We did it!
With a heart full of hope and gratitude, I’m proud to share with you that I have been elected as Delaware’s next member of the United States House of Representatives.
Tonight is a testament to Delawareans: that here in our state of neighbors, we judge candidates based on their ideas, not their identities.
And while we await what message this nation will send the world — in this election, Delaware has sent a message loud and clear that we must be a country that protects reproductive freedom, that guarantees paid leave and affordable child care to 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.
Through the power of our proximity, in this state, we have come to see our fellow citizens as neighbors with shared hopes and a common destiny. We know that the division and nastiness that we too often see nationally, must not — and do not have to — be our new normal. That a different kind of politics is possible: a politics of hope, not of hate; of grace, not of grievance; of progress, not of pettiness.
This is our charge as Delawareans and as Americans — and mine as Delaware’s next representative.
This opportunity to serve is only possible due to all those who have helped me carry this campaign forward — especially this grassroots team.
Together, we built an incredible, strong, and diverse coalition of supporters up and down Delaware and across the country. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Growing up, I never imagined that I would one day serve in my state legislature as my authentic self — let alone the People’s House.
But tonight, YOU changed that! We shattered the national lavender glass ceiling and finally elected an out trans person to Congress.
And while, at this moment in America’s journey, hope sometimes feels hard to come by, we must never forget that we are the beneficiaries of seemingly impossible change becoming a reality; that it’s always been in our most significant challenges that we take our biggest steps forward as a country.
Because no matter what obstacles stand in our way, so long as we breathe, we hope — and, together, we can once again turn that hope into historic progress.
Thank you for believing in me,
Sarah McBride
