Gubernatorial candidates Maura Healey and Tina Kotek are no strangers to political firsts. In 2009, Healey, who is now the Massachusetts Attorney General, led the nation’s first successful challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, a 1996 law that prohibited federal recognition of same-sex marriages. In 2014 she broke barriers again, becoming the nation’s first out-lesbian elected state attorney general. Nearly 3,000 miles west, Kotek became the country’s first out-lesbian speaker of a state House of Representatives in 2013. She made history again by becoming Oregon’s longest-serving House speaker, before stepping down in January to run for governor. This coming Election Day, these lesbian trailblazers could shatter glass ceilings once more, simultaneously becoming the first out lesbians ever elected governor in the United States. To achieve that, Healey, a Democrat, will have to get past Republican Geoff Diehl, a former state representative endorsed by former President Donald Trump. If Healy wins, she’ll also become her state’s first elected female governor. For Kotek, who is also a Democrat, the odds are less promising. She not only faces Republican Christine Drazan, the former minority leader of the Oregon House but also a third-party candidate, Betsy Johnson, who recent polling suggests is dividing Democratic voters. #politics
One Of These Women Could Be The US’s First Lesbian Governor
- Jeff Oliverio
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