Christine Hallquist, a former electric company executive, defeated three other candidates to win Vermont's Democratic primary in the race for governor. With her victory on Tuesday night, Hallquist becomes the first transgender candidate to win a major political party's nomination for governor. In November, she will face Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who also won his party's primary on Tuesday. Hallquist, 62, considers herself a progressive, and in an interview with CBS News earlier in the day, said that "Vermonters are going to elect me for what I'm going to do for Vermont.

 

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