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McBride easily defeated Republican John Whalen III in the race for Delaware’s only seat in the House of Representatives.
Whalen is a retired construction company owner and former state trooper who ran a weak campaign in his first campaign for public office.
McBride, meanwhile, has established a national profile as an LGBTQ activist and has raised more than US$3 million ($4.5 million) in campaign contributions from across the country.
She achieved national recognition at the 2016 Democratic National Convention as the first openly transgender person to address a major party convention in the United States.
After easily winning the Democratic primary in September, McBride said she is not running for Congress to make history, but instead “to make historic progress for the people of Delaware.”
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As a state senator, McBride built a reputation for working on health care issues, including successfully sponsoring legislation to create a statewide paid family and health insurance program.
McBride also sponsored legislation to address Medicaid reimbursement rates for home health care services and expand access to dental care for low-income Delaware residents.
Another bill she sponsored imposed a 3.58 percent tax on the net income of Delaware hospitals as a way to raise additional federal funds for Medicaid. All these measures were translated into law.
Democrats have held Delaware’s US House seat since 2010.
The seat remained open last year after Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester decided to run for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by fellow Democrat Tom Carper.
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