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Charles Potter Jr.

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Charles Potter Jr.
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Prior offices
Delaware House of Representatives District 1

Elections and appointments
Last election

September 15, 2020

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Charles Potter Jr. (Democratic Party) was a member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 1. He assumed office on January 8, 2013. He left office on November 6, 2018.

Potter (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Delaware House of Representatives to represent District 1. He did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on September 15, 2020.

Biography

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Potter received a B.A. in business administration and computer programming from Wilmington College.[1]

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

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

Delaware committee assignments, 2017
Capital Infrastructure
Education
Gaming & Parimutuels, Chair
Judiciary
Revenue & Finance
Joint Committee on Capital Improvement

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Potter 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

2020

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 1

Incumbent Nnamdi Chukwuocha won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 1 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi Chukwuocha (D)
 
100.0
 
9,228

Total votes: 9,228
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Nnamdi Chukwuocha advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 1.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

2018

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 1

Nnamdi Chukwuocha won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 1 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi Chukwuocha (D)
 
100.0
 
7,640

Total votes: 7,640
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 1

Nnamdi Chukwuocha defeated incumbent Charles Potter Jr. in the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 1 on September 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
 
59.5
 
2,306
Image of Charles Potter Jr.
Charles Potter Jr.
 
40.5
 
1,569

Total votes: 3,875
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2016

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Delaware House of Representatives 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 Charles Potter Jr. ran unopposed in the Delaware House of Representatives District 1 general election.[2][3]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 1 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Charles Potter Jr. Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 8,901
Total Votes 8,901
Source: Delaware Department of Elections


Incumbent Charles Potter Jr. ran unopposed in the Delaware House of Representatives District 1 Democratic primary.[4][5][2]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Charles Potter Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Delaware House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 8, 2014. Incumbent Charles Potter, Jr. was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]

2012

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2012

Potter ran in the 2012 election for Delaware House of Representatives District 1. Potter defeated Victoria Kent and Rourke Moore in the Democratic primary on September 11, 2012 and was unchallenged in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 1, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Potter, Jr. 100% 9,321
Total Votes 9,321
Delaware House of Representatives, District 1 Democratic Primary, 2012
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Potter, Jr. 63.9% 2,546
Rourke Moore 23.6% 941
Victoria Kent 12.5% 497
Total Votes 3,984

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Charles Potter Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2016Delaware House of Representatives, District 1Won $7,115 N/A**
2014Delaware House of Representatives, District 1Won $44,455 N/A**
2012Delaware State House, District 1Won $34,310 N/A**
Grand total$85,880 N/A**
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.

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2018

In 2018, the Delaware General Assembly was in session from January 9 through June 30.

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2017


2016


2015


2014


2013

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
Dennis P. Williams (D)
Delaware House of Representatives District 1
2013–2018
Succeeded by
Nnamdi Chukwuocha (D)


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