Misty Plowright

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Misty Plowright
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Personal details
Born1983 (age 40–41)
California, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse
Lisa Wilkes
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(m. 2014)​
Military service
AllegianceFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Branch/serviceFlag of the United States Army.svg  United States Army
Years of service2003–2004

Misty Dawn Plowright (born 1983) [1] is one of the first two openly transgender people in the United States to become a candidate representing a major political party for a national office, the other being Misty Snow. [2] [3] She was the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party primary for the House of Representatives. [4] She went on to challenge incumbent Republican Doug Lamborn representing Colorado's 5th congressional district in the 2016 general election. [5] Plowright lost to Lamborn on November 8, 2016. [6]

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Early life and career

Plowright was born in California, and at the age of four moved to northwest Arkansas where she was raised as a Southern Baptist. She is a U.S. Army veteran, serving as an Information Systems Operator/Analyst from 2003 to 2004. After sustaining a non-combat injury, she was honorably discharged and went on to work in information technology. [7]

Congressional campaign

Plowright announced her campaign for Colorado's 5th congressional district on March 18, 2016 via Facebook. [8] Her official campaign website was launched on March 31, 2016, the International Transgender Day of Visibility. [9] She ran as a progressive and was openly supportive of Bernie Sanders's presidential campaign. [10] After he lost the nomination to Hillary Clinton, she was considering voting for Green nominee Jill Stein, stating that she would only vote for Clinton if she "actually truly believed that Trump was Hitler 2.0 and he was actually going to do that level of evil." [11]

Plowright lost to incumbent Doug Lamborn in the general election, who won his sixth term. She conceded the race the next day. [12]

Personal life

Plowright lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado with her wife, Lisa. The couple entered a domestic partnership in Seattle in 2010. After changes in legislation, they were legally married in 2014. They are in a polyamorous relationship with their mutual partner, Sebastian. [7]

Electoral history

2016 Colorado's 5th congressional district Democratic primary [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Misty Plowright 13,419 58.15
Democratic Donald E. Martinez9,65841.85
Total votes23,077 100.00
2016 Colorado's 5th congressional district election [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Doug Lamborn (incumbent) 225,445 62.28
Democratic Misty Plowright111,67630.85
Libertarian Mike McRedmond24,8726.87
Total votes361,993 100.00
Republican hold

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  2. ↑ "Two transgender candidates named Misty nominated in Colorado, Utah primaries". Fox News. June 28, 2016.
  3. ↑ Canham, Matt (June 29, 2016). "Utah's Misty Snow makes history as Democrats' transgender Senate nominee". The Salt Lake Tribune.
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  6. ↑ Duffy, Nick (November 9, 2016). "Two transgender candidates defeated in groundbreaking congressional bids". pinknews.co.uk.
  7. 1 2 "Meet Misty". Misty for Congress. Archived from the original on January 3, 2017. Retrieved July 2, 2016.
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