Mia Mason is vying to join Maryland’s delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives in a bid that could make her the first transgender person ever elected to Congress.
She is running against incumbent Republican Andy Harris in Maryland’s 1st Congressional District — which includes the Eastern Shore and portions of northern Baltimore, Carroll and Harford Counties — that leaned heavily to the right in 2016, with 60 percent of voters casting ballots for President Trump.
Despite this, Mason said she is hopeful she will pull out a victory on Nov. 3. Born in Virginia, Mason joined the U.S. Navy in 1998 and went on to have a military career involving one tour in Afghanistan and two in Iraq.