145th Delaware General Assembly

Governor Jack A. Markell
145th General Assembly
In office January 6, 2009 – January 5, 2011
Preceded by	144th Assembly
Succeeded by	146th Assembly

The 145th Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1st and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 6, 2009, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Democratic Governor Jack A. Markell from New Castle County and Democratic Lieutenant Governor Matthew P. Denn, also from New Castle County.

Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 2000 census. It resulted from a large number of memberships in the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandon county lines for their boundaries, but would design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals.

In the 145th Delaware General Assembly session both chambers had a Democratic majority.

Party summary

Senate Democratic (D): 15 (majority) Republican (R): 6 TOTAL members: 21

House of Representatives Democratic (D): 25 (majority) Republican (R): 16 TOTAL members: 41

Leadership

Senate Lieutenant Governor (President of the Senate): Matthew P. Denn, Democratic of New Castle County. President pro tempore of the Senate: Anthony J. DeLuca, Democratic of New Castle County.

House of Representatives Speaker of the House Robert F. Gilligan, Democratic of New Castle County.

Party leadership

Senate Majority Leader: Patricia M. Blevins, Democratic Majority Whip: Margaret Rose Henry, Democratic Minority Leader: F. Gary Simpson, Republican Minority Whip: Liane M. Sorenson, Republican

House of Representatives Majority Leader: Peter C. Schwartzkopf, Democratic Majority Whip: Valerie J. Longhurst, Democratic Minority Leader: Richard C. Cathcart, Republican Minority Whip: Daniel B. Short, Republican

Members

Senate

About half the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term, except the decade district redesign year, when all served two years. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.

New Castle County 1: Harris B. McDowell, III (D) 2: Margaret Rose Henry (D) 3: Robert I. Marshall (D) 4: Michael S. Katz (R) 5: Catherine L. Cloutier (R) 6: Liane M. Sorenson (R)

New Castle County 7: Patricia M. Blevins (D) 8: David P. Sokola (D) 9: Karen E. Peterson (D) 10: Bethany A. Hall-Long (D) 11: Anthony J. DeLuca (D) 12: Dorinda A. Connor (R) 13: David B. McBride (D)

Kent County 14: James T. Vaughn (D) 15: Nancy W. Cook (D) 16: Colin R.J. Bonini (R) 17: Brian J. Bushweller (D) Sussex County 18: F. Gary Simpson (R) 19: Thurman G. Adams, Jr. (D) Joseph W. Booth (R) 20: George H. Bunting, Jr. (D) 21: Robert L. Venables, Sr. (D)

House of Representatives

All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.

New Castle County 1: Dennis P. Williams (D) 2: Hazel D. Plant (D) 3: Helene M. Keeley (D) 4: Gerald L. Brady (D) 5: Melanie George Marshall (D) 6: Diana M. McWilliams (D) 7: Bryon H. Short (D) 8: S. Quinton Johnson, IV, (D) 9: Richard C. Cathcart (R) 10: Dennis E. Williams (D) 11: Gregory F. Lavelle (R) 12: Deborah D. Hudson (R) 13: John L. Mitchell (D) 14: Peter C. Schwartzkopf (D)

New Castle County 15: Valerie J. Longhurst (D) 16: James Johnson (D) 17: Michael P. Mulrooney (D) 18: Michael A. Barbieri (D) 19: Robert F. Gilligan (D) 20: Nick T. Manolakos (R) 21: Michael Ramone (R) 22: Joseph E. Miro (R) 23: Teresa L. Schooley (D) 24: William A. Oberle, Jr. (R) 25: John A. Kowalko, Jr. (D) 26: John J. Viola (D) 27: Earl Jaques (D)

Kent County 28: William J. Carson (D) 29: Pamela J. Thornburg (R) 30: William R. Outten (R) 31: Darryl M. Scott (D) 32: E. Bradford Bennett (D) 33: Robert E. Walls (D) 34: Donald A. Blakey (R) Sussex County 35: David L. Wilson (R) 36: V. George Carey (R) 37: Ruth Briggs King (R) 38: Gerald W. Hocker (R) 39: Daniel B. Short (R) 40: Clifford G. "Biff" Lee (R) 41: John C. Atkins (D)

References

• The 2009-2010 Legislative Roster. Delaware State Chamber of Commerce. 2007.

External links

Delaware General Assembly

Places with more information

• Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; [phone]
• University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; [phone]