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In 2018, Christine Hallquist was the 1st out trans woman to run for governor for a major party. Hallquist won the Vermont Democratic race, beating FOUR other candidates. She lost to popular incumbent GOP Gov. Scott 55-40, but Hallquist's was an historic race in the US.
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In 2018, Christine Hallquist was the 1st out trans woman to run for governor for a major party. Hallquist won the Vermont Democratic race, beating FOUR other candidates. She lost to popular incumbent GOP Gov. Scott 55-40, but Hallquist's was an historic race in the US.
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For a decade, Hallquist had been the CEO of an electric company prior to running for governor, so she had defining executive experience. Also, Vermont is the 2nd least populous state in the US with only 625k people and the whitest. So a small, homogenous demographic.
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California is the most populous and most diverse state: 40M people, only 36% white. Caitlyn Jenner has no executive experience and little actual job experience. She was an Olympian in 1976 and a reality TV star for 15yrs due largely to her wife and stepdaughters' celebrity.
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