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John Charles Carney Jr. (born May 20, 1956) is an American politician who has served since 2025 as the 57th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware.A member of the Democratic Party, Carney was the 74th Governor of Delaware from 2017 to 2025, the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2017, the 24th lieutenant governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009, and Delaware's ...
Incumbent Democratic governor John Carney and former Delaware state and Wilmington city treasurer Velda Jones-Potter ran for the Democratic nomination. On September 10, 2024, Carney defeated Jones-Potter by 743 votes. Since no other party registered a nominee, Carney won the election unopposed.
The party is the dominant political party in Delaware and has existed since the Jacksonian Democrats broke away from the Federalists in 1825. Incumbent U.S. President Joe Biden is a Delaware Democrat, having served as a U.S. Senator from the state from 1973 to 2009, when he was inaugurated as vice president.
Gov. John Carney delivered the 2022 State of the State speech in Dover's Legislative Hall on Thursday afternoon. Here's the full text of the speech.
New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer has won the Democratic nomination for governor of Delaware, according to Decision Desk HQ. Meyer defeated Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long and former state ...
The 1792 constitution has the speaker of the senate exercising the office when it is vacant, and the 1897 constitution created the office of lieutenant governor, [10] upon whom the office devolves in case of vacancy. [11] The offices of governor and lieutenant governor are elected at the same time but not on the same ticket.
Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) has won the Democratic nomination to become the next mayor of Wilmington, according to Decision Desk HQ. Carney took the unusual step of seeking a lower-level office ...
The 2020 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.