Political party Democratic Parents Linda Pace | Website Official website Party Democratic Party | |
Born July 19, 1985 (age 31)
Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. ( 1985-07-19 ) Similar Misty Plowright, Mike Lee, Mia Love, Thomas Jefferson Profiles | ||
Misty Kathrine Snow (born July 19, 1985) is an American politician from Utah, who was the Democratic candidate in the United States Senate election in Utah, 2016. She is known for being one of the first two openly transgender people in the United States representing a major political party to be a nominee for a national office, and the first to become a nominee for the United States Senate. She was also the first LGBT person to be a major-party nominee for statewide office in Utah.
Contents
Early life
Snow was born in 1985 in Salt Lake City and has lived in Salt Lake County her entire life. She worked in a grocery store and comes from a working-class family. She was raised Mormon, but as she grew up, she drifted away from the Church of the Latter Day Saints.
Electoral history
She was the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party primary for the US Senate. She won the Democratic primary vote in Utah by defeating fellow Democrat Jonathan Swinton 59.5% to 40.5%.
On November 8, 2016, Snow lost her Senate bid to Republican incumbent Mike Lee.
Political positions
Snow is a progressive and self-described Sanders-style 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.