Democrat's victory will make him the first transgender-identifying legislator in Alabama

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A man who identifies as a transgender woman flipped a seat in the Alabama state House to the Democratic column in the devastating midterm elections. Allison Montgomery obtained 53.2% of the vote to unseat the Republican incumbent state Rep. Phillip Rigsby, who garnered 46.7% of the vote. Montgomery's victory came on the coattails of a monumental midterm collapse of the Republican Party. The 32-year-old Episcopalian won the district despite it supporting Rigsby by 16 points in 2022. Montgomery's

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