State Sen. Sarah McBride has won the Democratic primary for Delaware’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in a bid to become the first openly transgender person elected to Congress
Delaware held its primary election Tuesday with several hotly contested races on the ballot for both democrats and republicans and the results are in.Use the dropdown below to find your district.
.McBride won Tuesday’s primary over businessmen Earl Cooper and Elias Weir, neither of whom reported raising any money for their campaigns. Cooper is a political newcomer, while Weir finished dead last in a 2016 congressional primary with less than 1% of the vote.McBride, meanwhile, raised almost $3 million in contributions from around the country.
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