Christie Shirey (Sussex County Council District 1, Delaware, candidate 2024)
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Christie Shirey (Republican Party) ran for election to the Sussex County Council District 1 in Delaware. She was on the ballot in the Republican primary on September 10, 2024.[source]
Shirey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
[1]Biography
Christie Shirey provided the following biographical information via Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey on August 5, 2024:
- Birth date: November 19, 1960
- High school: Laurel Senior High School
- Associate: Delaware Tech - Respiratory Care, 1999
- Gender: Female
- Religion: Methodist
- Profession: Program Coordinator
- Incumbent officeholder: No
- Campaign slogan: ImWithChristie
- Campaign website
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- Campaign YouTube video
Elections
General election
General election for Sussex County Council District 1
Matt Lloyd ran in the general election for Sussex County Council District 1 on November 5, 2024.
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Sussex County Council District 1
Matt Lloyd, Christie Shirey, and Mike Vincent ran in the Republican primary for Sussex County Council District 1 on September 10, 2024.
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Election results
Endorsements
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Campaign themes
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Christie Shirey completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Shirey's responses.
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I am a single mom of three adult kids and have lived in Laurel the majority of my life. The bulk of my career was in the medical field as a Respiratory Therapist, but I now work helping Seniors and Caregivers in Sussex County. I approach life using a lot of the lessons I learned while caring for patients in the hospital. You need to identify and address a problem as soon as it appears. The problem rarely solves itself and will be more difficult when you face it again. Finding the best solution requires a team, each bringing and advocating from their area of expertise. You need to earn trust and work to keep that trust. Try to leave every situation a little better than you found it.
My service to the community has included chairing a committee to plan an annual Veterans Day Parade, assisting animal rescue groups and helping people find services when they are facing problems. I support lower taxes and the freedom for everyone to live their lives according to what is important to them. I love finding that unique thing about each individual and hearing the story around it. I love it when I can help solve a problem, which is why I am running for Sussex County Council. Homelessness, especially for our seniors and our veterans, needs to be addressed and solved. This is my number one mission and I need your help to do it.
- The top priority would be to develop a comprehensive plan that partners with the towns, non-profits, organizations, and the people who live here, to protect what we love about Western Sussex, while working to make our area affordable to those who already live here.
- We must take advantage of funding opportunities to build senior and affordable housing for the people who already live and work in our area. Our nurses, doctors, police, fire, retail, teachers, and our other workers that provide our needed services. There are multiple grants available through the federal government; HUD has over 20 grants available right now. We must create partnerships to take advantage of as many of these opportunities as possible.
- We also need to ease the cost of living for our low-income seniors living on less than $1,000 a month. We need to eliminate their property tax and work to lower their costs.
I decided to run after hanging up my phone one morning, unable to help the person on the other end. It was a senior citizen who could no longer afford their rent. It is my job to help the senior population in Sussex County and the amount who live in sheds, cars, or worse, is growing at a horrific pace. There are no programs that I can offer them. There is a 2-4 year waiting list for senior housing; there are very few to no beds for those without housing.
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I believe an elected official needs to be open, honest and stay in touch with the people they serve.
The most important responsibility is to remember you are working for the people who elected you.
It is not the first historical event I remember but it is the one that has hit closest to my heart. I was working at the University of Virginia Medical Center in the Trauma/Burn Units on 9/11. I had just completed my night shift and was scheduled to be the therapist on duty in the burn unit the next night. I remember watching as the second plane hit the tower and then the pentagon. I knew we would be on alert for victims from the D.C. attack. Sleep was almost impossible, but I knew I would need it for the upcoming shift.
When I walked into the Burn Unit that night, all the patients had been moved except for one severely burned patient. There were ventilators outside every empty room. The conference room was full of food, that someone said had been donated by people in the town. We had a crew waiting to transport patients to us and they periodically gave updates. The last update was there were no more survivors to transport, and the team was returning home. I remember we all cried and our one patient that night got more care than he needed. I still get emotional when I think about it.
When I walked into the Burn Unit that night, all the patients had been moved except for one severely burned patient. There were ventilators outside every empty room. The conference room was full of food, that someone said had been donated by people in the town. We had a crew waiting to transport patients to us and they periodically gave updates. The last update was there were no more survivors to transport, and the team was returning home. I remember we all cried and our one patient that night got more care than he needed. I still get emotional when I think about it.
I worked at a fruit stand the summer I turned 16. I worked until it was time to return to school.
It is absolutely required. It is the peoples money and they have a right to know how it is being spent.
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2024 Elections
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