{"id":122824,"date":"2024-11-06T20:18:51","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T13:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122824"},"modified":"2024-11-06T20:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T13:18:51","slug":"sarah-mcbride-becomes-first-openly-transgender-person-to-win-a-seat-in-congress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122824","title":{"rendered":"Sarah McBride becomes first openly transgender person to win a seat in Congress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-cy=\"article-content\">\n<p>One of Delaware\u2019s state senators, Democrat Sarah McBride, made history Tuesday night as the first transgender person elected to Congress in U.S. history.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"paywall\">\n<p>The Delaware native won the state\u2019s single seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. She will replace fellow Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester, who also won her race and made history on Tuesday night, becoming Delaware\u2019s first female senator.<\/p>\n<p>McBride won her race with 57.7% of the vote, while opponent Republican John Whalen III came in with 42.3%. She was heavily favored leading up to the race, having raised over $3.5 million throughout her campaign. Whalen had reportedly raised under $7,000 as of mid-October, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/delaware-house-race-election-mcbride-whalen-4a80f4a9852240a890bb820c53ef882b\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/delaware-house-race-election-mcbride-whalen-4a80f4a9852240a890bb820c53ef882b\" rel=\"noopener\">according to the AP<\/a><em>. <\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think that folks know that I\u2019m personally invested in equality as an LGBTQ person but my priorities are going to be affordable child care, paid family medical leave, housing and healthcare, and reproductive freedom,\u201d McBride said in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-_S_0j63Vso\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-_S_0j63Vso\" rel=\"noopener\">an interview with CBS Sunday Morning<\/a> two weeks ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 34-year-old politician has been long-involved in government. She was an intern at the White House in 2012 during former President Barack Obama\u2019s second term. That internship took place as McBride got her bachelor\u2019s degree from American University where she was studying government and American politics. McBride made headlines in 2020 when she won her seat in the state senate, and became the first openly transgender politician elected to that role as well. She has been serving in that position since, focusing on education, families, and Medicaid throughout her time in the state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She thanked her supporters on <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/company\/twitter\/\" rel=\"noopener\">X<\/a> after she won. \u201cDelaware has sent the message loud and clear that we must be a country that protect reproductive freedom, that guarantees paid lead and affordable child care for all our families, that ensures that housing and health care are available to everyone and that this is a democracy that is big enough for all of us,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SarahEMcBride\/status\/1853989947893862847\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/x.com\/SarahEMcBride\/status\/1853989947893862847\" rel=\"noopener\">post read.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc-30bdb254-0 kxagCu article\" data-cy=\"subscriptionPlea\">\n<p>Follow the outcomes, understand the impacts. Read all of our U.S. election coverage <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/tag\/u-s-presidential-election?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=election&amp;itm_content=electiontag\" target=\"_self\" class=\"sc-93594058-0 fowfrQ  \" aria-label=\"Go to https:\/\/fortune.com\/tag\/u-s-presidential-election?&amp;itm_source=fortune&amp;itm_medium=article_tout&amp;itm_campaign=election&amp;itm_content=electiontag\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2024\/11\/06\/democrat-sarah-mcbride-wins-seat-in-congress\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of Delaware\u2019s state senators, Democrat Sarah McBride, made history Tuesday night as the first transgender person elected to Congress in U.S. history.\u00a0 The Delaware native won the state\u2019s single &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=122824\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8629],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-122824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122824","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=122824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/122824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=122824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=122824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=122824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}