Political Notebook: Transgender judicial candidate claims first place
   
NEWS
Published 06/10/2010

by Matthew S. Bajko

http://www.ebar.com/news/article.php?sec=news&article=4848

Transgender judicial candidate Victoria Kolakowski came in first in her historic bid for a seat on the Alameda County Superior Court in Tuesday's primary. She now advances to a fall runoff election and is one step closer to being the first out transgender person elected as a trial court judge in the country's history.

Across the bay deputy public defender Linda Colfax , an out lesbian, won her bid outright for a seat on the San Francisco County Superior Court in Tuesday's primary, while openly gay attorney Michael Nava blocked sitting Judge Richard Ulmer from retaining his seat on the court this week and forced him into a runoff race this fall.