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Sarah McBride is to become the first transgender state senator in the US, after declaring victory in Delaware.
She beat Republican Steve Washington to take over the seat from Democrat Harris McDowell, who is standing down.
Ms McBride, 30, has worked as the press secretary of LGBT advocacy group the Human Rights Campaign and as a trainee in the White House during the Obama administration.
She will now become the highest-ranking trans official in the country.