Meet Sarah
Congresswoman Sarah McBride leads with compassion, courage, and a steadfast commitment to fairness, dignity, and opportunity for all Delawareans.
Congresswoman Sarah McBride, a Wilmington native and decades-long public servant, represents our country’s First State.
Sarah served as State Senator for the First State Senate District from 2020-2025. Prior to that, Sarah worked for former Governor Jack Markell, the late Attorney General Beau Biden, and served in the Obama-Biden White House. She also served as the national spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign, which is the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization in the United States.
As a state senator, Sarah passed legislation expanding health care access, requiring mental health and media literacy education in public schools, promoting green technologies, preventing lead poisoning in youth, and protecting workers and families.
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. In her final term, she passed the largest ongoing investment into Delaware’s Medicaid program since the Affordable Care Act. Passing the legislation with unanimous and bipartisan support, the Protect Medicaid Act of 2024 unlocked over $175 million annually in new discretionary Medicaid funding to protect and expand health coverage for the roughly 200,000 Delawareans who receive care through the joint state- and federal-funded health insurance program.
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.
Members of the U.S. House of Representatives write and vote on federal laws, including the federal budget. Each represents one district and serves a two-year term. Tax bills must start in the House, only the House can impeach federal officials, and members oversee federal agencies through their committees.