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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 ...
John Carney (Delaware politician) (born 1956), 74th Governor of Delaware Thomas Carney (1824–1888), 2nd Governor of Kansas Topics referred to by the same term
John Carney (Delaware politician) (born 1956), governor of Delaware and former U.S. Representative John Patrick Carney (born 1976), Democratic member of the Ohio House of Representatives John Carney (Kentucky politician) (1969–2021), member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
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.
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.
Bethany A. Hall-Long (born November 12, 1963) is an American politician who has served as the 75th governor of Delaware since January 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, Hall-Long previously served as lieutenant governor of Delaware from 2017 to 2025 and in the Delaware Senate from 2008 to 2016 and in the Delaware House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008.
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.
On October 24, 2019, Governor John Carney announced Seitz as his nominee to be the next Chief Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court. [4] On November 7, 2019, his nomination was confirmed unanimously by the Delaware Senate . [ 5 ]