LGBTQ candidates are running in record numbers to sit in governor's mansions across the country in the 2018 midterm election — and they're making unprecedented gains.

The big picture: After Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman, won her primary for Vermont governor last night, "all 4 letters in [the] LGBT acronym" are represented in Dem gubernatorial nominees this year, per Washington Blade reporter Chris Johnson.

The LGBT Democratic candidates who have won their primaries for governor include:

Lupe Valdez, a lesbian woman running in Texas.

a lesbian woman running in Texas. Jared Polis, a gay man running in Colorado.

a gay man running in Colorado. Kate Brown, a bisexual woman who's the incumbent governor of Oregon.

a bisexual woman who's the incumbent governor of Oregon. Christine Hallquist, a transgender woman running in Vermont.

Be smart: Congress is going to look a lot different (and be more inclusive) in January.