Danica Roem is being projected to win election to Virginia’s state senate and in doing so will become the commonwealth’s first openly transgender state senator.
Transgender Democrat Danica Roem has created political history again, six years after becoming the nation’s first openly transgender state lawmaker. Roem, 39, is projected to win election to Virginia’s state Senate and in doing so will become the commonwealth’s first openly transgender state senator, according to preliminary results.
DEMOCRATS SAY VA ELECTION 'LOST THE ELECTABILITY ARGUMENT' FOR POTENTIAL YOUNGKIN PRESIDENTIAL RUN 'The voters have shown they want a leader who will prioritize fixing roads, feeding kids, and protecting our land instead of stigmatizing trans kids or taking away our civil rights,' Roem wrote in a statement posted to X, formerly known as Twitter.
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