Brittney Novotny lost her bid to become a member of the Oklahoma House of Representatives in midterm elections Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Out of 8,600 ballots cast, Novotny, who is transgender, received about 35 percent of the vote.
Her opponent, virulently anti-gay Rep. Sally Kern, will return to office for a fourth term.
Kern made national news saying that homosexuality is a worse threat to the country than terrorism.
Oklahoma has term limits, which means Kern can run for the House only two more times.
Novotny would have become the first transgender state legislator in the United States had she been elected.
In addition to running a fairly conservative district, Republicans swept statewide offices. Mary Fallin, the state’s new Republican governor, won her race by 20 points. Four of the state’s five congressmen will also be Republican.
Democratic incumbent Al McAffrey, who is gay and represents part of Oklahoma City in the state House of Representatives, won his race with almost 70 percent of the vote.
This article appeared in the Dallas Voice print edition November 5, 2010.
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Ms. Novotny received 35% of the votes in very conservative area. That says a lot. She has a grasp of the issues and represented herself very well. As for Mrs Kern, calling somebody an ‘it’ is not my idea of Christian hospitality. I’m a Christian and I totally disapprove of such vitriol, especially from someone who calls themselves the wife of a minister. Many LGBT people have suffered needlessly becaue of such vitriol that’s preached from many pulpits. God will hold such people responsible.