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Sarah McBride, U.S. Representative, Delaware-at-large

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Sarah McBride

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Democratic · U.S. Representative, Delaware-at-large · Delaware · Spectrum score -45

House · 2026 ballot ·

Sarah McBride is U.S. Representative, Delaware-at-large in Delaware. Political positions and ideology score -45 (Left). McBride is the first.

College
American University, B.A. 2013
Spouse
Andrew Cray (m. 2014; d. 2014)
Children
None on the public record
Résumé
  • U.S. Representative · Delaware at-large · 2025–
  • Delaware State Senate · 2021–2025
  • National Press Secretary · Human Rights Campaign · 2016–2020
Net worth
$600K
Salary
$174,000

Member of Congress · frozen since 2009

Before office
$150K
2026 raised
$3.8M
Years in office
1

Where Sarah stands on the spectrum

Sarah McBride scores -45 on Spectrum’s left–right line (left), left of center on the economy and progressive on social issues. The number is modeled from twelve issue positions and the public record — not a poll and not a party label.

Composite -45 · Left · economic -52 · social -49 · authoritarian -25

Confidence 94. How we calculate scores →

Background & record

McBride is the first. The file is a movement résumé that became a House seat, a national donor list that showed up for the first, and a Delaware that is still a small state with a professional class. The biography is true. It is also the product.

Finances

Modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit of any household.

Net worth

$600K

+300% since taking office

House disclosure midpoint, 2025

Before office$150K
Now$600K

HRC, Delaware state senate, then at-large. Firsts are the coverage. The FEC file is still small.

Money in · 2026 cycle

Raised
$3.8M
Cash on hand
$1.2M

Top industries

  • Small-dollar
  • Unions
  • Lawyers
  • Equality PACs

Stock holdings

No reportable individual stock

First federal file. Movement résumé, not a portfolio.

2024–25 disclosure · STOCK Act ranges, not an audit

Nothing reportable as individual common stock on the latest file.

X sentiment

Last 7 days

Odds

Polymarket · Kalshi

Implied probability from open contracts. Real money, not a poll. Updates while you sit here.

Live wire

Live · checked just now

New articles land here as they publish. Checking about every 12 seconds.

Conflicts

  • Firsts as a national fundraising event.
  • Delaware at-large is a statewide race in miniature — the machine is Carper/Coons world.

Issue detail

−100 left pole · +100 right pole

Economic
-52
Social
-49
Authoritarian
-25
Confidence
94
  • Taxes & spending-50

    Higher taxes on high earners, larger public budget

  • Health care-60

    Public or single-payer coverage as a right

  • Climate & energy-56

    Aggressive climate rules and fossil-fuel phase-down

  • Business regulation-48

    Stronger antitrust, labor, and consumer rules

  • Labor & wages-46

    Unions, higher minimum wage, worker power

  • Immigration-40

    A broader legal path, less interior enforcement

  • Abortion-82

    Legal access, opposed to bans

  • Guns-54

    Licensing, assault-weapon limits, red-flag laws

  • Crime & policing-24

    Reform, diversion, less incarceration

  • Schools & speech-48

    Public-school investment, DEI frameworks

  • Defense & alliances-14

    Diplomacy-first, smaller overseas footprint

  • Civil liberties-44

    Privacy, speech, limits on surveillance and bans

Legislative first dimension (NOMINATE-like): -0.42

Compass

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Sources

  • House record 2025–26
  • Wealth and fundraising are modeled midpoints from public disclosures — not an audit.
  • College, family, and résumé are public-record facts, not a campaign bio.

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Updated August 2026.