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Tue Oct 29, 2024, 07:32 PM Oct 29

Democrat Sarah McBride set to be first openly transgender member of US Congress

Source: msn/Reuters

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WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - Democrat Sarah McBride is expected to make history next week as the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. Congress. She is no stranger to making history: In 2016 she became the first openly transgender person to address a major U.S. political convention and in 2020 became the first to serve in a U.S. state Senate.

McBride, 34, is favored to win Delaware's sole seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, after securing the Democratic nomination in a competitive September primary and is expected to easily win a seat that the three major U.S. nonpartisan political rating services rate solidly Democratic.

"The fact that the candidacy of someone like me is even possible... is a testament to Delawareans," McBride said in a Saturday interview. However, she sought to play down the history-making nature of her nomination and expected election.

"People have seen that I have a track record of rolling up my sleeves, digging into the details, bringing Democrats and Republicans together," she said. "That's what I've been campaigning on. I'm not running on my identity."

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/democrat-sarah-mcbride-set-to-be-first-openly-transgender-member-of-us-congress/ar-AA1t9kyx

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