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A candidate in Utah blazes a trail just by being herself

If Snow wins her long-shot bid, she would be the first openly transgender member of the U.S. Senate

DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE Misty Snow had just finished a television interview in Salt Lake City when the reporter holding the microphone bade her farewell. “Thank you, sir,” he said on Aug. 23, before correcting himself with a nervous laugh: “Ma’am.” Snow, the first openly transgender candidate running as a major party’s nominee for the U.S. Senate, didn’t let the slipup faze her. It happens from time to time, an accident rather

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