National LGBTQ groups investing in state House election

Democratic candidate Sylvia Swayne is seeking to become the first openly transgender person to serve in the Alabama House of Representatives.  Swayne is running for the open House District 55 seat following the vacancy left by former Rep. Fred Plump. Democratic primary voters in the district gave the advantage to Travis Hendrix, a sergeant with the Birmingham Police Department, who is running for the seat again after running against Plump and longtime incumbent Rod Scott in 2022.  Swayne, who is white, is running in a majority-Black district. According to the Alabama Atlas, the district is 72.