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US election 2020: Sarah McBride creates history, becomes nation's first transgender senator

US election 2020: Sarah McBride creates history, becomes nation's first transgender senator

Sarah McBride

As counting for the US election 2020 begins, Sarah McBride became the United States' first openly transgender state senator after claiming a seat in Delaware on Tuesday night.

"We did it," McBride wrote on Twitter on Tuesday night. after her victory.

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In 2016, she made history after she became the first openly transgender person to speak at any major-party convention in the country.

Currently, there are four openly transgender state legislators: Virginia state Del. Danica Roem; Colorado state Rep. Brianna Titone; and New Hampshire state Reps. Lisa Bunker and Gerri Cannon and McBride will be the first Senator.

McBride's campaign this time focussed around affordable health care, improving minimum wage and school funding, among other issues.

"From the start, I knew I wanted to be the healthcare and paid leave candidate," said McBride to The News Journal.

"Even before COVID, people were feeling that need. This has just reinforced and deepened that need. For Delawareans, for those in poverty, those struggling through the pandemic, the issues we're talking about aren't abstract."