By Moira Warburton
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.”