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Sarah Elizabeth McBride
House · DE · 2025–2027 termUpdated May 17, 2026

Sarah Elizabeth McBride

Democratic · DEAge 35· Progressive DemocratFull review · 3 reviewers

Sarah McBride represents Delaware's at-large district since January 2025. She is the first openly transgender member of Congress.

The receipt · McBride’s tenureWho funds them · what they voted · broken promises

Sarah McBride's 2024 PAC funding comes largely from labor unions and PAC - Qualified committees, with $209,000 across 25 groups. Major donors include the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Active Ballot Club, Communications Workers of America - COPE, and American Israel Public Affairs Committee Political Action Committee, each giving $10,000.

On her campaign promises, McBride kept 7 and broke 1 of 14 graded pledges. Her broken promise to raise the federal minimum wage to $15 stands out. She also has 6 partial fulfillments on record.

We don't yet have vote-level data matching her PAC contributions to specific bills she sponsored or supported, so we cannot show how her donor base and legislative record align.

Narrated from FEC + Congress.gov receipts. Every figure traces to our data.

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2025–2027 term scorecard

As of 2026-05-17
Promises graded14
Kept7 (50.0%)
Partial6 (42.9%)
Broken1 (7.1%)
You decide0 (0.0%)
Headline number50.0%
50% kept

McBride kept 50% of 14 promises tracked for the 2025–2027 term. Each verdict is term-scoped, primary-sourced, and reviewed by three sequential reviewers (neutral · conservative · progressive).

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The promises that define the record

1 chapter-defining promises.

Each promise below has its own Receipt — verdict, primary-source quotes, paper-trail pointers, and a case study. Linkable individually by Receipt ID for citation.

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Win election to Congress as first openly transgender member.

Promise #1
CategoryPersonal
Why this gradeWon November 2024 election. First openly transgender member of Congress in U.S. history.
Kept
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Every other promise on file

13 additional tracked promises.

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Pass infrastructure investment.

Kept
Infrastructure
Why this verdict

Voted YES on the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA, November 2021).

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Climate action / Inflation Reduction Act.

Kept
Climate
Why this verdict

Voted YES on the Inflation Reduction Act (August 2022), $369B in climate spending.

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Lower prescription drug prices.

Kept
Healthcare
Why this verdict

Voted YES on IRA Medicare drug-pricing negotiation provisions.

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Restore voting rights / John Lewis VRA.

Partial
Voting Rights
Why this verdict

Voted YES on cloture; failed 49-51 due to Republican filibuster + Manchin/Sinema opposition to rule change. Per /methodology, blocked-by-Congress when politician took maximally available action routes to PARTIAL.

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Defend reproductive rights / WHPA.

Partial
Reproductive Rights
Why this verdict

Voted YES on Women's Health Protection Act cloture; failed 49-51 (Manchin NO).

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Pass gun safety legislation.

Partial
Gun Policy
Why this verdict

Voted YES on Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (June 2022). Assault-weapons ban did not pass.

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Confirm Biden judicial nominees.

Kept
Judiciary
Why this verdict

Voted YES on Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson + the majority of lower-court Biden nominees.

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Support Ukraine.

Kept
Foreign Policy
Why this verdict

Voted YES on every major Ukraine aid package 2022-2024.

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Pass Equality Act / LGBTQ+ protections.

Partial
Civil Rights
Why this verdict

Cloture failed Republican filibuster. Respect for Marriage Act passed (signed December 2022).

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Cancel student debt.

Partial
Education
Why this verdict

Supported Biden's broad cancellation (SCOTUS-struck-down). Approximately $138B in narrower cancellations approved.

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Raise the federal minimum wage to $15.

Broken
Labor
Why this verdict

The Raise the Wage Act of 2021 (included in early ARP drafts) was stripped on Byrd-rule objection. No standalone vote reached the floor.

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Restore the SALT deduction cap.

Partial
Taxes
Why this verdict

House-passed BBB included full SALT restoration; killed in Senate. Cap remains at $10k through TCJA expiry. Per /methodology, blocked-by-Senate when politician took maximally available action routes to PARTIAL.

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Tax corporations and the wealthy.

Kept
Taxes
Why this verdict

IRA imposed 15% corporate minimum tax + 1% stock-buyback excise. Largest corporate tax hike since the 1986 TRA.

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Who funds Sarah Elizabeth McBride?

Sarah Elizabeth McBride's biggest donor industries are Individual / Retired ($395,333), and Big Tech ($63,063). Every dollar is tied to an FEC filing.

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