华盛顿州西雅图Jaelynn Scott当选州众议员 将成全美首位非裔跨性别州议员
华盛顿州金县西雅图市消息，南西雅图选区在11月3日选举中写下历史，第37选区第二席位当选人贾琳·斯科特将成为全美首位非裔公开跨性别身份的州议员。斯科特以87.3%的得票率击败获得11.9%选票的埃文·麦考克尔。同一选区第一席位，首次参选的凯拉贝·特沃尔德以62.9%击败在任28年的莎伦·富美子·桑托斯，后者得票36.3%。
现任州众议员奇帕洛·斯特里特以73.9%当选州参议员，击败获得25.1%的塔蒂亚娜·布朗。金县议会第二选区，丽贝卡·萨尔达尼亚以60.2%领先获得39.1%的港务委员托希科·格蕾丝·长谷川。南西雅图选民此次普遍支持进步派候选人，上述结果在11月5日至6日陆续得到确认。同一场选举中，全州选民以56.8%支持通过禁止跨性别女生参加女子校队的第638号提案，同时以57.6%否决了废除高收入者税的第645号提案。
Seattle's Jaelynn Scott Elected State Representative, to Become First Black Transgender State Legislator in U.S.
SEATTLE, Wash. — South Seattle made history in the November 3 election: Jaelynn Scott, elected to Position 2 in the 37th Legislative District, will become the first Black openly transgender state legislator in the United States. Scott won 87.3% of the vote against Evon McCorkle's 11.9%. In the district's Position 1 race, first-time candidate Kelabe Tewolde defeated Sharon Tomiko Santos, who had served 28 years, by 62.9% to 36.3%.
State Rep. Chipalo Street was elected to the state Senate with 73.9% against Tatiana Brown's 25.1%. In King County Council District 2, Rebecca Saldaña led Port Commissioner Toshiko Grace Hasegawa by 60.2% to 39.1%. South Seattle voters broadly backed progressive candidates, with results confirmed over November 5-6. Statewide, voters approved Initiative 638, barring transgender girls from girls' school sports teams, with 56.8% in favor, and rejected Initiative 645, which would have repealed a tax on high earners, with 57.6% against.
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