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Delaware elects first trans-identifying member of Congress

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Delaware elected the nation's first trans-identifying individual to serve in the U.S. Congress last week.

Sarah McBride, 34, who was born Tim McBride, defeated Republican John Whalen III last Tuesday with 57.8% of the vote.

McBride, who made headlines in 2020 when he was elected as the country's first trans-identifying state senator, will represent Delaware's at-large congressional district, which had been held by Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, D-Del., since 2017.

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