Steve Helber
- Danica Roem is now the first-ever transgender state senator in Virginia.
- Roem, who previously served in the state's House, beat her Republican opponent by over 3% points.
- She hopes to prioritize safe transportation and free school meals, among other goals.
Lonely, poor, and quite lost, Danica Roem thought she had nothing going for her back in 2016 except toned calves from toting kabobs up the stairs of apartments in Arlington, Virginia, in her dead-end food delivery job.