Biography:
— 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.