Karen Weldin Stewart | |
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Insurance Commissioner of Delaware | |
In office 2009–2017 | |
Preceded by | Matthew Denn |
Succeeded by | Trinidad Navarro |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Karen Weldin Stewart is an American politician. She served as the Delaware Insurance Commissioner from 2009 to 2017.
Weldin Stewart unsuccessfully ran for state insurance commissioner in 2000 general election and again in the 2004 Democratic primary. [1] [2] In 2008,insurance commissioner Matthew Denn decided to run for Lieutenant Governor of Delaware rather than reelection to his office,and Weldin Stewart won the three-way primary election to replace him as the Democratic nominee. [3] In the general election,Weldin Stewart was elected to office with 57 percent of the vote over Republican John Brady. [4] She was reelected in 2012. [5] [6] In 2016,Weldin Stewart ran for reelection but was defeated in the Democratic primary by Trinidad Navarro. [7]
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