• @[email protected]
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    441 month ago

    She didn’t just win, she beat the speaker of the house in a single-party state whose politics is heavily influenced by knowing your place, waiting your turn, and not rocking the boat. Our incumbents are usually bulletproof. It’s a massively impressive victory even separate from making history as a first.

  • @norimee
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    371 month ago

    Look at her! Winning big time.

    Show this around everywhere, so little trans boys and girls and everyone else know they can be anything they want.

  • Repple (she/her)
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    301 month ago

    Kim coco offered up her home to my friends when they needed to be on Oahu for medical care for months. I haven’t interacted with her too much, but will be forever grateful for that.

  • The Quuuuuill
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    1 month ago

    First in state or first in any state? The sentence is ambiguous and Virginia elected Danica Roem in 2018

    I don’t know how to read apparently

    • @NegativeInf
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      301 month ago

      as its first

      Sounds like Hawaii’s first, as that’s how pronouns work.

    • Juniper (she/her) 🫐
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      111 month ago

      Montana has Zooey Zephyr, the woman who was famously censured by the state legislature and received national coverage.

  • @sploosh
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    730 days ago

    You go, Kim Coco Iwamoto!

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    Also the first time a house speaker has been defeated in their primary in Hawaii history. Her opponent also outspent her 2:1, and had the backing of Senator Brian Schatz, the governor, lieutenant governor, and the mayor. Pretty incredible odds.

  • @alexc
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    -81 month ago

    While congrats are very much in order here, am I the only one cynically wondering if the word “Out” in the headline is doing a lot of heavy lifting?