Transgender recall vote lays bare U.S. battle between progressives and conservatives

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Transgender recall vote lays bare U.S. battle between progressives and conservatives

Thousands of people voted to elect Raul Urena to Calexico council, hoping the young politician would bring a fresh approach to the California border city's long-standing problems with unemployment, crime and deprivation.But when Urena started pushing ideas popular with progressives across the United States, some voters changed their minds.The fact that Urena also took to wearing a dress and high heels to council meetings left some of them feelin…