145th Delaware General 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.

Governor
Jack A. Markell
145th General Assembly
In office
January 6, 2009 – January 5, 2011
Preceded by144th Assembly
Succeeded by146th Assembly

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

TOTAL members: 21
House of Representatives

TOTAL members: 41

Leadership
Senate
House of Representatives

Party leadership
Senate
House of Representatives


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 (D)
  • 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
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.

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