender women have won Democratic primaries, and will now be running for Congress. Coincidentally, both women are named Misty. In Utah, Misty K. Snow won, and will be running against Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). Misty Plowright won in Colorado's 5th congressional district, which Politico reports is "the most conservative in the state," and will challenge Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Colo.).
Both women won their respective primary races by sizable margins, too. Snow, a grocery clerk, won by a margin of 20 percentage points, while Plowright, who works in IT, won by 3,400 votes.
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