Becca Balint was elected to the State Senate in 2014, where she became the first woman and first openly-gay senator to serve as President Pro Tempore. She delivered on raising the minimum wage, paid family and medical leave, Vermont’s first gun violence prevention legislation, increased affordable housing, and the nation’s strongest protections for reproductive rights. Before running for office, Becca Balint spent most of her career as a middle school teacher and was a rank-and-file member of the National Education Association. If elected, Becca Balint will be Vermont’s first woman and first openly-gay representative in Congress.