At the same time as the presidential election in the USA is in full swing, candidates for the US Congress are also being chosen.
When the House of Representatives’ 435 members and the Senate’s 100 seats are to be secured, the 34-year-old Democrat was Sarah McBride one of those who secured the tiny state of Delaware’s sole seat in the House of Representatives.
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USA:s congress
Congress is the federal legislative assembly of the United States with its seat in the Capitol in the capital, Washington DC. Its work runs in two-year terms, on January 3, 2023, the current 118th session of Congress began. On November 5, the members are elected for the 119th meeting.
Congress consists of the Senate with 100 members, two from each state, and the House of Representatives with 435 seats, distributed in relation to the states’ population.
There are currently 220 Republicans and 212 Democrats in the Republican-led House of Representatives. Three seats are vacant. The even situation and the division within each party make it difficult to get legislative and budget proposals through.
In the Senate, the Democrats have 47 seats and the support of four independent members, giving the party the majority. The Republicans have 49 members.
Sources: TT via US Congress, House Press Gallery
Sarah McBride first trans person in US Congress
McBride is the name of the first trans person elected to the US Congress – ever.
McBride won over the Republican John Whalen III with 57.8 percent, which Expressen wrote about.
“Tonight’s results are proof that in our state we judge candidates based on their ideas, not identities,” she said at the Democratic Election Night Celebration in Delaware in According to NBC News The Express.
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Thanked her late husband
McBride went to the polls on more accessible health care at lower prices, protected abortion rights and higher minimum wages. After the victory was a fact, McBride also thanked her late husband from the Democrats’ stage.
– My time with Andy strengthened my belief in the simple truth that hope as a feeling and phenomenon only seems reasonable in difficult times. While at this time in American history it sometimes feels hard to hope, we must never forget that we are part of changes that previously seemed impossible.
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