FOR THE FIRST TIME IN NEW
YORK STATE A MAJOR POLITICAL
PARTY HAS NOMINATED A
TRANSGENDER WOMAN FOR POLITICAL
OFFICE.
SHE IS RUNNING AS A DEMOCRAT IN
A LOCAL RACE THAT COULD HAVE
NATIONAL IMPACT.
CBS 2'S LOU YOUNG HAS THE STORY
IN CHAPPAQUA.
Reporter: KRISTEN BROWDE IS
RUNNING FOR SUPERVISOR ON A
SLATE OF CANDIDATES ANXIOUS TO
MAKE CHANGE.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE AT
TOWN HALL IN CHAPPAQUA.
IT'S PRETTY OBVIOUS WHEN IT
COMES TO MAKING A CHANGE AND
MANAGING A CHANGE, THAT'S
SOMETHING I KNOW A LITTLE BIT
ABOUT.
Reporter: THE FORMER DAVE
BROWDE IS PERHAPS FAMILIAR TO
SOME AS A REPORTER WHO WORKED
FOR NEARLY EVERY TV STATION IN
NEW YORK CITY DURING A 40-YEAR
CAREER.
HE BECAME A LAWYER, THEN HE
BECAME A WOMAN.
HER GROUNDBREAKING CANDIDACY
NOW PERHAPS AN ADVANTAGE GIVEN
THE LOCAL DEMOGRAPHICS.
IT'S A PROGRESSIVE
COMMUNITY.
DEMOCRATS ARE 2:1 OVER THE
REPUBLICANS.
Reporter: IT'S SAID ALL
POLITICS IS LOCAL.
WHEN IT'S NEW CASSEL POLITICS
HAS A NATIONAL FLAVOR WITH
PARTISAN TICK.
THIS IS HILLARY CLINTON'S HOME
BASE.
THE COMMUNITY STILL REELING
FROM HER LOSS IN NOVEMBER.
THE ENTIRE SLATE OF DEMOCRATIC
TOWN CANDIDATES WORKED ON HER
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
BE THE CHANGE YOU WANT TO
SEE.
TAKE BACK THIS COUNTRY.
STARTING AT THE TOWN LEVEL AND
WORKING ONE TOWN AT A TIME.
Reporter: THE OFFICIALLY
SANCTIONED DEMOCRATS NOW
WORKING TO OUST ROBERT
GREENSTEIN A DEMOCRAT WHO WON
HIS OFFICE BY RUNNING ON A
REPUBLICAN LINE.
HE SAYS THE LOCAL PARTY
COMMITTEE IS PLAYING THE
POLITICS OF DIVISION.
THEY 100% ARE TRYING TO
IMPOSE HYPERPARTISAN OR DOXYON
THE TOWN.
THEY LOOK AT COOPERATING WITH
REPUBLICANS AS A NEGATIVE AND
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT SHOULD
BE DONE.
Reporter: GENDER AND PARTY
IDENTITY AN EARLY SKIRMISH UPON
AN ELECTION 216 DAYS AWAY.
