Delaware made history on election night as voters elected the state's first Black U.S. senator and the first openly trans person to serve in Congress. CBS News projected Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride as the winner of the race for Delaware's single U.

McBride became the first openly transgender state senator in American history when she was elected in 2020. “Whenever you are first, you often have to try to be the best version that you can,” she said in a recent Reuters interview.