Release: Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Endorses Sarah McBride for Congress
“Sarah Has Been A Proven Progressive Changemaker And A Forceful Advocate For Delaware Families”
Wilmington, DE— Congressional candidate for Delaware’s at-large district and State Senator Sarah McBride has been endorsed by the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC, the political arm of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, the largest Democratic ideological caucus.
“Sarah McBride personifies commitment to building government that acts as an instrument of the common good,” said Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Co-Chairs Reps. Mark Pocan, Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin. “In the Delaware state Senate, Sarah has been a proven progressive changemaker and a forceful advocate for Delaware families, helping to raise the minimum wage and pass landmark paid family and medical leave legislation. As the first openly transgender state senator in our country’s history, Sarah has been a national inspiration and her leadership is needed in Congress. We are proud to endorse her campaign.”
“I am truly honored to receive the endorsement of the Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC. Their tireless efforts in championing economic opportunity for all, universal health care, and real solutions to our nation's most urgent crises resonate deeply with my own values,” said McBride. “In Delaware, I've helped to deliver bold policy by building bridges across our state and, if elected, I look forward to working with members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus to build a government that sees all of us and an economy that works for everyone. As we continue to build a winning coalition heading into 2024, I'm proud to have CPC's support in this historic campaign.”
With nearly a year until the 2024 election, McBride has raised $1M faster than any other Delaware congressional candidate in their respective first campaigns. In comparison, John Carney raised $1.5M by September of his 2010 election year, and Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester raised $1.1M over her entire 2016 election.
McBride has been endorsed by a growing number of Delaware elected officials including Attorney General Kathy Jennings, State Auditor Lydia York, former Lt. Governor and Attorney General Matt Denn and more than twenty Delaware elected officials, community organizers, labor leaders and community and national advocacy organizations.
Members of the state legislature endorsing Senator McBride include: Senate President Pro Tempore David P. Sokola, Senate Majority Leader Bryan Townsend, Senate Majority Whip Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman; Rep. Nnamdi Chukwuocha; Rep. Kendra Johnson; Rep. Debra Heffernan; Rep. Krista Griffith; Rep. DeShanna Neal; Rep. Sophie Phillips; Rep. Kim Williams; Rep. Paul Baumbach; Rep. Ed Osienski; Rep. Cyndie Romer; Senator Laura Sturgeon; Senator Russ Huxtable; Senator Kyra Hoffner; Senator Spiros Mantzavinos; Senator Jack Walsh; Senator Kyle Evans Gay; Senator Stephanie Hansen; and Senator Nicole Poore.
Other organizations that announced their support of Senator McBride include:
End Citizens United / Let America Vote
Equality PAC
Human Rights Campaign
LPAC
Victory Fund
Next50
EMILYs List
Delaware Stonewall PAC
UFCW Local 27
Association of Flight Attendants
Reproductive Freedom for All
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)
ABOUT SARAH MCBRIDE
Sarah McBride represents roughly 50,000 Delawareans in the First State Senate District, which includes parts of Wilmington and Brandywine Hundred. Sarah grew up in Wilmington and has been advocating for her community for decades. She worked for former Governor Jack Markell, the late Attorney General Beau Biden, and served in the Obama White House. Most recently, she served as the national spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ equal rights organization.
When McBride was elected in November 2020, she became the first openly transgender state senator in American history. In just her first term, McBride passed the landmark Healthy Delaware Families Act, providing paid family and medical leave to workers throughout the First State and marking the largest expansion of Delaware's social safety net in decades. She also passed legislation expanding access to health care, requiring mental health and media literacy education in public schools, promoting green technologies, preventing lead poisoning in youth, and protecting workers and families.
McBride currently serves as chair of the Senate Health & Social Services Committee and is a member of the Senate’s Judiciary Committee, Education Committee, Banking, Business, Insurance, and Technology Committee, and Executive Committee.
Sarah married her late husband Andrew Cray in 2014 and is the proud aunt of seven. She is a graduate of Cab Calloway School of the Arts and American University. McBride has taught public policy at the University of Delaware and is the author of the 2018 memoir, “Tomorrow Will Be Different,” which includes a foreword from President Joe Biden.
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