Transgender candidate announces campaign for Delaware state senate

Published July 9, 2019 8:38pm ET



A prominent transgender advocate announced Tuesday she is running to represent Delaware’s Senate District 1, hoping to replace retiring incumbent Harris McDowell in 2020.

Martha McBride
LGBT rights activist Sarah McBride.

Sarah McBride made history in 2016 as the first trans person to address a major party convention, when she spoke at the Democratic National Convention on behalf of transgender rights.

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