Misty Kathrine Snow (born July 19, 1985^[1]) is an American politician^[2][3] who became known for being one of the first two openly transgender people in the United States to have been nominated by a major political party for a national office, the other being Misty Plowright. This happened when she became the Democratic nominee in the United States Senate election in Utah, 2016. This also made her the first transgender person to become a nominee for the United States Senate as well as the first LGBT person to be a major-party nominee for statewide office in Utah.^[4][5]

Snow was born in 1985 in Salt Lake City and has lived in Salt Lake County for her entire life. She worked in a grocery store and comes from a working-class family.^[6] She was raised Mormon, but as she grew up, she drifted away from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[7][8] She is the daughter of Linda Pace and the eldest of four children.^[9][10]

Snow was the first openly transgender candidate to win a major party primary for the US Senate.^[11] She won the Democratic primary vote in Utah by defeating fellow Democrat Jonathan Swinton 59.5% to 40.5%.^[12]

On November 8, 2016, with 27% of the vote, Snow lost her Senate bid to Republican incumbent Mike Lee, who received 68% of the vote.^[13]

Snow is a progressive and self-described Sanders-style Democrat. Policy priorities include increasing the federal minimum wage to $15 per hour, paid maternity leave, expansion of Medicare and Medicaid, clean energy, and LGBT nondiscrimination efforts.^[14]

On April 13, 2017, Snow formally announced her run against Chris Stewart, who currently holds Utah's 2nd congressional district.^[15]