This 24-year-old wants to be the 1st transgender legislator in N.Y., joining elected officials in several other states

If 24-year-old Émilia Decaudin wins her just-announced campaign for a seat in the New York Assembly, she will make history as the state's first openly transgender person to hold elected office.

If 24-year-old Émilia Decaudin wins her just-announced campaign for a seat in theElected to

, Decaudin, who is a member of Democratic Socialists of America, is part of a cadre of trans politicians who could make this election cycle a breakthrough for trans candidates.Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride, D-1st District, is the highest-ranking trans elected official in the country.

In 2020, Kansas state Rep. Stephanie Byers, D-District 86, was the first trans candidate elected in her state and the anywhere in the country. That year, McBride became the first transgender state senator in the U.S., and Mauree Turner, who uses they/them pronouns, was elected to the Oklahoma State House of Representatives, making them the first nonbinary state legislator.

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