By COLLEEN CURRY Jun 24, 2014, 2:14 PM
An historic primary race is taking place in Montgomery County, Maryland, today, where a transgender woman and a gay man are competing today for a seat in the state senate.
Openly gay state Sen. Richard Madaleno is trying to fend off a challenge by openly transgender and gay candidate Dana Beyer.
Madaleno was the first gay elected official to serve in the state's senate, and Beyer - if she were to win - would be Maryland's first transgender state senator.
There is no Republican running in this year's race to represent the district, so the winner of today's primary will likely go directly to the senate.
More:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/transgender-candidate-takes-gay-incumbent-md-senate-race/story?id=24281899
