Related Research Articles
James Caleb Boggs was an American lawyer and local politician from Claymont in New Castle County,Delaware. A liberal Republican,he was commonly known by his middle name,Caleb,frequently shortened to Cale.
The 2008 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 4,2008. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Biden,who was also the Democratic nominee for vice president in the concurrent presidential election,faced Christine O'Donnell in the general election. Biden won re-election to a seventh term with 64.69% of the vote,his best-performing result in his senatorial career,while also being elected vice president. Biden took his oath of office in the Senate chamber with the rest of his colleagues on January 3,2009,but resigned his seat on January 15,2009,and assumed the vice presidency five days later. Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner appointed Ted Kaufman,a Democrat and longtime Biden advisor,to fill the vacant seat until a special election in 2010. O'Donnell once again ran unsuccessfully for the seat;she was defeated by Democrat Chris Coons.
Velda Jones-Potter is a Delaware businesswoman and politician. She was appointed by Jack Markell to finish out his term as Delaware State Treasurer when he was elected governor in 2008. She lost her bid for election in the 2010 Democratic primary to Chip Flowers. She is currently the Wilmington City Treasurer.
Elections were held in Delaware on Tuesday,November 2,2010. Primary elections were held on September 14,2010.
Dennis P. Williams is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Wilmington,Delaware,from 2013 to 2017. He previously served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1995 to 2013 in a district based in northern Wilmington. He won the mayoral election for the city of Wilmington on November 6,2012. Williams ran for a second term as mayor in 2016,but lost in the primary to Mike Purzycki,who succeeded him as mayor.
Delaware's 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on September 11,2012.
Kimberly Williams is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives representing district 19 since 2012.
Charles Potter Jr. is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He was defeated by Nnamdi Chukwuocha in the 2018 Democratic primary.
Stephanie T. Bolden is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives,representing District 2.
Ruth Briggs King is an American politician. She is a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives,representing district 37. After losing a primary race in 2000,she was elected to replace Republican Joseph Booth,who had won a special election to a seat in the Delaware Senate,in 2009.
Ernesto B. Lopez is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Delaware Senate,where he had represented the 6th District from 2012 to 2023. He was the first Latino elected to the Delaware Senate.
Margaret Rose Henry is an American politician. She was a member of the Delaware Senate from 1994 to 2018. In September 2017,Henry announced she would not seek reelection to her District 2 seat. Senator Henry earned her BA from Texas Southern University and her MA from Springfield College.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 6,2018,to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district,who will represent the state of Delaware in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the election of a U.S. Senator from Delaware and other federal and state offices. Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester,the incumbent,won re-election.
Kerri Evelyn Harris is an American activist and politician who is the Democratic state representative for Delaware's 32nd district. She was previously a Democratic candidate for United States Senate in 2018,mounting an unsuccessful primary challenge to incumbent US Senator Tom Carper.
The 2016 Wilmington mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 8,2016,to elect the mayor of Wilmington,Delaware. Incumbent mayor Dennis P. Williams ran for reelection to a second term,but was defeated in the Democratic primary on September 13,2016,by Mike Purzycki,the former executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation. Purzycki defeated Republican Robert Martin and Delaware Independent Steven Washington in the general election.
Darius J. Brown is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. A former Wilmington city councilmember,he was elected to the Delaware Senate in 2018,representing district 2.
Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha is an American politician and poet. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives,representing District 1. He is also the current Poet Laureate of Delaware,along with his twin brother,Al Mills.
Delaware's 3rd Senate district is one of 21 districts in the Delaware Senate. It has been represented by Democrat Elizabeth Lockman since 2018,succeeding fellow Democrat Robert Marshall.
Marie Pinkney is a social worker and member of the Delaware Senate from New Castle County,Delaware. A newcomer to politics,in September 2020 she defeated incumbent State Senate President Pro Tempore David McBride in the Democratic primary election by a 52.4%-47.6% margin. In the heavily-Democratic majority minority 13th District,the Democratic nomination is considered tantamount to election.
The 2022 Delaware Senate election were held on November 8,2022,concurrently with the elections for the Delaware House of Representatives,to elect members to the Delaware General Assembly. All of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate were up for election. The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on September 13,2022.
References
- ↑ "Senator S. Elizabeth Lockman (D)". Dover, Delaware: Delaware General Assembly . Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- 1 2 3 "Senator Elizabeth "Tizzy" Lockman". Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- 1 2 3 Jedra, Christina (September 6, 2018). "Tizzy Lockman beats Hines, will replace Sen. Marshall". The News Journal.
- ↑ "About S. Elizabeth "Tizzy" Lockman". Official campaign website. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- 1 2 Jedra, Christina (October 28, 2017). "Political newcomers challenge veteran Sen. Marshall". The News Journal.
- ↑ "State of Delaware Primary Election Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. September 6, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
- ↑ Reed, Zoë (November 8, 2018). "Election brings more diversity to Delaware Legislature". WHYY.
- ↑ "Delaware Senate gets new leadership". Delaware Business Times. 2020-11-12. Retrieved 2022-04-19.
- ↑ Mallozzi, Vincent. "Mixing Politics and Romance". New York Times.