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Brian Pettyjohn

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Brian Pettyjohn
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Delaware State Senate District 19
Tenure

2012 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

12

Compensation

Base salary

$50,678/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 8, 2022

Contact

Brian Pettyjohn (Republican Party) is a member of the Delaware State Senate, representing District 19. He assumed office on November 7, 2012. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Pettyjohn (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Delaware State Senate to represent District 19. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Biography

Representative Pettyjohn was born and raised in Georgetown, Delaware and attended Liberty University and the University of Delaware. He has held a variety of positions throughout his career, including serving as telecommunications director with Applied Card Systems, serving as a consultant with both Avaya Call Center and Professional Services Info Systems, and serving as a board member with Children and Families First of Delaware.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Pettyjohn was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Pettyjohn was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Pettyjohn was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Delaware committee assignments, 2017
Banking, Business, and Insurance
Education
Sunset
Joint Sunset

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Pettyjohn served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Pettyjohn served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Delaware State Senate District 19

Incumbent Brian Pettyjohn won election in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 19 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn (R)
 
100.0
 
13,142

Total votes: 13,142
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Pettyjohn advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 19.

2020

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware State Senate District 19

Incumbent Brian Pettyjohn won election in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 19 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Brian Pettyjohn
Brian Pettyjohn (R)
 
100.0
 
16,324

Total votes: 16,324
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Incumbent Brian Pettyjohn advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 19.

2016

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Delaware State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was July 12, 2016.

Incumbent Brian Pettyjohn ran unopposed in the Delaware State Senate District 19 general election.[2][3]

Delaware State Senate, District 19 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Pettyjohn Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 14,003
Total Votes 14,003
Source: Delaware Department of Elections


Incumbent Brian Pettyjohn ran unopposed in the Delaware State Senate District 19 Republican primary.[4][5][2]

Delaware State Senate, District 19 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Brian Pettyjohn Incumbent (unopposed)

2012

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2012

Pettyjohn ran in the 2012 election for Delaware State Senate District 19. Pettyjohn defeated Jane Hovington in the general election on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Delaware State Senate, District 19, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Pettyjohn 59.8% 9,817
     Democratic Jane Hovington 40.2% 6,605
Total Votes 16,422

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Brian Pettyjohn did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Brian Pettyjohn campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Delaware State Senate District 19Won general$40,163 $39,777
2020Delaware State Senate District 19Won general$33,616 N/A**
2016Delaware State Senate, District 19Won $40,282 N/A**
2012Delaware State Senate, District 19Won $20,550 N/A**
Grand total$134,611 $39,777
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Political offices
Preceded by
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Delaware State Senate District 19
2012-Present
Succeeded by
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