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Jack Walsh (Delaware)
2016 - Present
2026
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Jack Walsh (Democratic Party) is a member of the Delaware State Senate, representing District 9. He assumed office on November 9, 2016. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.
Walsh (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Delaware State Senate to represent District 9. He won in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Biography
Representative graduated from St. Mark's High School. Early in his career, he served with IBEW Local 313, and later served as an electrician for Hatzel and Buehler Inc.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Walsh was assigned to the following committees:
- Banking, Business, and Insurance Committee
- Capital Improvement Committee, Chair
- Housing and Land Use Committee
- Senate Labor Committee, Vice Chair
- Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
- Joint Committee on Capital Improvement, Chair
2021-2022
Walsh was assigned to the following committees:
- Banking, Business, and Insurance Committee
- Capital Improvement Committee
- Senate Labor Committee, Chair
- Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
- Joint Committee on Capital Improvement
2019-2020
Walsh was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Committee on Capital Improvement
- Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee
- Capital Improvement Committee
- Elections & Government Affairs Committee, Vice-Chair
- Senate Labor Committee, Chair
- Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee, Vice-Chair
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Delaware committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Education |
| • Environmental, Natural Resources, and Energy |
| • Labor |
| • Sunset, Chair |
| • Transportation |
| • Joint Sunset, Chair |
Sponsored legislation
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 9
Incumbent Jack Walsh defeated Brenda Mennella in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 9 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Jack Walsh (D) | 61.5 | 7,172 |
 | Brenda Mennella (R) | 38.5 | 4,490 | |
| Total votes: 11,662 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jack Walsh advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Brenda Mennella advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.
2020
See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Delaware State Senate District 9
Incumbent Jack Walsh defeated Todd Ruckle in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 9 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Walsh (D) | 67.1 | 12,728 |
| Todd Ruckle (R) | 32.9 | 6,248 | ||
| Total votes: 18,976 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Jack Walsh advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.
Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Todd Ruckle advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.
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 Karen Peterson (D) did not seek re-election.
Jack Walsh ran unopposed in the Delaware State Senate District 9 general election.[2][3]
| Delaware State Senate, District 9 General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Jack Walsh (unopposed) |
100.00% | 13,500 | |
| Total Votes | 13,500 | |||
| Source: Delaware Department of Elections | ||||
Jack Walsh defeated Caitlin Olsen in the Delaware State Senate District 9 Democratic primary.[4][5][2]
| Delaware State Senate, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Jack Walsh |
57.17% | 1,364 | |
| Democratic | Caitlin Olsen | 42.83% | 1,022 | |
| Total Votes | 2,386 | |||
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Jack Walsh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Jack Walsh did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Delaware State Legislature was in session from January 9 to June 30.
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2023
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In 2023, the Delaware State Legislature was in session from January 10 to June 30. |
2022
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In 2022, the Delaware State Legislature was in session from January 11 to June 30.
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2021
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In 2021, the Delaware State Legislature was in session from January 12 to June 30.
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2020
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In 2020, the Delaware State Legislature was in session from January 14 to June 30. |
2019
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In 2019, the Delaware General Assembly was in session from January 8 through June 30.
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2018
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In 2018, the Delaware General Assembly was in session from January 9 through June 30.
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2017
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In 2017, the Delaware General Assembly was in session from January 10 through June 30. The legislature held a special session on July 2.
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2016
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In 2016, the Delaware General Assembly was in session from January 12 through July 1.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus, "Senator Jack Walsh," accessed March 31, 2020
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Delaware.gov, "General election candidates," accessed September 27, 2016 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "glist16" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Delaware Department of Elections, "General Election (Official Results)," accessed November 23, 2016
- ↑ Delaware.gov, "Primary election candidates," accessed July 13, 2016
- ↑ Delaware Department of Elections, Primary Election (Official Returns)," accessed September 22, 2016
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Delaware State Senate District 9 2016-Present |
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