The transgender woman who won Vermont’s Democratic primary is now turning her sights on the November election and her upcoming political battle with the Republican incumbent. The transgender woman who won Vermont’s Democratic primary is now turning her sights on the November election and her upcoming political battle with the Republican incumbent. However, she recognises her position as the nation’s first openly transgender candidate to win a major party’s gubernatorial nomination. Ms Hallquist is a former electric company executive (AP)In the Republican primary, Mr Scott survived a bitter backlash from his base, which was upset that he signed gun control restrictions into law. Ms Hallquist, meanwhile, received a big boost from The Victory Fund, a political action committee which backs LGBTQ candidates.

Source: Irish Independent August 15, 2018 16:52 UTC