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DOVER, Del. (SBG) — Delaware has elected the United States’ first openly transgender state senator. Democrat Sarah McBride was elected to serve the state’s First Senate District, making her the highest-ranking transgender politician in the country. “I hope tonight shows an LGBTQ kid that our democracy is big enough for them, too,” McBride said in a tweet. “As Delaware continues to face the Covid crisis, it’s time to get to work to invest in the policies that will make a difference for working families.”

Last month, Sen. Ted Cruz, the Texas Republican, became one of the first major candidates in the marathon slog that is our modern presidential election cycle. Usually, when I want to see people get hit while running an obstacle course, I binge-watch Wipeout, the popular ABC show. But as anyone on social media is certainly well aware, there is no escaping our country’s least-enjoyable reality show: America’s Next Top Presidential Candidate (until the Next One, and the Next One, and the One After That). This year, my election fatigue is already so bad, I won’t even watch political gaffes on...