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Posted: Nov. 7, 2012
IN AND OUT IN DOVER
By Celia Cohen
Grapevine Political Writer
Meet the new legislature. Not the same as the old
legislature.
The Democratic majority held in both chambers of the
Delaware General Assembly, but not much else. Fifteen
districts changed hands. That means roughly a quarter of
the 62 legislative seats have new occupants.
Not to mention what happened to the leadership.
Speaker Bob Gilligan? Retired. Senate President Pro Tem
Tony DeLuca? Dumped in a primary. Senate Minority Whip
Liane Sorenson? Retired. The entire House minority
leadership? Moving to the Senate.
The new leadership will have to be sorted out by the
new membership.
The old Senate: 14-7 Democratic. The new Senate: 13-8
Democratic.
The old House of Representatives: 26-15 Democratic.
The new House: 27-14 Democratic.
Here is how it happened.
|
DISTRICT |
OUT |
REASON |
IN |
|
Senate 4th |
Mike
Katz
Democrat |
Lost |
Greg
Lavelle
Republican |
|
Senate 6th |
Liane
Sorenson
Republican |
Retired
Seat
shifted by redistricting |
Ernie
Lopez
Republican |
|
Senate 11th |
Tony
DeLuca
Democrat |
Lost
primary |
Bryan
Townsend
Democrat |
|
Senate 12th |
Dori
Connor
Republican |
Lost |
Nicole Poore
Democrat |
|
Senate 19th |
Joe
Booth
Republican |
Lost
primary |
Brian
Pettyjohn
Republican |
|
Senate 20th |
George Bunting
Democrat |
Retired |
Gerald Hocker
Republican |
|
House
1st |
Dennis P. Williams
Democrat |
Elected mayor |
Charles Potter Jr.
Democrat |
|
House
11th |
Greg
Lavelle
Republican |
Elected senator
Seat
shifted by redistricting |
Jeffrey Spiegelman
Republican |
|
House
19th |
Bob
Gilligan
Democrat |
Retired |
Kim
Williams
Democrat |
|
House
20th |
Nick
Manolakos
Republican |
Lost
primary
Seat
shifted by redistricting |
Steve
Smyk
Republican |
|
House
23rd |
Terry
Schooley
Democrat |
Retired |
Paul
Baumbach
Democrat |
|
House
29th |
Lincoln Willis
Republican |
Lost |
Trey
Paradee
Democrat |
|
House
32nd |
Brad
Bennett
Democrat |
Did
not run |
Andria Bennett
Democrat |
|
House
38th |
Gerald Hocker
Republican |
Elected senator |
Ron
Gray
Republican |
|
House
40th |
Biff
Lee
Republican |
Retired |
Tim
Dukes
Republican |
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