trans candidates (after the November 2026 general election)

In the Nov 3 election good news, I saw that multiple trans women (and nonbinary Bentley Hudgins) had won (re-)election, but it wasn't until Sat Nov 7 that I saw a FB post flagging "trans masc, two-spirit, and non-binary folks" who had won (re-)election. Googling them, almost all of them had won RE-election, as opposed to most of the news I'd seen had been about first-time election winners, so it makes some sense that they weren't getting as much press -- but it did make me curious to go back to my post about trans candidates this general election and see both who had won/lost and who I had missed.

(Some of the very local elections I struggled to find results for, so I linked to FB posts or local election results webpages. I also got some new-to-me candidates from The 19th's "These trans and nonbinary candidates just made history" -- the top hit when I Googled "trans men election wins" ... though the title is a bit odd, since some of the listed candidates lost in the general election.)

Alabama

won election [missing from my initial list] Allison Montgomery, Alabama House of Representative, State House District 25 -- trans woman [Ballotpedia]

Arizona

won re-election [missing from my initial list] Lorena Austin, Arizona House of Representatives, 9th legislative district -- "nonbinary and Chicane" per Wikipedia, they/them per their website [Ballotpedia]

lost election? (I think there were 2 at-large seats and she got the fewest votes of the 3 candidates) | Paul Bixler, LESD #25 Governing Board, Liberty Elementary School District #25 -- white trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

lost election [missing from my initial list] Aiden Swallow, Arizona House of Representatives District 19 -- trans woman [Ballotpedia]

Colorado

won election | Alexis Hoffkling, Colorado House of Representatives, District 23 -- white queer trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Delaware

won re-election | Sarah McBride, U.S. House of Representatives, DE-At Large -- running for re-election -- white queer trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

won re-election [missing from my initial list] DeShanna Neal, Delaware House of Representatives, District 13 -- Black. Queer. they/them [Ballotpedia] -- ran unopposed

I am mostly not adding commentary about candidates (that feels like too much), but in Googling various candidates, I learned

Neal uses they/them pronouns and is a mother of 4 children, including two transgender daughters, Trinity and Hyperion, who is the subject of their book "My Rainbow".

and that picturebook is so good!

Florida

won election | Quinnie Perez, Orange County Soil and Water Conservation District Seat 1 -- Latinx/Hispanic pansexual trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Georgia

lost election | Bella Bautista, Georgia House of Representatives, District 14 -- Latina trans woman [Ballotpedia]

won election | Bentley Hudgins, Georgia House of Representatives, District 90 -- Multiracial, Genderqueer/Non-Binary, Queer, They/Them [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Illinois

won election | Precious Brady-Davis, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Board of Commissioners -- Multiracial queer trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Iowa

won election | V Fixmer-Oraiz, Johnson County Board of Supervisors, District 4 -- Multiracial, Genderqueer/Non-Binary, Queer, They/Them [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

won election | Aime Wichtendahl, Iowa House of Representatives, District 80 -- white bisexual tran woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia] -- ran unopposed

Kansas

won (re-)election [missing from my initial post and added to this post belatedly] Abi Boatman, Kansas House of Representatives, 86th district -- white pansexual she/her trans woman [Victory Fund, Wikipedia]

lost election [missing from my initial list] Bobby Robertson, Kansas House of Representatives, District 73 -- trans woman [Ballotpedia]

lost election [missing from my initial list] Avery Rowland, Kansas House of Representatives, District 2 -- trans woman [Ballotpedia]

Kentucky

lost election | Serenity Johnson, Radcliff City Council -- white bisexual trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Maryland

[also edited to add] lost election | Ly Xīnzhèn Brown, Maryland House of Delegates, District 7A -- "queer, and nonbinary/transmasculine Chinese American" per Wikipedia [Ballotpedia]

[oops, I had missed that she had failed to advance from the June primary] Josie Caballero, Montgomery County Council, At-Large -- Latinx/Hispanic bisexual trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

lost election | Jamie McGonnigal, Prince George's County Board of Education, District 3 -- White, Gender Non-Conforming, Gay, he/they [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

won election | Alleria Stanley, Maryland House of Delegates, District 4 -- white lesbian trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Michigan

lost election | Justin Bailey, Mount Pleasant City Commission, At-Large -- white she/they trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

won election | Joanna Whaley, Michigan House of Representatives, District 2 -- white bisexual trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Minnesota

won re-election [missing from my initial list] Brion Curran, Minnesota House of Representatives, District 36B -- she/they [Ballotpedia]

won re-election [missing from my initial post and added to this post belatedly] Leigh Finke, Minnesota House of Representatives, District 66A -- white bisexual trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

won re-election [missing from my initial list] Liish Kozlowski, Minnesota House of Representatives, District 8B -- Trans non-binary Two Spirit, Anishinabeg-Ojibwe and Latine, they/them [Wikipedia]

Montana

won re-election [missing from my initial list] SJ Howell, Montana State Legislature, House District 100 -- non-binary [Ballotpedia]

won re-election [missing from my initial list] Zooey Zephyr, Montana House of Representatives, 100th House District -- she/her trans woman [Ballotpedia] -- ran unopposed

Nebraska

lost election | Nate Ostdiek, Nebraska Legislature, District 6 -- White, Gender Non-Conforming, Bisexual, He/They [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Nevada

won election | Brian Wadsworth, Washoe County Commissioner, District 5 -- Native American/Alaska Native, Two Spirit, Gay, He/Him/His [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

New York

won election | Illapa Sairitupac, New York State Assembly, District 65 -- Latinx/Hispanic, Genderqueer/Non-Binary, Queer [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

won election [missing from my initial list] David Siffert, New York State Assembly, District 66 -- non-binary, they/them [Ballotpedia]

Ohio

lost election [missing from my initial list] Arienne Childrey, Ohio House of Representatives, District 84 -- trans woman, she/her [Ballotpedia]

Rhode Island

won re-election | Jackie Goldman, Providence City Council, Ward 5 -- White, Genderqueer/Non-Binary, Queer, They/Them/Theirs [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Virginia

won election (& "As the highest vote-getter, Bruce is now in line to become Herndon’s new vice mayor")| Sabrina Bruce, Herndon Town Council -- white lesbian trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Utah

won election| Luke Maynes, Salt Lake County Council, District 3 -- white, Genderqueer/Non-Binary, Pansexual, he/they [Victory Fund]

Vermont

won election | Monique Priestley, Vermont State Senate, Orange County -- White, Gender Non-Conforming, Queer, She/Her/Hers [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Washington

won election | Jaelynn Scott, Washington House of Representatives, District 37-Position 2 -- Black queer trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]

Wisconsin

won re-election | Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, Wisconsin State Assembly, District 76 -- white straight trans woman [Victory Fund, Ballotpedia]