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Democrat Allison Montgomery wins Alabama House seat, unseating Republican incumbent

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Democrat Allison Montgomery won Alabama House District 25 on Tuesday, defeating Republican incumbent Phillip Rigsby, after the race was called. Vote counts gave Montgomery about 53 percent to Rigsby’s 47 percent, with most ballots tallied. Reports say Montgomery, 32, will be the first openly transgender lawmaker in Alabama. Newsweek reports that Trump won the district three times, and TheBlaze reports it backed Rigsby by 16 points in 2022. Montgomery said she campaigned on affordability, public school funding, healthcare and worker protections, and urged voters to focus on her platform.

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  1. Allison Montgomery, a 32-year-old Democrat, won Alabama House District 25, defeating Republican incumbent Phillip Rigsby.

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  2. Montgomery received about 53 percent of the vote to Rigsby’s 47 percent, with most votes counted.

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  3. Montgomery would be the first openly transgender lawmaker in Alabama.

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  4. The district was reported to have backed the Republican candidate by 16 points in 2022.

    One outletTheBlaze· Far Right

  5. Donald Trump won the district three times, according to Newsweek.

    One outletNewsweek· Center

  6. Montgomery said she campaigned on affordability, public school funding, healthcare and worker protections.

    One outletDaily Mail· Right

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report Democrat Allison Montgomery won Alabama House District 25 from Republican incumbent Phillip Rigsby, becoming the state's first openly transgender legislator. Right-side outlets frame it as a Republican collapse in a deep-red state; the center outlet stresses a district Trump won three times.

  • the left

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    No left-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

  • the center

    1 outlet

    The center headline leads with her gender and frames the win as a Democratic flip of a district Trump won three times, placing the result within the wider midterm gains.

    Transgender Woman Flips District Donald Trump Won Three Times
    NewsweekCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    2 outlets

    Both right-side headlines foreground her transgender identity and a Republican defeat, with the Far Right outlet calling it a Republican collapse and the Right outlet stressing a deep-red state.

    Democrat's victory will make him the first transgender-identifying legislator in Alabama
    TheBlazeFar RightAll right-leaning headlines

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    persevering

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    snatchesdevastating midterm elections

In the outlets’ own words

  • Loaded verb

    perseveringMore neutral: running

    The word credits the winner with effort against odds, a judgement the reported vote margin does not state.

    …House District 25 on Tuesday night, unseating Republican Phillip Rigsby and persevering in a district President Donald Trump won three times.

    Used byNewsweek (Center)

  • Loaded verb

    snatchesMore neutral: wins

    The verb suggests the seat was taken from its holder, while the reported facts say only that she won it.

    Deep-red southern state elects its first openly trans lawmaker as she snatches seat from Republican incumbent

    Used byDaily Mail (Right)

  • Sensational language

    devastating midterm electionsMore neutral: midterm elections

    The adjective adds drama beyond the reported vote totals, which the sentence otherwise states plainly.

    …flipped a seat in the Alabama state House to the Democratic column in the devastating midterm elections.

    Used byTheBlaze (Far Right)

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From the left

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Leads with

  • first transgender legislator in Alabama
  • Trump won the district three times
  • Democratic gains in the midterms
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  • NewsweekCenter

    Transgender Woman Flips District Donald Trump Won Three Times

    Allison Montgomery will become Alabama’s first transgender legislator after she won the state’s House District 25 race on Tuesday.

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From the right

2 outlets

Leads with

  • her transgender identity
  • Republican losses in the midterms
  • deep-red Alabama seat flipped

Leaves out

  • Trump won the district three times

Reported by other sides, not found in this side’s coverage.

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  • TheBlazeFar Right

    Democrat's victory will make him the first transgender-identifying legislator in Alabama

    A man who identifies as a transgender woman flipped a seat in the Alabama state House to the Democratic column in the Sensational language“devastating midterm elections”The adjective adds drama beyond the reported vote totals, which the sentence otherwise states plainly.More neutral: midterm electionsDisagree with this highlight?. Allison Montgomery obtained 53.2% of the vote to unseat the Republican incumbent state Rep. …

    Read at TheBlaze (opens in a new tab)
  • Daily MailRight

    Deep-red southern state elects its first openly trans lawmaker as she Loaded verb“snatches”The verb suggests the seat was taken from its holder, while the reported facts say only that she won it.More neutral: winsDisagree with this highlight? seat from Republican incumbent

    Democrat Allison Montgomery, 32, won her seat in the state legislature by 6.5 points. She urged supporters to focus on her platform rather than the historic nature of her victory.

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  • Center

    First to report

    Newsweek, Nov 4, 2:48 PM EST

  • Right

    16 min later

    Its first report, Nov 4, 3:04 PM EST

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  1. NewsweekCenterNov 4, 2:48 PM EST
  2. Daily MailRightNov 4, 3:04 PM EST
  3. TheBlazeFar RightNov 4, 5:50 PM EST

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