Transgender Lawmaker Wins Democratic Primary for Delaware’s Only House Seat
The New York Times
Sarah McBride, a Delaware state senator, is favored to win in November. She would become the first openly transgender member of Congress.
Sarah McBride, a state legislator, won the Democratic primary for Delaware’s only U.S. House seat, The Associated Press reported, making her the heavy favorite to win in November in the deep-blue state. If elected, she would become the first openly transgender member of Congress.
Ms. McBride, a Delaware native, easily defeated three other Democrats on Tuesday and was widely expected to win the general election to replace Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester. She will compete against James Whalen III, a former police officer, who defeated Donyale Hall, an Air Force veteran, in the Republican primary, according to The Associated Press.
Democrats have held the seat since 2010, and President Biden, who wrote the foreword for Ms. McBride’s 2018 memoir, won his home state by 19 percentage points four years ago. Ms. Blunt Rochester, a Democrat, is pursuing a Senate seat that is being vacated by Thomas R. Carper, who is retiring.
Transgender issues have become a political flashpoint. Lawmakers in Republican-led states have pushed to set limits on gender-transition medical care for minors, bathroom use by trans students, and the makeup of sports teams. The Biden administration has pressed to expand transgender rights in schools and federal health care programs but has faced court challenges from conservative states and legal activists.
In an interview, Ms. McBride said she hoped to be a voice for L.G.B.T.Q. rights in Congress, where the Equality Act, which would amend existing federal anti-discrimination laws to make gender identity and sexual orientation protected classes, has stalled since passing the House for the first time in 2019.
“It’s difficult to hate someone whose story you know,” Ms. McBride said. “And when we are proximate to one another, whether it’s across gender or across race or the partisan divide, it can help to bring down the temperature in our politics, because we realize that people who are impacted by these issues are people, and we see that humanity.”
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