Wright Gazaway

The biological male finished second in the girls' race.

Here is the exchange between the candidates to questions posed by KATU-TV reporter Wright Gazaway.

Reporter Wright Gazaway, KATU: "Senator Braun, do you support banning transgender girls and women from participating in girls' and women's sports? If so, how should a policy account for age, competitive level, and privacy?" Braun: "Yes.

I think it takes decidedly on the wrong track to allow biological males to compete in girls' or women's sports.

I raised three daughters who were actively involved in athletics in high school and in college.

People change their birth certificates in Washington state.

It's not fair to make girls certify their sex to the state just to play softball.

With the change in birth certificates, I think it's a very slippery slope to genital exams, to state DNA banks, solutions that I don't think make students safer." Wright Gazaway, KATU: "Do you believe there is a problem that needs to be solved? And what is the message to transgender students affected by any changes?" Gluesenkamp Perez: "This is very, very rare.