Eden would be the first transgender member of the Texas legislature DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com LGBT Victory Fund CEO Annise Parker has called Madi Eden one of the most qualified people running for office in Texas.
If she wins her race to represent District 17 in the Texas House of Representatives, she will be the first transgender person elected to the House, and a large part of her victory would be credited to the voter registration effort and tools she, herself, developed.
Eden co-founded Register2Vote.org and built tools which have helped register millions of voters across the country. Especially during a pandemic when deputy registrars aren’t out at events registering new voters, her website has become an