Misty Kathrine Snow (born July 19, 1985)[1] is an American political candidate who was one of the first openly transgender people in the United States to have been nominated by a major political party for a federal office.[2][3] Snow was the Democratic nominee in the 2016 United States Senate election in Utah. This also made her the first transgender person to become a nominee for the United States Senate as well as the first LGBT person to be a major-party nominee for statewide office in Utah.[4][5]
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| Born | July 19, 1985 Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
Early life edit
Snow was born in 1985 in Salt Lake City and has lived in Salt Lake County, Utah for her entire life. She worked in a grocery store and comes from a working-class family.[6] She was raised as a Latter-Day Saint, but as she grew up, she left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[7][8] She is the daughter of Linda Pace and the eldest of four children.[9][10]
Career edit
Snow was the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party primary for the U.S. Senate.[11] She won the Democratic primary, defeating fellow Democrat Jonathan Swinton 59.5% to 40.5%.[12]
On November 8, 2016, with 27% of the vote, Snow lost her Senate bid to Republican incumbent Mike Lee, who received 68% of the vote.[13]
Political positions edit
Snow is a progressive and self-described Bernie Sanders-like Democrat. Policy priorities include increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, paid maternity leave, expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, clean energy, and LGBT nondiscrimination efforts.[14]
U.S. House race edit
On April 13, 2017, Snow formally announced her run against Chris Stewart, the Republican incumbent representative for Utah's 2nd congressional district.[15] She dropped out of the race in March 2018, and the Democratic candidate was instead Shireen Ghorbani.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Scheer, Robert (October 9, 2016). "Misty K. Snow, the First Major-Party Transgender Nominee for U.S. Senate". The Huffington Post. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Signorile, Michelangelo (July 10, 2016). "The First Trans U.S. Senate Candidate Is Already Making History". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on September 15, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ Phillips, Amber (June 29, 2016). "Two transgender candidates — both named Misty — just made history by winning primaries". Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 22, 2017. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "Two transgender candidates named Misty nominated in Colorado, Utah primaries". FOXNews.com. FOX News Network. June 29, 2016. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^ Canham, Matt (June 28, 2016). "Utah's Misty Snow makes history as Democrats' transgender Senate nominee". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 1, 2016.
- ^ "Bio". Misty K. Snow for U.S. Senate. Archived from the original on October 23, 2016. Retrieved October 22, 2016.
- ^ Greene, David. "Misty Snow Aims To Be The Nation's First Transgender Senator". npr.org. KUER 90.1. Archived from the original on January 1, 2018. Retrieved January 1, 2018.
Snow: You know, I was raised LDS myself so I kind of know that culture. Most of my family's LDS. A lot of my friends are LDS. ... I didn't, like, have a lot of support to transition when I was younger, so I ended up doing it kind of more, like, a more - like, over the last few years. ... Yeah. When I was, like (unintelligible) I didn't have support from my mother to transition and, you know, so I put that off for a long time.
- ^ As seen on Chelsea, Chelsea Handler's Netflix show, season 1, "Whoa, I'm a Pop Star"
- ^ "Meet Misty K. Snow, the Nation's First Major-Party Transgender Candidate for U.S. Senate". PEOPLE.com. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ "Misty K. Snow running for Senate as a progressive who just happens to be transgender". The Salt Lake Tribune. Archived from the original on November 5, 2018. Retrieved November 5, 2018.
- ^ Maria L La Ganga in Denver (July 4, 2016). "Transgender nominee for Congress: 'It's about damn time' politics got inclusive | Society". The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 14, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
- ^ "Utah Senate Races Results". Politico. September 27, 2016. Archived from the original on November 7, 2016. Retrieved November 6, 2016.
- ^ "Utah statewide federal results". Utah Secretary of State. Archived from the original on February 25, 2017. Retrieved July 31, 2017.
- ^ Brighe, Mari (June 30, 2016). "Meet the Woman Who Could Become the First Out Trans U.S. Senator". ADVOCATE. Here Media Inc. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
- ^ Bowden, John (April 13, 2017). "Transgender candidate Misty Snow announces House bid in Utah". The Hill. NEWS COMMUNICATIONS, INC. Archived from the original on October 9, 2021. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
External links edit
Media related to Misty Snow at Wikimedia Commons