Winner, unofficial result · U.S. House, DE-AL
Sarah Elizabeth McBride
American politician and activist (born 1990)
- Term begins
- January 3, 2027
Unofficial result, not yet certified. Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · read 2026-11-04
Called it. Before the polls closed, Vugol.Me called this race for the Democrat (D +6.8, from the Vugol Vector model) and the Democrat won. Every call, frozen before polls closed
Do you approve of Sarah Elizabeth McBride?
No reader votes yet. Yours would be the first.
Overview
Sarah Elizabeth McBride is an American politician, author, and LGBTQ rights activist serving as the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district since 2025.
More
A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Delaware Senate from 2021 to 2025, representing the 1st district. Prior, she was the national press secretary of the Human Rights Campaign from 2016 to 2021. McBride is the nation's highest ranking openly transgender elected official and the first openly transgender member of the United States Congress.
Source: Wikipedia · retrieved 2026-11-12 · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- August 9, 1990 (age 36)
- Education
- Cab Calloway School of the Arts, 2009
- American University, Bachelor of Arts, 2013
- Occupation
- LGBTQ rights activist, activist
- In Congress
- 1 House term, since January 3, 2025
Facts above: Wikidata (CC0, retrieved 2026-11-05) and congress-legislators (public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05).
_Matt_Meyer,_Kyle_Evans_Gay,_Sarah_McBride.jpg){kind=link}
The race
U.S. House, DE-AL. Won.
- Sarah McBride Democratic · winnern/a
Source: Wikipedia (House results table) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · unofficial until certified
Polls and models against the result
- Frozen call
- Democrat (D +6.8, from the Vugol Vector model)
- Result
- Won
Source: Vugol.Me calls ledger, frozen before polls closed and never edited after. Margins are Republican minus Democrat.
Money
Principal campaign committee: MCBRIDE FOR DELAWARE INC.. Covers January 1, 2025 to October 14, 2026; latest report: Pre-General. Money raised after that date appears once the next report is filed.
Where the money came from
30.6% of the $4,734,140 from individuals came in contributions the FEC does not itemize (donors who gave $200 or less in total).
- Individuals, unitemized (donors giving $200 or less in total)26.1%$1,447,794
- Individuals, itemized59.1%$3,286,346
- Other political committees (PACs)10.4%$577,067
- Transfers, other loans and other receipts4.4%$245,548
Employers donors listed
- YOUNG CONAWAY STARGATT & TAYLOR LLP$77,47536 contributions
- ANTHROPIC$28,0007 contributions
- INCYTE CORPORATION$13,2506 contributions
- MICROSOFT CORPORATION$10,65021 contributions
- WORLD SAVVY$10,0003 contributions
- UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE$9,07698 contributions
- WILMERHALE$9,0004 contributions
- BERGER MONTAGUE PC$8,5005 contributions
- CHALLENGE PROGRAM$8,5003 contributions
- CROOKED MEDIA$8,3508 contributions
Sum of itemized individual contributions by the employer the donor listed. These are employees giving as individuals, not donations by the companies. Entries such as retired, not employed or self-employed are left out of this list.
Source: Federal Election Commission (OpenFEC) · reports filed through October 14, 2026 · retrieved 2026-11-08 · filings can be amended · response hash 846ca00da14d
Industries
Industry totals are not on file here. OpenSecrets publishes them on its page for this member.
Record
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Foreign Affairs
2 subcommittees
- Europe
- Oversight and Intelligence
- House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
1 subcommittees
- Research and Technology
Source: congress-legislators (current committees) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · current Congress; the new committees are set after January 3, 2027
Bills and resolutions, 119th Congress (2025 to 2027)
- Sponsored
- 10 bills and resolutions
- Cosponsored
- 698 bills and resolutions
Most recent sponsored bills
- H.R. 9809: Disabled Access Credit Modernization ActIntroduced July 21, 2026. Latest action July 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 9412: Stop Scamming Americans ActIntroduced June 23, 2026. Latest action June 23, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- H.R. 8980: Holiday Pay ActIntroduced May 21, 2026. Latest action May 21, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- H.R. 8268: Biotechnology for All High School Students ActIntroduced April 14, 2026. Latest action April 14, 2026: Referred to the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology.
- H.R. 7505: Flexible Leave ActIntroduced February 11, 2026. Latest action February 11, 2026: Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, and House Administration, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- H.R. 6461: READ AI Models ActIntroduced December 4, 2025. Latest action June 25, 2026: Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 35 - 0.
Source: Congress.gov (Library of Congress) · the 119th Congress runs until January 3, 2027; a later Congress is not included · retrieved 2026-11-09 · counts of activity, not a measure of results · response hash c81c8c801a44
Bills and votes
The full list of bills and every recorded vote are published by Congress. We link to them rather than copy them:
Roll-call vote records are not on file here.
Issues and positions
Not yet on file: issue positions (we publish only what a source states). Are you this person? Update your profile
Contact and links
- Website
- mcbride.house.gov via Wikidata
- Office phone
- 202-225-4165
- Washington office
- 1306 Longworth House Office Building Washington DC 20515-0800
- Campaign email
- press@sarahmcbride.com · source
Sources: congress-legislators (official, public domain, retrieved 2026-11-05); Wikidata (CC0) for linked accounts; campaign-provided items are labeled.
Timeline
- 2026Called the winner of this race. Called by Wikipedia editors 4:22 AM ET
- 2025 to presentUnited States representative Wikidata
- 2024U.S. House, DE-AL · General · result not on file Vugol.Me record
- 2020 to 2025member of the Delaware State Senate Wikidata
- 2020State Senate, DE District 1 · General · won · 16,865 votes (73.3%) Vugol.Me record
Offices and dates: Wikidata (CC0) (Q17011236). Elections: Vugol.Me candidacy record.
In the news
Headlines from outlets across the political spectrum, linked to the publisher. Vugol.me doesn’t write or endorse them. How we choose them · News about this race
All sources
- Result: Wikipedia (House results table), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2026_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections&oldid=1383742945
- Call time: Called by Wikipedia editors 4:22 AM ET (revision)
- Pre-election call: Vugol.Me calls ledger (frozen), /calls
- Background: Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_McBride
- Birth, education, occupation and offices held: Wikidata (CC0), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17011236
- Congressional service, committees and official contact: congress-legislators (public domain), https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
- Term start: U.S. Constitution, 20th Amendment, section 1
- Campaign finance: Federal Election Commission
- Roster, FEC filing https://www.fec.gov/data/candidate/H4DE00045/
- photo_gallery https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(02-19-2025)_Matt_Meyer,_Kyle_Evans_Gay,_Sarah_McBride.jpg
- photo_gallery https://mcbride.house.gov/about/committees-and-caucuses
- photo_headshot https://unitedstates.github.io/
- photo_gallery https://mcbride.house.gov/about
Are you this person?
Add your photo, a biography in your own words, your positions and your contact details. Anything you add is labeled as provided by the campaign.
If you are Sarah Elizabeth McBride (or their campaign), sign in to claim this profile free and add your photo, bio and platform.
Sign in with your campaign email address, the one published for this campaign, or any address on your campaign website’s domain, and your claim is verified instantly. Other claims are identity-checked by our staff first.