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curious thing about the congressional race here in WA for the 10 District. Strickland and Doglio, if either is elected they will be firsts, according to this article from Santos. What's curious about the two is identity. https://crosscut.com/politics/2020/08/what-separates-strickland-and-doglio-was-10th-congressional-district
If Strickland is elected, she will kill 2 birds with one stone by being the first Black congressperson from WA and the first Korean-American woman in Congress. If Doglio is elected, according to the article, she'll be the first "openly LGBTQ" WA Congressperson.
But wait up. What is identity here? How does Strickland identify with these communities? How is Doglio openly LGBTQ? These are important questions since identity is being used as a sort of milestone here.
Does Strickland identify more with being Black, Korean, or both, and how does that work? I'm assuming her parents are like those of most mixed Korean-Americans: dad in the military married a Korean. It is possible that she is straddling both cultures and to ...
try to parse this even further would seem an absurd exercise. In the primary, Strickland received more votes than Doglio. Between the two candidates, I know Doglio more, and yet I was honestly surprised to learn she's LGBTQ.
Her campaign literature shows her with her husband. How open was she with her bisexuality and how does that work in a marriage? 
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A good thread here would perhaps have a conclusion from me, maybe giving my pick on the race, but I'll decline and be satisfied with just raising these questions. That doesn't mean I won't eventually have a verdict. 
