Carleton Carey | |
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Mayor of Dover, Delaware | |
In office October 8, 2007 –April 28, 2014 [1] | |
Preceded by | Stephen Speed |
Succeeded by | Robin Christiansen |
Personal details | |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse(s) | Blanche |
Children | Carleton Carey,Jr.,and David Carey |
Residence(s) | Dover,Delaware |
Profession | Politician |
Carleton E. Carey Sr. (born 1943) is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Dover,Delaware,the capital of the U.S. state of Delaware,from 2007 to 2014. [1] [2] Carey is Dover's third full-time mayor. [3]
Incumbent Dover Mayor,Stephen Speed,resigned from office on July 22,2007,to become director of the aviation program at Delaware State University. [4] Dover was required by law to hold a special mayoral election within thirty to sixty days from Speed's resignation. [4] Carey,a city councilman,was elected Mayor of Dover in a nine-candidate,special election held on September 18,2007. [2] He won the election with 959 votes,defeating his eight opponents. [5] Carey was sworn into office on Monday,October 8,2007. [3]
Carey filed to run for a second,two-year term on December 17,2009. [2] He won re-election to a second,two-year term on April 20,2010. [6] Carey won the election with 1,507 votes,easily defeating his nearest opponents. [6] Former Delaware state Rep.,Nancy H. Wagner,came in second with 863 votes,while former Dover city councilman,William H. Daisey,garnered 553 votes. [6]
Mayor Carey filed for re-election to a third term in January 2012. [7] Carey was unopposed in the election,since no other candidate filed to run against him by the January 31st mayoral deadline. [7] Carey's third term will be three-years long,as Dover transitions from two-year to three-year mayoral terms. [7] The election was held on April 17,2012,and Carey retained his seat unopposed. [8] [9] On April 28,2014,Carey resigned as mayor. [1] Robin Christiansen succeeded Carey as mayor,having been elected in a special election on June 17,2014. [10]
In 2015,Carey ran for mayor against incumbent Robin Christiansen and retired teacher George Gaudioso. Carey lost the election to Christiansen on April 21,2015 with 622 votes,behind Christiansen's 1,390 votes. [11]
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