Sarah McBride

Sarah McBride (born August 9, 1990) is an American LGBTQ rights activist and Democratic politician who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for Delaware's at-large congressional district since 2025. She is a member of the Delaware State Senate since 2020. She was the National Press Secretary of the Human Rights Campaign. 

Local political career
After winning the September 15, 2020 Democratic primary in the safe Democratic 1st Delaware State Senate district, she became the first transgender state senator in the country as well as the highest-ranking transgender official in the country.

In July 2016, she was a speaker at the Democratic National Convention, becoming the first openly transgender person to address a major party convention in American history.

U.S. House of Representatives
On June 26, 2023, after Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester's earlier announcement that she would run for the U.S. Senate, McBride officially announced her candidacy for the U.S. House of Representatives. She won the election in November 2024, becoming the first openly transgender member of Congress.

Personal life
In August 2014, McBride married Andrew Cray after he was diagnosed with terminal oral cancer. Four days after their wedding, Cray died from the disease.

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