--- title: Two Trans Women Make Political History with Primary Wins description: Misty Snow and Misty Plowright will campaign as Democrats for Congressional seats in Utah and Colorado, against Republican opponents. canonical: https://time.com/4388255/two-trans-women-make-political-history/ author: IDEAS Desk article:opinion: true article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-29T19:39:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T22:56:36.626Z article:section: Ideas og:title: Two Trans Women Make Political History og:description: Two Democrats named Misty will campaign for Congress against Republicans og:url: https://time.com/4388255/two-trans-women-make-political-history/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e40dfb449fb224a/69889a1aab6d775c876aa44c/gettyimages-92230858.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Gay Pride and American flags og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Two Trans Women Make Political History twitter:description: Two Democrats named Misty will campaign for Congress against Republicans twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e40dfb449fb224a/69889a1aab6d775c876aa44c/gettyimages-92230858.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Two Trans Women Make Political History by [IDEAS Desk](https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Jun 29, 2016 7:39 PM UTC  OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERA OLYMPUS DIGITAL CAMERADavid Becker—Getty Images/iStockphoto by [IDEAS Desk](https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/) ## IDEAS Desk Jun 29, 2016 7:39 PM UTC In November, two transgender women will run for Congress as Democrats. In Utah, 30-year-old grocery store clerk Misty Snow, who worked her shifts while campaigning, will run for a Senate seat against incumbent Tea Party Republican Mike Lee, who has served in his position since 2011\. In 2013, he [voted](http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013/11/senate-republicans-lgbt-discrimination-employment-transgender-gay) against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would have worked to stop LGBT discrimination from continuing in the workplace. Snow is the first transgender nominee from a major party to run for a Senate seat. [According to](http://www.sltrib.com/home/4060147-155/us-senate-misty-k-snow-takes) the Salt Lake _Tribune_, she “has given scant attention her potentially historic status” and has “repeatedly called \[Lee\] ‘loathsome.’” Utah has not elected a Democratic Senator since 1977. In Colorado, 33-year-old IT professional Misty Plowright, who also continued working while campaigning with the slogan “Let’s Plowright into Congress,” will run to represent the fifth congressional district. [According to](http://gazette.com/convincing-win-puts-lamborn-on-track-for-sixth-term-in-congress/article/1579203) the Colorado Springs _Gazette_, “No Democrat has ever been elected to represent the 5th Congressional District.” She will face incumbent Representative Doug Lamborn, [who did not vote for](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/gop-lgbt-executive-order%5Fus%5F5723acd7e4b01a5ebde596da) President Barack Obama’s executive action to stop federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees in April. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"OpinionNewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4388255/two-trans-women-make-political-history/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4388255/two-trans-women-make-political-history/"},"headline":"Two Trans Women Make Political History","datePublished":"2016-06-29T19:39:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T22:56:36.626Z","description":"Two Democrats named Misty will campaign against Republicans","url":"https://time.com/4388255/two-trans-women-make-political-history/","keywords":["politics","LGBT","Transgender"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e40dfb449fb224a/69889a1aab6d775c876aa44c/gettyimages-92230858.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"IDEAS Desk","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ideas-desk/"}],"articleSection":"Ideas","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3e40dfb449fb224a/69889a1aab6d775c876aa44c/gettyimages-92230858.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Gay Pride and American flags","caption":"Gay Pride and American flags","creditText":"David Becker—Getty Images/iStockphoto","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/ideas/","name":"Ideas"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/politics/","name":"politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4388255/two-trans-women-make-political-history/","name":"Two Trans Women Make Political History"}}]}] ```