1st transgender candidate for governor focuses on the issues
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Six months ago, Christine Hallquist was leading one of Vermont's rural electric cooperatives, her transgender status causing nary a ripple as she took part in policy debates about renewable energy and the reliability of the electric grid.
Now, after winning Vermont's Democratic nomination to run for governor, she's basking in the glow of her status as the nation's first transgender political candidate to win a major-party gubernatorial nomination .
She's got a lot to learn and a lot of money to raise.
Hallquist knows that to defeat Republican Gov.