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Sarah McBride
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, DE-00
Representative since 2025
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- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Delaware US House At-Large
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- Care Economy
- Climate Change
- Criminal Justice Reform
- Delaware’s Agriculture Economy
- Education and Workforce Development
- In Congress
- Representative since 2025 · votes with their party 97% of the time. See the record · Office phone 202-225-4165
- Money
- $5.6M raised, $3.4M spent, $2.3M cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 31% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 25% from Delaware · largest committee giver CAPITAL ONE FINANCIAL CORP. ASSOC. POLITICAL FUND, $10K
- Outside groups
- $20 supporting McBride
- Backed by
- Delaware Democratic Party · Delaware Building and Construction Trades · Reproductive Freedom For All and 20 more. As the campaign lists them
- Sponsored most in
- Labor and Employment, International Affairs, Science, Technology, Communications
14 priorities from sarahmcbride.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
The cost and availability of care affect nearly every family in Delaware. Whether it’s finding affordable childcare, taking time away from work to care for a new baby or a loved one, or helping an aging parent or a person with a disability remain safely at home, too many families are forced to make impossible choices because care is too expensive or simply unavailable. Building a stronger care economy means making childcare universal and affordable, guaranteeing paid family and medical leave, supporting family caregivers, and ensuring older adults and people with disabilities can access high-quality care. These investments strengthen families, support workers, grow our economy, and make life more affordable.
That’s why House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries appointed me to co-chair the House Democratic Caregiving Working Group, and why I serve as Chair of the New Democrat Coalition’s Care Economy Task Force. In these leadership roles, I’m bringing together lawmakers, caregivers, businesses, providers, advocates, labor leaders, and employers to advance practical and bold solutions that expand access to childcare, paid leave, home care, and long-term care. I’ll continue fighting to build a bold care economy that gives every Delaware family the support they need to care for their loved ones without sacrificing their financial security.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Built support for the FAMILY Act, to create a permanent national paid family and medical leave program that guarantees up to 12 weeks of paid leave for workers facing major life events. The bill ensures workers can take time to welcome a new child, recover from a serious illness, care for a loved one, respond to a family member’s military deployment, or escape domestic violence without having to choose between their family, their health, and a paycheck.
- Backed landmark legislation to deliver universal access to affordable, high-quality child care and early learning, including the Child Care for Every Community Act and the Child Care for Working Families Act. Together, these bills would cap child care costs, ensure many families pay no more than $10 a day for care, expand access to Pre-K and Head Start, and invest in the child care workforce to improve quality, raise wages, and expand access for families.
- Cosponsored the American Family Act, to permanently expand the Child Tax Credit and provide monthly payments that help families afford essentials like food, housing, and child care. The bill would increase the value of the credit, make it fully available to low-income families, and build on the successful 2021 expansion that helped lift millions of children out of poverty.
- Led a bipartisan effort to protect seniors’ access to home healthcare, successfully pushing the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to scale back President Trump’s proposed Medicare payment cuts that would have threatened care for older Americans. Working across the aisle, I helped preserve an estimated $915 million for home health providers, protecting in-home care that helps seniors recover safely at home, avoid unnecessary hospitalizations, and maintain their independence.
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Protecting our clean air, clean water, and natural treasures — from our beaches to our state parks to our farms — is essential to our quality of life, public health, and economy. Climate change poses an urgent threat to both our planet and our home, Delaware, the nation’s lowest-lying state. The transformational Inflation Reduction Act was the single largest investment in green infrastructure and the most profound attempt to rescue our climate in history. But the current President’s efforts to dismantle those investments have driven up energy costs for families, threatened good-paying clean energy jobs, and put our climate and economy at risk. Building on that progress must remain a top priority.
We must increase investment in renewable energy, make green technologies affordable and accessible for consumers and businesses, and ensure that the sustainable industries of the future employ a local and unionized workforce. In order to achieve net-zero emissions as soon as possible, the United States must demonstrate commitment to both domestic action and global investment.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Cosponsored the Energy Bills Relief Act, comprehensive legislation to lower household energy costs by expanding access to affordable clean energy, strengthening the electric grid, and helping families reduce their utility bills. The bill restores clean energy tax credits, expands programs such as LIHEAP and the Weatherization Assistance Program, invests in grid modernization and community solar, and streamlines permitting to speed the delivery of reliable, lower-cost energy projects.
- Cosponsored the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program Reauthorization Act, to reauthorize the Delaware River Basin Restoration Program through 2032 and continue supporting projects that improve water quality, restore wildlife habitat, reduce flooding, and strengthen the health of communities throughout the Delaware River watershed.
- Cosponsored the Defend Our Coast Act to prohibit leasing for exploration, development, or production of oil or gas in the mid-Atlantic.
- Delivered millions of dollars in Community Project Funding to support sand replenishment at Delaware’s Beaches.
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Our criminal justice system should protect everyone equally, but unfortunately, it never truly has. That is why our system needs reform to right the wrongs of the past, foster public safety, and help put people on the path toward a brighter future.
In the State Senate, I supported meaningful criminal justice reforms aimed at reducing recidivism, expanding expungements, and ensuring reintegration after incarceration. I also supported expanding the use of police body cameras, pressed for reform in police training, and advocated for increased transparency in policing.
I brought this experience to Congress and am helping make our criminal justice system work for everyone. I’ll continue to push for an end to mass incarceration, legalize marijuana and expunge convictions, and help to reimagine a system that prioritizes reentry and prevents recidivism.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Secured Community Project Funding for a project to provide healthcare to individuals reentering the community from incarceration and for a project to improve police training.
- Cosponsored the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, comprehensive legislation to hold police accountable and build trust between law enforcement and our communities. The bill makes it easier for the federal government to successfully prosecute police misconduct cases, ends racial and religious profiling, eliminates qualified immunity for law enforcement, and bans the use of chokeholds and no-knock warrants.
- Cosponsored the Clean Slate Act, to help people who have paid their debt to society get a true second chance by automatically sealing eligible federal records for nonviolent offenses and creating a pathway for others to petition the courts to have their records sealed.
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Agriculture is Delaware’s largest industry and the backbone of our economy, supporting thousands of jobs, preserving our farmland, and sustaining communities across the First State. That’s why I hosted Delaware’s first-ever Congressional Agriculture Summit, bringing together farmers, agricultural leaders, and stakeholders from across the state to ensure their voices help shape federal policy. From rising input costs and tariffs to workforce shortages, avian influenza, and extreme weather, Delaware farmers deserve a seat at the table as Congress makes decisions that affect their livelihoods.
I’ll continue fighting to strengthen Delaware’s agricultural economy, protect family farms and farmland, support our poultry industry, invest in the next generation of farmers, lower input costs, and advance bipartisan policies that help Delaware agriculture thrive for generations to come.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Cosponsored the Farm and Family Relief Act, to reverse harmful cuts to agriculture made in President Trump’s Big Ugly Bill by providing emergency relief for farmers, investing in specialty crops, forestry, and agricultural innovation, and helping farmers strengthen their operations, improve resilience, and continue feeding communities across the country.
- After meeting with local poultry producers, I introduced the bipartisan SAVE Our Poultry Act, to support Delaware’s poultry industry by strengthening research into highly pathogenic avian influenza and helping prevent devastating outbreaks that drive up the cost of chicken, threaten jobs, and disrupt the food supply.
- Supported the Local Farmers Feeding Our Communities Act, to strengthen local food systems by helping schools, food banks, and other community organizations purchase food from local farmers while supporting small and beginning producers.
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Every child deserves access to a high-quality public education, regardless of their ZIP code, family income, or background. Strong public schools are the foundation of opportunity, preparing students for good-paying jobs, higher education, and engaged citizenship while strengthening our communities and economy. I’ll continue fighting to support our public schools, invest in educators, expand opportunities for students, and ensure every child—including students with disabilities—has the resources they need to succeed. I’ll also continue to champion workforce development by strengthening career and technical education, apprenticeships, and partnerships with employers so students and workers alike have pathways to good-paying jobs in Delaware’s growing economy.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Introduced the bipartisan Biotechnology for All High School Students Act, to expand access to hands-on biotechnology education and help prepare the next generation of innovators and workers in healthcare, agriculture, manufacturing, and other critical industries. The bill supports teachers and students with grants for curriculum, laboratory equipment, professional development, and workforce training.
- Cosponsored the Department of Education Protection Act, to prevent federal funds from being used to dismantle the Department of Education and protect the agency’s ability to support students, educators, and schools across the country.
- Cosponsored the Keep Our PACT Act and the IDEA Full Funding Act, to provide schools with the resources they need to support students with disabilities by fulfilling the federal government’s commitment to fully fund the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and strengthening special education services in schools across the country.
- Delivered federal dollars to a new Delaware Skills Center to expand workforce training opportunities in the state.
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Few policies are more urgent and high-stakes than gun safety policies. Everyone deserves to feel safe in their community, whether you are walking alone at night or going to school during the day. The truth is, when it comes to guns, our country has lost its common sense. We need Congress to step up and fight for the safety of our loved ones and children. We need Congress to pass common-sense gun safety laws.
I am proud to have helped ban assault weapons in Delaware and pass the most significant gun safety package in the state’s history. In Congress, I have supported efforts to strengthen background checks, ban assault weapons, and institute safeguards to prevent dangerous individuals from getting guns.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Backed the Bipartisan Background Checks Act, to expand background checks to nearly all firearm sales, helping keep guns out of the hands of people who are prohibited from possessing them while protecting responsible gun ownership.
- Supported Ethan’s Law, to help prevent accidental shootings by encouraging the safe storage of firearms and establishing secure storage requirements when children could access a gun.
- Cosponsored the Assault Weapons Ban Act, to prohibit the sale, manufacture, transfer, and importation of military-style assault weapons, helping reduce the risk of mass shootings and make communities safer.
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Healthcare is a human right. In the wealthiest nation on earth, any person left without health coverage is a moral failing. I support policies that advance our country toward the ultimate goal of universal coverage. At a minimum, we should expand Medicare to cover dental, vision, and hearing while lowering the age of eligibility. I support Medicare for all of our neighbors who want it.
The Big Ugly Bill made the largest cuts to Medicaid in American history. Rubber-stamped by Congressional Republicans, these cuts threaten the healthcare safety net that thousands of Delawareans and millions of Americans rely on. The consequences will be felt far beyond those who lose coverage. Hospitals and providers are facing more uncompensated care, emergency rooms are becoming even more overcrowded as people delay treatment, and an already strained healthcare workforce is facing even greater pressure. I will continue to fight to protect Medicaid from the administration’s cruel agenda.
From nurses and physician assistants to dentists and physicians, healthcare providers are the backbone of our healthcare system. Everyone should be able to access a quality provider near them, regardless of whether you live in a small town in Sussex or just north of Wilmington. Too often, I hear from patients across Delaware that waiting times for essential care are simply too long. At the same time, our healthcare workforce is being pushed to the brink, caring for more patients with fewer resources while facing burnout and staffing shortages. As I have successfully done in the State Senate, I will continue to support our healthcare workforce by bringing federal investments to Delaware for education and career support.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Cosponsored the Medicare Dental, Vision, and Hearing Benefit Act, to expand Medicare by covering dental, vision, and hearing care, ensuring seniors can access the comprehensive healthcare they need.
- Supported the CONNECT for Health Act, to permanently expand access to telehealth by allowing more patients to receive care remotely, increasing access to providers, and improving access to mental health services.
- Cosponsored the Protecting Health Care and Lowering Costs Act, to reverse the healthcare and Medicaid cuts included in the Big Ugly Bill and permanently extend Affordable Care Act premium tax credits after Congressional Republicans allowed them to expire, helping keep health coverage affordable for millions of Americans.
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America’s immigration system should reflect our values of dignity, fairness, and the rule of law. The administration’s mass deportation agenda has torn families apart, spread fear through our communities, undermined due process, and made schools, hospitals, and places of worship less safe by turning them into targets for immigration enforcement. ICE has killed Americans while increasingly operating without accountability, violating basic freedoms, and eroding trust between law enforcement and the communities they serve.
That’s why I was one of the first members of Congress to call for the impeachment of former DHS Secretary Kristi Noem over the administration’s abuses of power and disregard for the rule of law. I’ll continue advocating for comprehensive immigration reform that restores accountability, protects civil liberties, provides a pathway to legal status for long-standing members of our communities, and ensures we have both an orderly, secure immigration system and humane enforcement consistent with our Constitution and our values.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Cosponsored the bipartisan Dream and Promise Act, to provide Dreamers, individuals with Temporary Protected Status (TPS), and Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) recipients with a pathway to lawful permanent residence, allowing long-term members of our communities to continue living and working in the United States.
- Cosponsored the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act, to prevent immigration enforcement actions at sensitive locations such as schools, hospitals, places of worship, courthouses, and other community spaces, ensuring people can safely access essential services without fear.
- Helped introduce the PROTECT Immigration Act, to end the 287(g) program, which allows state and local law enforcement agencies to partner with ICE to carry out federal immigration enforcement. The bill helps restore trust between immigrant communities and local law enforcement by ensuring local police can focus on public safety rather than federal immigration enforcement.
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The American Dream is unaffordable and inaccessible for too many. Delawareans across our state are struggling under rising costs and insufficient wages. Too many families are working harder than ever but still finding it harder to afford a home, put food on the table, save for the future, or simply get ahead.
I believe our economy should reward work, not just wealth. That’s why I’m fighting to lower costs for working families and make it easier for people to build a good life here in Delaware. That means increasing the supply of housing so more families can afford to buy or rent a home, taking on corporations driving up everyday costs, and supporting tax relief that puts more money back into the pockets of working- and middle-class families, not billionaires.
I oppose this administration’s across-the-board tariffs that raise prices on everything from groceries to household goods. These policies act as a hidden tax on working families and small businesses, making it harder for them to make ends meet and compete.
I also opposed the so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill” because it prioritized massive tax breaks for the wealthiest Americans while paying for them by taking food assistance and ripping healthcare away from Delawareans. At a time when too many people are already struggling, we should be expanding opportunity, not making it harder to afford the basics.
I’ll always work to lower costs, create more good-paying jobs, protect programs that help families succeed, and build an economy where everyone who works hard has a fair shot at achieving the American Dream.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Cosponsored the American Affordability Act, comprehensive legislation to lower the cost of living by reducing housing, childcare, healthcare, energy, and education costs for working families. The bill expands affordable housing by increasing the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit, creating new incentives to convert vacant commercial buildings into homes, and providing tax relief for first-time homebuyers and renters. It restores clean energy incentives to lower utility bills, enhances the Child Tax Credit and childcare tax credits, makes health insurance more affordable by expanding premium assistance, and helps lower the cost of higher education through expanded tax credits and student loan relief.
- Cosponsored the Prevent Tariff Abuse Act, to rein in President Trump’s reckless use of tariffs that have driven up prices for American families and businesses. The bill would require congressional approval before a president can impose tariffs under the guise of a national emergency, helping prevent unnecessary price increases on everyday goods and reduce costs for consumers.
- Backed the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which became law, to increase the supply of affordable housing, lower housing costs, expand homeownership opportunities, and strengthen federal housing programs. The law helps communities build more homes, supports innovative housing solutions, expands financing for affordable housing, strengthens protections for renters, and improves efforts to prevent and end homelessness.
- Cosponsored the Restoring Food Security for American Families and Farmers Act, to reverse harmful SNAP cuts made in congressional Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill, restore nutrition assistance for vulnerable families, and strengthen local food systems.
- Backed the Billionaires Income Tax Act, to ensure the wealthiest Americans pay their fair share by requiring billionaires to pay taxes on the growth of their publicly traded assets, helping create a fairer tax system and generate revenue for public investments.
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As MAGA extremists continue to criminalize abortion, I will fight to protect the private relationship between women and their doctors. Everyone deserves access to comprehensive, culturally competent reproductive and maternal healthcare. In my time in the State Senate, I proudly worked to make Delaware a safe haven for reproductive care. And now, in Congress, I have continued the fight for reproductive freedom for all.
In 2022, I helped expand Medicaid coverage for postpartum care in Delaware, and I’ll continue these efforts in Congress to protect access to the full range of reproductive healthcare, strengthen maternal healthcare, and address the unacceptable maternal health disparities that disproportionately affect women of color.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Cosponsored the Women’s Health Protection Act, to codify the protections of Roe v. Wade into federal law by establishing a nationwide statutory right to provide and receive abortion care free from medically unnecessary restrictions.
- Supported the Ensuring Women’s Right to Reproductive Freedom Act, to protect the right to travel across state lines for abortion care and prevent states from interfering with patients or those helping them access care.
- Cosponsored the Right to IVF Act, to protect the right to access fertility treatments and ensure insurance coverage for assisted reproductive technologies.
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As a member of the House’s Science, Space, and Technology Committee, I know that America’s leadership in science and technology depends on investing in research and supporting the people who make discovery possible. The administration’s attacks on basic science and its firing of career scientists threaten our ability to compete and undermine the breakthroughs that drive economic growth and improve lives. I support strengthening research at our public universities and national laboratories, protecting the independence of federal scientists, and investing in Delaware’s growing biotechnology and life sciences sector, alongside emerging industries like artificial intelligence and advanced manufacturing. By strengthening partnerships among universities, researchers, entrepreneurs, and businesses, we can create good-paying jobs, grow Delaware’s innovation economy, and ensure America remains the global leader in science and technology.
Artificial intelligence presents potentially one of the biggest changes for humanity in our history. No concentration of such power—whether in an individual, a company, a nation, or a technology—can be allowed to go unchecked, unrestrained, or unregulated. We need human-centric laws that protect our economy, our finances, our privacy, our health, our democracy, and our national security. For AI to bring good, we must protect against its harm, and Congress must act with the urgency this moment demands.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Introduced the bipartisan READ AI Models Act, to create a standardized “nutrition label” for artificial intelligence models that gives people clear, easy-to-understand information about an AI model. The bill passed the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee with unanimous bipartisan support.
- Successfully led an effort to force the Trump Administration to reverse harmful cuts to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) here in Delaware and other MEP programs across the country, preserving federal funding for a program that helps small and mid-sized manufacturers grow, innovate, and create jobs.
- Secured House passage of my amendment providing $5 million to advance cutting-edge liquid cooling technology developed in Delaware, supporting next-generation systems that can make data centers more energy efficient, reduce strain on the electric grid, and strengthen military technology. The investment would support Delaware innovation and good-paying jobs while advancing American competitiveness and national security.
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Delaware is home to more than 70,000 veterans whose service and sacrifice have helped protect our country and our freedoms. We have a responsibility to ensure veterans, military families, and survivors receive the care, benefits, and support they have earned. In Congress, I’ll continue working across the aisle to strengthen veterans’ healthcare, improve economic security for military families, and make sure every Delaware veteran is treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.
In Congress, I’ve:
- Backed the Major Richard Star Act, to ensure combat-injured veterans can receive both their full military retirement pay and their disability compensation without an offset, honoring their service and sacrifice with the full benefits they have earned.
- Cosponsored the Love Lives On Act, to ensure surviving military spouses do not lose the survivor benefits they have earned if they remarry, regardless of age, providing greater financial security for veterans’ families after the loss of a loved one.
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