Sarah
McBride

Sarah McBride is a trailblazing civic leader and state senator who has supported workers and families through policies to expand access to health care and family leave, and invest in clean energy and transportation.

McBride was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. Before attending college, she served as a campaign staffer for former Delaware Governor Jack Markell and the late Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden. After graduating from American University, she led an extensive effort to pass a landmark non-discrimination law in Delaware, which was focused on gender identity. McBride’s commitment to community activism led her to be awarded Delaware’s Order of the First State, the state’s highest civilian honor. McBride worked at both the Center for American Progress and Human Rights Campaign, focusing on LGBTQ+ issues. In 2020, she was elected to the Delaware state Senate, where she has helped pass legislation increasing access to health care, promoting green technologies, and expanding early voting.

As a representative, McBride will continue to fight climate change by investing in a clean energy economy that expands renewable energy, lowers emissions, and creates good paying union jobs. She is the first openly transgender member of Congress.

McBride joins the U.S. House to fill the seat of Senator-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester, who was elected to the U.S. Senate and earned a 97% lifetime score on LCV’s National Environmental Scorecard.

“Climate change poses an urgent threat to both our planet and our home, Delaware, the nation’s lowest-lying state. President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act was the single largest investment in green infrastructure and the most profound attempt to rescue our climate in history. Building on that progress must be a top priority for Delaware’s sole Member of Congress.” – McBride for Delaware