CNN —Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator, will win her state’s at-large US House seat, making her the first out transgender person to serve in Congress, CNN projects.
Despite running in a reliably blue state, McBride emphasized her work leading a bipartisan push to pass paid family and medical leave in the state.
McBride, a former spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ rights group, has made history throughout her public life.
Four years later, McBride became the first transgender person to address a national party convention, when she spoke at the 2016 Democratic National Convention.
And in 2020, McBride became the first out transgender person elected to serve in a state Senate, when she was elected to represent a seat in northern Delaware.
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