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Franklin Cooke Jr.

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Franklin Cooke Jr.
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Delaware House of Representatives District 16
Tenure

2018 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

6

Predecessor

Compensation

Base salary

$50,678/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Franklin Cooke Jr. (Democratic Party) is a member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 16. He assumed office on November 7, 2018. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Cooke (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Delaware House of Representatives to represent District 16. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Representative Cooke is a graduate of DeLaWarr High and Cheyney State University. He has worked as a police officer for New Castle County, as an executive assistant for New Castle County Executive Thomas P. Gordon, and as an investigator for the Office of Defense Services.

In 2018 Representative Cooke was elected to represent District 16 in the Delaware House of Representatives. After election, he became a member of the Corrections, Housing & Community Affairs, Judiciary, Labor, and Veterans Affairs committees, and was selected to be vice-chair of the Public Safety & Homeland Security committee.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Cooke was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Cooke was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Cooke was assigned to 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

2024

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16

Incumbent Franklin Cooke Jr. won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Franklin Cooke Jr.
Franklin Cooke Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
8,092

Total votes: 8,092
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Franklin Cooke Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 16.

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Cooke in this election.

2022

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16

Incumbent Franklin Cooke Jr. won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Franklin Cooke Jr.
Franklin Cooke Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
4,344

Total votes: 4,344
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Franklin Cooke Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 16.

2020

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16

Incumbent Franklin Cooke Jr. won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Franklin Cooke Jr.
Franklin Cooke Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
7,679

Total votes: 7,679
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Franklin Cooke Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 16.

2018

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16

Franklin Cooke Jr. defeated Albert Ament in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 16 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Franklin Cooke Jr.
Franklin Cooke Jr. (D)
 
85.4
 
5,765
Albert Ament (R)
 
14.6
 
987

Total votes: 6,752
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 16

Franklin Cooke Jr. defeated C. Linwood Jackson and Jakim Mohammed in the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 16 on September 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Franklin Cooke Jr.
Franklin Cooke Jr.
 
46.7
 
1,195
C. Linwood Jackson
 
26.9
 
688
Jakim Mohammed
 
26.4
 
676

Total votes: 2,559
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 16

Albert Ament advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 16 on September 6, 2018.


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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Franklin Cooke Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Delaware House of Representatives District 16Won general$8,200 $13,054
2022Delaware House of Representatives District 16Won general$8,950 $7,998
2020Delaware House of Representatives District 16Won general$8,468 N/A**
Grand total$25,618 $21,053
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by
James Johnson (D)
Delaware House of Representatives District 16
2018-Present
Succeeded by
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