The midterm election sent an overwhelming message that the country’s voters shifted left.

But there’s one major exception: transgender girls in sports. 

Meanwhile, Washington state passed one of the more restrictive bans in the country.

We’ll talk about why this issue bucked the trend with reporter Brooke Migdon from The 19th*. Find Brooke's reporting here.

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The midterm election sent an overwhelming message that the country&rsquo;s voters shifted left.
But there&rsquo;s one major exception: transgender girls in sports.&nbsp;
Meanwhile, Washington state passed one of the more restrictive bans in the country.
We&rsquo;ll talk about why this issue bucked the trend with reporter Brooke Migdon from The 19th*. Find Brooke's reporting&nbsp;<a href="https://19thnews.org/author/brooke-migdon/">here</a>.
We can only make Seattle Now because listeners support us. <a href="https://donate.kuow.org/donate/seattlenow">Tap here</a> to make a gift and keep Seattle Now in your feed.&nbsp;
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The midterm election sent an overwhelming message that the country’s voters shifted left.  But there’s one major exception: transgender girls in sports.   Meanwhile, Washington state passed one of the more restrictive bans in the country.  We’ll talk about why this issue bucked the trend with reporter Brooke Migdon from The 19th*.