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Transgender Candidates

 

 

In 2015, I conducted a project (coauthored with Andrew Reynolds) to examine the success rates of transgender and gender-diverse candidates for office around the world. We developed an original dataset of nearly 130 unique candidates (as of November 2015) over nearly 40 years representing at least 30 countries. I presented this research to the British Parliament, London School of Economics, and the 2015 International LGBT Leaders Conference.

 

I continue to track transgender candidates in the United States,

often with the help of people around the country who take the time to contact me. Thank you!

Notes for Journalists Covering Transgender Issues:
 
Please see the Trans Journalists Association's
style guide for covering transgender people and issues.
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List of Transgender Candidates in the U.S.
2025

2025 Candidacies: TBD

2024: 33 | 2023: 22

2022: 51 | 2021: 24

2020: 50 | 2019: 23

2018: 54 | 2017: 25

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2025 Victories: TBD

2024: 13 | 2023: 12

2022: 20 | 2021: 12

2020: 16 | 2019: 15

2018: 10 | 2017: 10

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Last updated Friday, March 21, 2025

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2025

NP=non-partisan

green = victory

*=won primary

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State Treasurer

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City Council 

  • ​Daniella Mendez (D) - Dover, New Jersey (primary June 10)​​

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2025 Notes

  • Colton Baumgartner filed to run for Mayor of Granite City, IL, in the April 2025 election, but her candidacy was later removed by the city election board.

  • ​Arienne Childrey (D) was appointed, not elected, to a city council seat in St. Marys, Ohio, in January 2025.

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​Click here for a list of candidates who ran in: 

2024

2023

2022

2021

2020

2019

2018

2017

This is the policy report format of this research project, published in October 2015 by the LGBTQ Representation and Rights Research Initiative. The data regarding candidates (at the time of publication) is included in the report's appendix. If you know of someone we missed, please email me!

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by Logan S. Casey
 

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