We desperately need a better Democrat to take over Steny Hoyer's seat. In his Hous leadership position as whip Hoyer has been a constant drag on trying to incorporate progressive policies in crafting and negotiating legislation moving through the House. Hoyer was one of those pushing to undercut banking regulations in this year's shameful budget bill that was passed in December
Transgender Navy SEAL to primary Steny Hoyer
By Kristina Wong -
Kristin Beck, a transgender former Navy SEAL, is mounting a challenge against the second-ranking Democrat in the House.
Beck on Monday filed the paperwork to run in the Democratic primary against Rep. Steny Hoyer (D-Md.), according to Maryland elections records.
"You can help by getting the word out. ... Follow, tweet, viral grassroots determination to change out the old guard," Beck's Facebook page said Wednesday.
“For the last two or three years I have been watching Congress very closely, and the reality is that the whole process has broken down and our representatives have simply dug in their heels,” Beck told The Huffington Post on Thursday.
Kristin Beck, Transgender Former Navy Seal, To Run Against Steny Hoyer
By Maxwell Tani
Beck is a decorated 20-year veteran of the elite unit SEAL Team 6. She filed her papers with the Maryland Board of Elections in Annapolis on Monday, according to the Baltimore Sun, which first reported on her candidacy.
In 2013, Beck published a memoir, Warrior Princess: A U.S. Navy SEAL's Journey to Coming out Transgender, about her decades-long military career and her experience coming out to her family and fellow members of her combat unit.
"I do not believe a soul has a gender, but my new path is making my soul complete and happy," Beck wrote in her book. "I hope my journey sheds some light on the human experience and most importantly helps heal the 'socio-religious dogma' of a purely binary gender."
Beck was also the subject of a CNN documentary last year that detailed her life after her transition.