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Historic Transgender Win: Hudgins Secures GA Primary 66%

5/26/2026

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Bentley Hudgins won the Georgia House District 90 Democratic primary with about 66 percent.
The victory marks a historic breakthrough for transgender representation in the Deep South.
He campaigned on water, housing, transit, voting rights, wages and neighborhoods.
Hudgins said he once slept in a 1997 Dodge Dakota after displacement.
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson called him a “fighter” and noted his infrastructure audit plan.

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Bentley Hudgins won the Georgia House District 90 Democratic primary with about 66 percent.
The victory marks a historic breakthrough for transgender representation in the Deep South.
He campaigned on water, housing, transit, voting rights, wages and neighborhoods.
Hudgins said he once slept in a 1997 Dodge Dakota after displacement.
Human Rights Campaign President Kelley Robinson called him a “fighter” and noted his infrastructure audit plan.