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In 1984, while serving in the state senate, McBride announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 4, 1984 |title=Race for No. 2 job tightens |page=1 |work=[[The News Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454523/the-news-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917184844/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454523/the-news-journal/ |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 17, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=May 21, 1984 |title=McBride to enter race officially on Tuesday |page=11 |work=[[The News Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454584/the-news-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917184943/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454584/the-news-journal/ |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 17, 2020 }}</ref> McBride selected Robert P. Hopkins, who had unsuccessfully sought election to the Delaware House of Representatives, to serve as his campaign manager.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 13, 1984 |title=Hopkins will head McBride's campaign |page=21 |work=The Morning News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454604/the-morning-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917185252/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454604/the-morning-news/ |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 17, 2020 }}</ref> During the campaign he was endorsed by [[Millsboro, Delaware|Millsboro]] Commissioner James Smith, [[Elsmere, Delaware|Elsmere]] Mayor John Mitchell, and [[Kent County, Delaware|Kent County]] Levy Court Commissioner Louis J. Giusto.<ref>{{Cite news |date=July 17, 1984 |title=McBride releases list of prominent backers |page=21 |work=[[The News Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454673/the-news-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917185432/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454673/the-news-journal/ |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 17, 2020 }}</ref> McBride was also endorsed by Representative [[Al O. Plant]], but Plant later switched his endorsement to [[S. B. Woo]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=August 11, 1984 |title=Plant switches allegiance; dumps McBride for Woo |page=6 |work=[[The News Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454735/the-news-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917185717/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454735/the-news-journal/ |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 17, 2020 }}</ref> In the Democratic primary he placed last in third place behind Nancy Cook and Woo.<ref name="primary 1984">{{Cite news |date=September 20, 1984 |title=1984 Democratic primary |page=25 |work=The Morning News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454776/the-morning-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200917185852/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59454776/the-morning-news/ |archive-date=September 17, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 17, 2020 }}</ref> During the campaign McBride has spent $38,793 and held unpaid debt due to his campaign until 1991.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 15, 1992 |title=McBride closes out campaign debt |page=16 |work=[[The News Journal]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59515185/the-news-journal/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20200918142816/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59515185/the-news-journal/ |archive-date=September 18, 2020 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |access-date=September 18, 2020 }}</ref>
In 1985, Southern Delaware Home Health Care Agency Incorporated, a non-profit home health care business
==Electoral history==
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