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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 ...
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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.
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Markell closed in the polls slowly until election day when Carney still held a small lead. Markell won an upset victory over Carney, with 51.2% of the vote in the Democratic primary. [12] Against former judge Bill Lee, who also had been the Republican nominee for governor in 2004, Markell won the general election with 67% of the vote. [13]
The 2016 Delaware gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
He was widely considered a front-runner for the Democratic Party's nomination for governor of Delaware in 2024, [26] and announced his campaign on June 6, 2023. [27] He became the Democratic nominee on September 10, 2024, defeating incumbent Lieutenant Governor of Delaware Bethany Hall-Long in the primary.