Fort Lauderdale's gay incumbent Mayor Dean Trantalis handily won reelection Tuesday night.Lesbian Alexsis Rodgers came in third in her bid to become mayor of Richmond, Virginia.Transgender candidates did well: Sarah McBride (D) became the first transgender person to win a state Senate seat in Delaware, and Taylor Small (D) became the first openly transgender person elected to the Legislature in Vermont.
Stephanie Byers (D) became the first openly transgender person to be elected to the Kansas state House and the first transgender person of color ever elected to a state legislature in the U.S.