Jennifer Williams is a member of the Trenton City Council. She’s a Republican from a military family and says she’s far more along the lines of Teddy Roosevelt or Dwight Eisenhower than Donald Trump.
She is focused on solving Trenton’s problems — from stemming the tide of violent crime to helping veterans get access to mental health care in one of the poorest cities in America.
She is also transgender. Ms. Williams, 55, is the first openly transgender person to win elected office in New Jersey and one of very few openly transgender officeholders nationwide.
As a transgender woman and as a Republican, she believes there is a need for her to engage with people who might never have met a trans person before.