Vermont Democrat Christine Hallquist Is First Transgender Nominee For Governor

Updated at 12:30 a.m. ET

Vermont voters made history on Tuesday as Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman, won the Democratic primary for governor.

Hallquist, who will now face Vermont Republican Gov. Phil Scott in the general election, becomes the first openly transgender person to ever win a major party’s nomination for governor in U.S. history. If she wins in November, she’d be the nation’s first transgender governor.