A transgender woman won the Democratic nomination for a Florida House seat on Tuesday night.

Ashley Brundage, the founder and president of Empowering Differences. She won more than 81 percent of the vote in Florida House District 65’s Democratic Primary, which means she will now advance to face incumbent Republican Florida Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman in November. There, she will have a fighting chance in a district where a majority of voters favored President Joe Biden in 2020 over Republican former President Donald Trump. The district swung red in 2022 as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis won a landslide re-election and enacted an anti-LGBTQ agenda.

“I am incredibly honored and humbled to announce that we’ve won the Democratic primary election with a resounding victory over 80% for Florida State House District 65!” Brundage posted on X.

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Much luck, love, and support to her but gotdamn she couldn’t have picked a worse state. Course trans people should be represented everywhere they exist (which is everywhere) just seems like an openly Jewish person trying to reform the Nazi party

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It’s funny because Florida’s has some of the biggest hot spots for lgbt+ and are so poorly represented. This is a big win, hopefully it will start something good.

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Many of whom cant flee repressive laws/people so you’re right it is a big win. I guess Im mostly scared for her safety. I hope this is a sign that better days are ahead for the FL queer community but America doesn’t give me much faith

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So much this!

I’m so proud of her, this gives me so much hope!

And her opponent has no idea what they’re up against – many of us that survived middle school still have our emotional shinguards within easy reach

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Florida is literally its own category on transgender rights maps

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This map keeps getting worse every time I see it

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How is Illinois so good yet surrounded by hell?

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Thing is, if she wins then that just means that most of the state doesn’t want the Nazi party. Her election would only be possible as an outcome of the state as a whole choosing to be better, right?

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No, just her constituency, she’s not the governor or a senator

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And she’s there to give them a voice. The people who are against Nazis don’t want to be spoken for by a Nazi

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Well a victory’s a victory and more power to more sane people is hardly a bad thing despite whatever dreary message you’re trying to imply.

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Well a victory’s a victory and more power to more sane people is hardly a bad thing despite whatever dreary message you’re trying to imply.

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