• Danica Roem (center), who ran for house of delegates against GOP incumbent Robert Marshall, is greeted by supporters as she prepares to give her victory speech with the Prince William County Democratic Committee at Water's End Brewery on Tuesday in Manassas, Virginia. Roem will be the first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state legislature in the United States. | JAHI CHIKWENDIU / THE WASHINGTON POST / VIA AP
    Danica Roem (center), who ran for house of delegates against GOP incumbent Robert Marshall, is greeted by supporters as she prepares to give her victory speech with the Prince William County Democratic Committee at Water's End Brewery on Tuesday in Manassas, Virginia. Roem will be the first openly transgender person elected and seated in a state legislature in the United States. | JAHI CHIKWENDIU / THE WASHINGTON POST / VIA AP

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WASHINGTON – Transgender political candidates scored wins in the first U.S. elections since Donald Trump became president, a sign of their growing acceptance in parts of the country, experts said on Wednesday.

Five transgender candidates were victorious, among them a woman who won a heated race for state legislature in Virginia, the highest elected office ever for a transgender candidate, experts said.

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