Come January, the 34-year-old will be sworn into an office under President-elect Donald Trump's second term, alongside two red chambers. The state senator will be far from Delaware's Democratic supermajority, giving way to a divided House and more polarized national politics.

Transgender residents in Odessa, Texas, have been banned from using single-gender bathrooms in public buildings that align with their gender identity. Alexander Ermels, a transgender man, made the decision to start using the men's room after he experienced a negative response to being in the women's bathroom -- which he would be forced to use under the Odessa bathroom policy.