Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride (D) was projected to win her election Tuesday for Delaware's at-large House district, making history as the first openly transgender person elected to Congress, according to Decision Desk HQ.

McBride, who was heavily favored to defeat her Republican opponent, Josh Wahlen, a retired police officer, sailed to victory in the deep-blue state. She secured the Democratic nomination for the state’s lone House seat in September with 80 percent of the vote.

"Thank you, Delaware! Because of your votes and your values, I am proud to be your next member of Congress," McBride wrote Tuesday in a post on the social platform X after NBC News called the race. "Delaware has sent the message loud and clear that we must be a country that protects reproductive freedom, that guarantees paid leave and affordable child care for all our........

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