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Ashley Westerman

Tina Kotek's win comes amid a wave of LGBTQ candidates running for office

Tina Kotek speaks during Day 1 of the Democratic National Convention at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, July 25, 2016. On Tuesday, she won Oregon's gubernatorial Democratic primary. If she wins in November, Kotek will be the nation's first openly lesbian governor. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Tina Kotek is on the precipice of making history following her win in Oregon's Democratic gubernatorial primary Tuesday.

"This will be a three-way race for the highest office in our state, and this will be an election unlike anything any of us have ever seen," she told supporters during her acceptance speech, Oregon Public Broadcasting reported.

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