This summer, Christine Hallquist, a former utility executive from Vermont, took advice from Danica Rome, a Virginia state delegate who became the first transgender person elected to legislature in her state. Hallquist is transgender too, but Roem’s advice had very little to do with gender identity. Her advice was about campaign strategies, and how to really connect with people. “Try a light, rhythmic knock. Leave a handwritten note with campaign literature if no one is home. Try to earn every vote.”
“I have so much to learn,”Hallquist said when asked about the advice given to her. On Tuesday, those lessons finally paid off. Hallquist, a Democrat, made history of her own by becoming the first transgender candidate to be nominated for a governorship by a major party, beating out three other candidates in Vermont’s Democratic primary.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/14/us/politics/christine-hallquist-vermont.html
