In fact, deciding to be one of the first out elected state legislators in the country. And people said she'd never win, and I think you're going to hear this a few more times. She [Tammy Baldwin] became the first out person in the Wisconsin state legislature in 1994. Then in 1998, she decided to run for Congress in a district that was represented by a Republican. (04:39–05:01)
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Asserts that Tammy Baldwin was the first openly LGBTQ+ person in the Wisconsin state legislature in 1994.
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