The United States has elected its first openly trans senator. In the state of Delaware, Sarah McBride has made history this year and opened doors for many others in the future.
What We Know:
- This past election day on November 3rd, Sarah McBride ran against Republican Steve Washington. She won the senate seat in a landslide and won more than three-fourths of the vote. Before this election, she had announced her campaign last year in Delaware and won the primary race back in September of this year.
- According to CBS News, McBride is a transgender activist who served as the national press secretary of the Human Rights Campaign, the country’s largest LGBTQ advocacy group and political lobbying organization. She was also a trainee in the White House with the Obama administration and on top of that, McBride became the first trans person to speak at a major political convention when she addressed Democrats in Philadelphia in 2016.
- Prior to the election, McBride said she was “energized” and “excited” for the general election campaign. “I’m ready to work my heart out through Nov. 3 to make sure that we win and that we elect Democrats up and down the ballot and send a strong message that this district supports Joe Biden.”
- Moments after the election was called, McBride tweeted a short message saying “We did it. We won the general election. Thank you, thank you, thank you.” It was a big win for members of the LGBTQ community and those who support it.
- According to the Daily Beast, if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are also elected into office, Sarah McBride says she is confident that they will reverse all of the Trump administration’s anti-LGBTQ attacks, especially on transgender people—like the infamous military ban. There are many issues she is willing to fix now that she is in the office such as affordable healthcare and reforming the criminal justice system.
Now that Sarah McBride has officially been elected, there will be more media attention focused on her and some possible changes in the state of Delaware. On top of this, surrounding states may follow as well.
