American TV personality and former Olympic champion Caitlyn Jenner, who underwent gender reassignment surgery in 2015, announced her candidacy for California governor on Friday (23rd) local time.
In a social media post, Jenner said she will join more than 2 million California residents in a coalition to demand that incumbent Governor Newsom step down, challenge the corrupt policies of the Democratic Party, and fight for California’s future. A longtime Republican Party member, Jenner recently filed her campaign materials in Los Angeles, and with them, she is building momentum for the highest-profile campaign yet for a transgender person to run for public office in the United States.
Born in October 1949, Jenner was the men’s 10-event champion at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada, and is a household name in reality television in the U.S. She came out as a woman after undergoing gender reassignment surgery in 2015.
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