Jeffry Porter
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Jeffry Porter was a 2014 Democratic candidate for District 12 of the Delaware House of Representatives.
Campaign themes
2014
Porter's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[1]
Education
- Excerpt: "Prepare children for school. Invest in public pre-school."
- Excerpt: "Prepare teachers for school. Invest in training teachers. Provide training to prepare teachers to handle disruptive and difficult students."
- Excerpt: "Don't accept a race to the middle. While we make the investment and difficult decisions that improve underperforming schools, we owe it to ourselves to also push schools to challenge the best students to do better. Expect our best to compete with the nation's best."
Criminal Justice
- Excerpt: "Improve schools. If only 20% of high school graduates are prepared for college or jobs, the number who turn to crime isn't surprising."
- Excerpt: "Invest in police and the courts. People contemplating crime must believe they will be caught and when caught will be prosecuted in a timely manner."
- Excerpt: "Support addiction treatment as an alternative to prison for non-violent offenders."
- Excerpt: "Find the appropriate balance between the constitutionally protected right to keep and bear arms for protection, hunting, and recreation and the need to keep guns out of the hands of those who would use them for illegal purposes."
Economic Prosperity
- Excerpt: "Develop partnerships between public and private sectors to bring new industry to Delaware. The governor outlined a number of plans to bring high tech industry to Delaware. The General Assembly should look carefully at those investment opportunities and recognize the long term gains for short term spending."
Environment
- Excerpt: "Ensure agencies establish and enforce regulations that protect the environment without driving away business. Working as an engineer and an attorney in the nuclear industry I've seen regulations vital to improving safety and I've seen regulations that imposed significant burdens with very little benefit. I've also learned the difficulties that result when legislators write poorly crafted laws and leave it to regulatory agencies to fix."
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. Jeffry Porter was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Deborah D. Hudson was unopposed in the Republican primary. Hudson defeated Porter in the general election.[2][3][4]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Deborah D. Hudson Incumbent |
65.3% | 5,726 | |
| Democratic | Jeffry Porter | 34.7% | 3,048 | |
| Total Votes | 8,774 | |||
Recent news
This section links to a Google news search for the term "Jeffry + Porter + Delaware + House"
See also
- Delaware House of Representatives
- Delaware House of Representatives District 12
- Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2014
- Delaware State Legislature
External links
- Official campaign website
- Jeffry Porter on Facebook
- Jeffry Porter on Twitter
- Jeffry Porter on LinkedIn
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Legislative profile from Project Vote Smart
- State of Delaware - Official primary election candidate list
- State of Delaware - Official general election candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ Porter for Delaware, "Issues," accessed October 22, 2014
- ↑ State of Delaware, "Official primary election candidate list," accessed July 10, 2014
- ↑ State of Delaware, "Official general election candidate list," accessed July 10, 2014
- ↑ State of Delaware, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
Current members of the Delaware House of Representatives
Leadership
Speaker of the House:Melissa Minor-Brown
Majority Leader:Kerri Harris
Minority Leader:Timothy Dukes
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Sophie Phillips (D)
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Alonna Berry (D)
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Frank Burns (D)
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Michael Smith (R)
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Mara Gorman (D)
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Edward Osienski (D)
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Eric Morrison (D)
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William Carson (D)
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William Bush (D)
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Shannon Morris (R)
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Sean Lynn (D)
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Kerri Harris (D)
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Charles Postles (R)
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Bryan Shupe (R)
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Ronald Gray (R)
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Daniel Short (R)
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Timothy Dukes (R)
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Richard Collins (R)
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