Leave a comment 0comments Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/tuesdays-winning-democratic-pioneers-broke-ground-and-talked-policy Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Transcript Audio It was a night of political firsts for Democrats. Christine Hallquist is the first openly transgender person to win a major party's nomination for governor. Jahana Hayes could become the first black woman in Congress from New England. And Ilhan Omar, a former refugee, is poised to be Congress’ first Somali-American. Judy Woodruff talks with Lisa Desjardins and Stuart Rothenberg about the results. Read the Full Transcript Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. They may contain errors. Listen to this Segment Watch Watch the Full Episode PBS NewsHour from Aug 15, 2018