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Danica Roem (/ ˈ r oʊ m / ROHM; born September 30, 1984) is an American journalist and politician who has served in the Virginia Senate since 2024. A Democrat, she represents the 30th district covering part of Prince William County including the cities of Manassas and Manassas Park.
- September 30, 1984 (age 39), Manassas, Virginia, U.S.
- Bob Marshall
Nov 8, 2023 · Nov. 8, 2023. Danica Roem, a three-term Virginia lawmaker and a former journalist, on Tuesday became the first openly transgender person to be elected to a State Senate seat in the South,...
- Neil Vigdor
Nov 8, 2023 · By Brooke Sopelsa. Virginia Del. Danica Roem has made political history once again after winning a seat in the state Senate on Tuesday. She is the first out transgender person elected to...
- Brooke Sopelsa
Nov 9, 2023 · Danica Roem, a journalist and former state legislator, won the 30th District seat in the Virginia state Senate in 2023, defeating Republican Bill Woolf. She ran on a platform of fixing roads, feeding kids and protecting the environment, and faced anti-trans hate on the campaign trail. She is the first openly trans person to serve in the upper chamber of the state's government.
- CBS News
- Shawna Mizelle
- 3 min
Virginia's most socially conservative state lawmaker was ousted from office Tuesday by Danica Roem, a Democrat who will be one of the nation's first openly transgender elected officials and who...
Nov 7, 2017 · Danica Roem, a former journalist and a transgender candidate, defeated a socially conservative incumbent who sponsored anti-LGBTQ bills. She will be the first out transgender person to win and serve in a state legislature in the U.S.
Apr 26, 2022 · Danica Roem is a trailblazing figure as the first openly trans person elected to a state legislature in the U.S. Her new "memoir-meets-manifesto" explores her personal and political journey.
