Transgender activist Sarah McBride is running for Delaware Senate

Activist Sarah McBride is running for the Delaware Senate in 2020.

The 28-year-old Wilmington native announced Tuesday morning she will try to replace Sen. Harris McDowell, D-Wilmington North, who is retiring at the end of his term.

McBride rose to national prominence in 2016 when she became the first openly transgender person to speak at the Democratic National Convention.

Long involved in politics, she is the national press secretary for the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ civil rights advocacy group in the U.S. She plans to stay in that position part-time during her campaign, but would leave to be a full-time legislator if she wins, she said.

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