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Karen Peterson (Delaware)

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Karen Peterson
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Democratic Party

Prior offices
Delaware State Senate District 9

Education

Bachelor's

Neumann College

Personal
Religion
Christian: Catholic

Karen E. Peterson (b. March 18, 1950) is a former Democratic member of the Delaware State Senate, representing District 9 from 2003 to 2017.

Peterson did not seek re-election to the Delaware State Senate in 2016.

Biography

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Peterson acquired her B.S. from Neumann College and then attended Graduate Studies at the Univ. of Pennsylvania. She later obtained her paralegal certification from Widener University and her labor relations certification from the University of Delaware. She also attended Cornell University School of Labor & Industrial Relations, the National Employment Law Institute and the Governor's Center at Duke University. Peterson worked for the Delaware Department of Labor.

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Peterson served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Peterson served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Peterson served on these committees:[1]

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

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 Green check mark transparent.png 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 Green check mark transparent.png Jack Walsh 57.17% 1,364
     Democratic Caitlin Olsen 42.83% 1,022
Total Votes 2,386

2012

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2012

Peterson ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Delaware State Senate District 9. Peterson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 11, 2012 and was unchallenged in the general election on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Delaware State Senate, District 9, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Peterson Incumbent 100% 13,941
Total Votes 13,941

2010

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2010

Peterson ran for re-election to the 9th District seat in 2010. She defeated Republican challenger Robert S. Johnston (R) in the November 2, 2010, general election.[8]

Delaware State Senate District 9 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Peterson Incumbent 71.5% 8,008
     Republican Robert S. Johnston 28.5% 3,196
Total Votes 11,204

2006

On November 7, 2006, Peterson won re-election to the Delaware State Senate from Delaware's 9th Senate District. Peterson ran unopposed in the election and received 8,352 votes.[9] Peterson raised $33,710 for her campaign in 2006.[10]

Delaware State Senate, District 9 (2006)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Karen Peterson (D) 8,352 100.0%

Campaign finance summary

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Karen Peterson campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Delaware State Senate, District 9Won $24,825 N/A**
2010Delaware State Senate, District 9Won $48,438 N/A**
2006Delaware State Senate, District 9Won $35,660 N/A**
2002Delaware State Senate, District 9Won $24,825 N/A**
Grand total$133,748 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal 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.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Delaware

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2016

In 2016, the Delaware General Assembly was in session from January 12 through July 1.

Legislators are scored on their votes for bills supported by the organization.
Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to business issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2015


2014


2013

Recent news

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See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Delaware Senate, "Committee Assignments," accessed March 20, 2014
  2. ↑ 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
  3. ↑ Delaware Department of Elections, "General Election (Official Results)," accessed November 23, 2016
  4. ↑ Delaware.gov, "Primary election candidates," accessed July 13, 2016
  5. ↑ Delaware Department of Elections, Primary Election (Official Returns)," accessed September 22, 2016
  6. ↑ Delaware Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed July 13, 2012
  7. ↑ Delaware Department of Elections, "Official Primary Results," accessed March 20, 2014
  8. ↑ Delaware Elections Division, "Official 2010 Election results," accessed March 20, 2014
  9. ↑ Delaware Elections Division, "Official 2006 Election results," accessed March 20, 2014
  10. ↑ Follow The Money, "Campaign contributions," accessed March 20, 2014
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Preceded by
' 		Delaware Senate District 9
2003–2017 		Succeeded by
Jack Walsh (D)


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