KANSAS: Lesbian Native American Flips House Seat

The Kansas City Star reports:

Kansas voters made history Tuesday when they selected Sharice Davids to be their next congresswoman. Davids, a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, will be the first Native American woman to serve in Congress — a distinction she shared with New Mexico’s Deb Haaland, who also won Tuesday — and the first openly LGBT person to represent the state of Kansas.

The political newcomer defeated four-term incumbent Republican Rep. Kevin Yoder to capture Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District. It’s the first time a Democrat has won the suburban Kansas City seat in a decade.

“It’s significant beyond Kansas,” said Davis Hammett, an LGBT rights activist from Topeka. “This is significant to all LGBT folks in the Midwest. She really feels like the voice for all the LGBT folks in the Midwest. And I know that there’s a similar feeling in Native American communities.”

Congrats to @sharicedavids on winning her election and becoming one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, the first openly gay member of the Kansas congressional delegation, and the first Democratic woman to represent the 3rd District! pic.twitter.com/OkjuQyZACX

— EMILY’s List (@emilyslist) November 7, 2018