Misty Snow Explained

Misty Snow
Birth Date:19 July 1985
Birth Place:Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Party:Democratic

Misty Kathrine Snow (born July 19, 1985)[1] is an American political candidate who was one of the first openly transgender people in the United States to have been nominated by a major political party for a federal office.[2] [3] Snow was the Democratic nominee in the 2016 United States Senate election in Utah. This also made her the first transgender person to become a nominee for the United States Senate as well as the first LGBT person to be a major-party nominee for statewide office in Utah.[4] [5]

Early life

Snow was born in 1985 in Salt Lake City and has lived in Salt Lake County, Utah for her entire life. She worked in a grocery store and comes from a working-class family.[6] She was raised as a Latter-Day Saint, but as she grew up, she left the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[7] [8] She is the daughter of Linda Pace and the eldest of four children.[9] [10]

Career

Snow was the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party primary for the U.S. Senate.[11] She won the Democratic primary, defeating fellow Democrat Jonathan Swinton 59.5% to 40.5%.[12]

On November 8, 2016, with 27% of the vote, Snow lost her Senate bid to Republican incumbent Mike Lee, who received 68% of the vote.[13]

Political positions

Snow is a progressive and self-described Bernie Sanders-like Democrat. Policy priorities include increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, paid maternity leave, expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, clean energy, and LGBT nondiscrimination efforts.[14]

U.S. House race

On April 13, 2017, Snow formally announced her run against Chris Stewart, the Republican incumbent representative for Utah's 2nd congressional district.[15] She dropped out of the race in March 2018, and the Democratic candidate was instead Shireen Ghorbani.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Scheer. Robert. Misty K. Snow, the First Major-Party Transgender Nominee for U.S. Senate. The Huffington Post. October 9, 2016. October 22, 2016. October 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023053813/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-scheer/misty-k-snow-the-first-ma_b_12419494.html. live.
  2. Web site: The First Trans U.S. Senate Candidate Is Already Making History. Signorile. Michelangelo. 10 July 2016. Huffington Post. 18 September 2017. 15 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170915133546/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/misty-k-snow-transgender_us_577fd846e4b01edea78dad24. live.
  3. News: Two transgender candidates — both named Misty — just made history by winning primaries. Phillips. Amber. 29 June 2016. Washington Post. 18 September 2017. 22 September 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170922195019/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/29/two-transgender-candidates-both-named-misty-just-made-history-by-winning-house-and-senate-primaries/. live.
  4. News: Two transgender candidates named Misty nominated in Colorado, Utah primaries. FOXNews.com. FOX News Network. June 29, 2016. July 1, 2016. July 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702065256/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/06/29/two-transgender-candidates-named-misty-nominated-in-colorado-utah-primaries.html. live.
  5. News: Canham. Matt. Utah's Misty Snow makes history as Democrats' transgender Senate nominee. The Salt Lake Tribune. June 28, 2016. July 1, 2016. July 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702164912/http://www.sltrib.com/home/4060147-155/us-senate-misty-k-snow-takes. live.
  6. Web site: Bio. Misty K. Snow for U.S. Senate. October 22, 2016. October 23, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161023050934/http://www.mistyksnow.com/bio/. live.
  7. News: Greene. David. Misty Snow Aims To Be The Nation's First Transgender Senator. npr.org. KUER 90.1. Snow: You know, I was raised LDS myself so I kind of know that culture. Most of my family's LDS. A lot of my friends are LDS. ... I didn't, like, have a lot of support to transition when I was younger, so I ended up doing it kind of more, like, a more - like, over the last few years. ... Yeah. When I was, like (unintelligible) I didn't have support from my mother to transition and, you know, so I put that off for a long time.. 2018-01-01. 2018-01-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20180101082330/https://www.npr.org/2016/07/05/484756556/misty-snow-aims-to-be-the-nation-s-first-transgender-senator. live.
  8. As seen on Chelsea, Chelsea Handler's Netflix show, season 1, "Whoa, I'm a Pop Star"
  9. News: Meet Misty K. Snow, the Nation's First Major-Party Transgender Candidate for U.S. Senate. PEOPLE.com. 2018-11-05. en. 2018-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105205651/https://people.com/celebrity/misty-k-snow-first-major-party-transgender-candidate-for-u-s-senate/. live.
  10. News: Misty K. Snow running for Senate as a progressive who just happens to be transgender. The Salt Lake Tribune. 2018-11-05. en-US. 2018-11-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20181105202630/http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=3879825&itype=CMSID. live.
  11. News: Maria L La Ganga in Denver . Transgender nominee for Congress: 'It's about damn time' politics got inclusive | Society . The Guardian . 2016-07-04 . 2016-07-10 . 2019-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190414064715/https://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/jul/04/transgender-nominee-congress-misty-plowright . live .
  12. News: Utah Senate Races Results. Politico. September 27, 2016. November 6, 2016. November 7, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161107155442/http://www.politico.com/2016-election/primary/results/map/senate/utah/. live.
  13. Web site: Utah statewide federal results. Utah Secretary of State. July 31, 2017. February 25, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170225133719/https://electionresults.utah.gov/elections/federal. live.
  14. News: Brighe. Mari. Meet the Woman Who Could Become the First Out Trans U.S. Senator. ADVOCATE. Here Media Inc.. June 30, 2016. July 2, 2016. July 2, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160702041329/http://www.advocate.com/transgender/2016/6/30/utah-democrat-misty-k-snow-could-become-first-out-trans-us-senator. live.
  15. News: Bowden. John. Transgender candidate Misty Snow announces House bid in Utah. The Hill. NEWS COMMUNICATIONS, INC.. April 13, 2017. April 13, 2017. October 9, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211009065601/https://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/328733-transgender-senate-candidate-misty-snow-announces-house-bid. live.

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