Utah resident Misty Snow is not your average Democratic candidate for Senate. She was working as a cashier in a grocery store when she kicked off her small, grassroots campaign in February and scored a commanding primary victory against her more established opponent, the self-proclaimed “conservative Democrat” Jonathan Swinton, in June. As a transgender, working-class, millennial woman, Snow not only has the potential to make major history if elected (she’s the first trans woman to ever secure a major party’s nomination for Senate), but she could bring a truly unique perspective to the legislative chamber—one that no other representative can offer.

An ardent progressive, the core of Snow’s campaign platform includes a $15 minimum wage, a constitutional amendment to remove corporate money from politics, protecting women’s reproductive rights, guaranteeing 26 weeks of paid maternity leave, passing federal legislation to end LGBT discrimination, investing in alternative energy sources, and creating a single-payer health care system. This is a stark contrast to her Republican opponent, incumbent Senator Mike Lee, a Tea Party leader who, alongside former presidential candidate and “best friend” Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), championed a government shutdown in 2013 as part of their efforts to defund Obamacare and made a (failed) attempt to defund Planned Parenthood in 2015. Though Lee currently holds a considerable lead in the polls, Snow is hopeful that her progressive message will resonate with voters and lead her to victory come November.

Recently, Glamour caught up with Snow to talk about her campaign, the issues she feels most strongly about, and whether or not she still has time to take shifts at her local grocer. Here’s what the candidate had to say.

Glamour: We're just about two months out from the election—how are you feeling?

Misty Snow: Tired. [Laughs]

Glamour: How have Utah residents responded to your campaign?

MS: I get a lot of positive responses. A lot of people seem really excited. It’s been really good.

Glamour: As a millennial, working-class, transgender woman, you offer a rare point of view that basically no one in Congress can match. How do your life experiences shape who you are as a candidate and how can your perspective benefit your Utah constituents and Americans as a whole?

MS: Everyone has their own thoughts about life, but they give me a lot of empathy for what it’s like to be poor, what it’s like to not have everything you want, what it’s like to be [frustrated]. It helps me understand the issues affecting a lot of people, and makes me a good advocate for these issues. It’s important to have a different kind of voice in Congress. We’re supposed to have a representative form of government but, unfortunately, our government is very much made up of an elite class of people. There are too many businessmen and lawyers and bankers and millionaires in Congress, and not enough working-class people.

Glamour: Your policies—like a single-payer health care system, a $15 minimum wage, renewing Glass-Steagall, among other things—are all very in line with the platform Senator Bernie Sanders put forward during his presidential campaign. Sanders also had a commanding victory in the Utah caucus earlier this year.

MS: Bernie Sanders won 79-20 in Utah. That was pretty significant. I think that’s what helped me win in the primary, because a lot of the Utah Democrats are very much Sanders supporters and I canvassed in line with that. I publicly endorsed him during the primary.

Glamour: How do you feel about Hillary winning the nomination?

MS: I think it’s a good moment in our country that we have a female nominee. As a candidate, though, I’m not super excited for her. I will probably vote for her, but I don't find her nearly as exciting as Bernie Sanders.