Delaware State Sen. Sarah McBride is once again making history — she will be the first openly transgender person to serve in the U.S. Congress.
McBride will succeed fellow Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester as the state’s at-large member of Congress. Blunt Rochester handily won her race for Senate earlier on Tuesday night.
McBride has been a rising star in politics. She previously worked for former Delaware Gov. Jack Markell and the late Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. In 2012, she interned with the Obama administration. Four years later, she became the first transgender person to speak at a major party convention.
She won her state Senate seat in 2020 with more than 70% of the vote.
McBride told NPR in June that during her tenure in state politics, she’s seen firsthand the impact of representation.
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