Lisa Blunt Rochester

A Representative and a Senator from Delaware. Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pa. , February 10, 1962. Graduated from Padua Academy, Wilmington, Del. , 1980. B. A. , Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, N. J. , 1985. M. A. , University of Delaware, Newark, Del. , 2003. Staff, United States Representative Thomas Richard Carper of Delaware. Deputy secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, 1993-1998. Delaware state secretary of labor 1998-2001. Personnel director, Delaware Office of Management and Budget 2001-2004. Chief executive officer, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, 2004-2007. Senior fellow, University of Massachusetts, Boston, Mass. , 2012-2015. Elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Fifteenth and to the three succeeding Congresses (January 3, 2017-January 3, 2025). Was not a candidate for reelection to the House of Representatives but was elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 2024 for the term ending January 3, 2031.