David McBride

David McBride
Member of the Delaware Senate
from the 13th district
Assumed office
November 5, 1980
Preceded by Francis J. Kearns
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
from the 15th district
In office
November 7, 1978 – November 4, 1980
Preceded by Robert L. Byrd
Succeeded by John Campanelli
Personal details
Born (1942-06-23) June 23, 1942
Wilmington, Delaware
Nationality American
Political party Democratic
Residence New Castle, Delaware
Alma mater University of Delaware

David B. McBride[1] (born June 23, 1942, in Wilmington, Delaware) is an American politician and has served continuously in Delaware's General Assembly since 1978. After two years in the House of Representatives, McBride was elected to the Delaware State Senate, where he began serving on November 5, 1980. McBride represents District 13,[2] which includes the greater New Castle area. A Democrat, McBride was named Senate Majority Leader in 2012.

Early life

McBride is a native of the Wilmington area, attending grade school at Richardson Park School from 1948 to 1957. He went on to attend Conrad High School, graduating in 1960.

Education

After high school, McBride joined the U.S. Air Force. During his time in the service, he took various secondary courses, including:

In 1969, McBride returned to Delaware and enrolled at the University of Delaware. In 1972, he earned his BS in civil engineering from the University of Delaware. Then, in 1975, he earned his MS in civil engineering, also from the University of Delaware.

Military service

McBride was enlisted in the U.S. Air Force from 1961 through 1969, when he was honorably discharged as a Staff Sergeant. After being stationed in Texas and Alabama, he served in the Pacific, with stints in Okinawa and Tokyo in Japan, and one in Thailand.

Professional engineering experience

Elected office

Elections

Political career

After spending two years on the Conrad Area School Board, McBride ran for the State House where he served one term before being elected to the State Senate in 1980, where he has served for the past 34 years.

McBride is known as one of the hardest-working legislators in Dover, serving on a number of important committees. In 2012, he was elected as Senate Majority Leader by his Democratic colleagues.

During his career, he's made public health a priority. In 2001, he led the effort in the General Assembly to get the nation's most-restrictive statewide indoor smoking ban – the Clean Indoor Air Act – passed and signed into law. He also authored the 1983 Nurse Practice Act, a 1989 bill establishing telephone service for the hearing and speech impaired, the Delaware Prescription Assistance Program Act of 2000 and the Delaware Cancer Consortium Act of 2003.

McBride has also focused on energy and environmental issues, and he has chaired the Senate Natural Resources & Environmental Control Committee since 1992. He's credited with taking the lead on a 2000 bill that highly-restricts trash incineration in the First State, as well as for legislation passed a year later that increased penalties for chronic polluters. In 2010, he worked with Gov. Jack Markell on implementing a universal recycling throughout the state.

An Air Force veteran, McBride has also been active in supporting veterans' initiatives. In 1981, he sponsored a bill naming I-495 as Vietnam Veterans Memorial Highway. He also sponsored a 1989 bill requiring POW-MIA flag displays and in 2001 urged the state to pursue the construction of a Veterans Home, which opened in Milford six years later.

Committees

Notable legislation

Affiliations

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Senator David B. McBride". Dover, Delaware: Delaware General Assembly. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ "David McBride's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ Delaware Department of Elections official primary results
  4. ↑ "State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1978" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 7, 1978. p. 6. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1980" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 4, 1980. p. 4. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  6. ↑ "State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1982" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 2, 1982. p. 5. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  7. ↑ "State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1986" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 4, 1986. p. 3. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  8. ↑ "State of Delaware Official Results of General Election 1990" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 6, 1990. p. 3. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  9. ↑ "State of Delaware 1992 General Election Results" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 3, 1992. p. 3. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  10. ↑ "1996 Election Results" (PDF). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 5, 1996. p. 4. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  11. ↑ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 7, 2000. Retrieved November 13, 2013.
  12. ↑ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 5, 2002. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  13. ↑ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 7, 2006. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  14. ↑ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 2, 2010. Retrieved November 14, 2013.
  15. ↑ "State of Delaware General Election Official Results". Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013.

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