Vermont Senate candidate Christina Nolan wants to make history multiple times over

By Kate Scanlon

Published February 28, 2022 11:30am ET

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Vermont Senate candidate Christina Nolan wants to make history multiple times over — Vermont has never sent a woman to Congress. Republicans have never elected an openly LGBT senator. One GOP candidate is trying to change both. Christina Nolan, a former U.S. attorney for Vermont, launched a bid for the U.S. Senate this week as a Republican. She was promptly endorsed by the state’s popular Republican Gov. Phil […]

Vermont has never sent a woman to Congress. Republicans have never elected an openly LGBT senator. One GOP candidate is trying to change both.

Christina Nolan, a former U.S. attorney for Vermont, launched a bid for the U.S. Senate this week as a Republican. She was promptly endorsed by the state’s popular Republican Gov. Phil Scott, who declined a Senate bid himself despite some GOP efforts to recruit him.

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