Judge Victoria Kolakowski has become the first transsexual in the United States in front of a court in one county in California.
Kolakowski, 49, beat his rival John Creigton, with 51% of the votes against 48 for his opponent.
The new judge has more than 21 years of experience in advocacy and working so far in the Public Utilities Commission of California.
Kolakowski underwent a sex change operation in 1991 and subsequently married in 2008 with his partner when the state Supreme Court allowed the marriage between same sex.
Kolakowski is the arbiter of Alameda County, a county with 1.5 million inhabitants, for the next six years.
During his campaign, the newly elected judge said he was not seeking to become the "judge transsexual" but that his election would be "transformational", reviewed California state media.
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