LOS ANGELES: Two transgender women have been selected by primary voters in Utah and Colorado to run for the US Congress in November. Democrats Misty Snow and Misty Plowright would make history if elected. Snow, 30, a grocery store clerk, is running for the Senate while Plowright, 33, an army veteran, is running for the House of Representatives. Snow is the first transgender candidate of a major party to run for the Senate.

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