Karen Weldin Stewart
Karen Weldin Stewart is a former insurance commissioner of Delaware. Stewart, a Democrat, was first elected to a four-year term in 2008.[1] She won re-election to a second term in 2012.
Stewart ran again for re-election in 2016.[2] She was defeated in the Democratic primary election by Trinidad Navarro.
Biography
Stewart first worked at the state Insurance Department as a deputy receiver from 1989 to 1993. She co-founded the International Association of Insurance Receivers in 1991 and founded the Weldin Group, an insurance and reinsurance consulting company, in 1993.[3]
Education
- A.S., Brandywine College
Political career
Insurance Commissioner (2009-2017)
Stewart was first elected as state insurance commissioner in 2008 and took office in January 2009.[1] She was re-elected in 2012. She ran for re-election in 2016, but was defeated by Trinidad Navarro in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2016.
Elections
2016
Stewart ran for Delaware insurance commissioner. She competed with New Castle County Sheriff Trinidad Navarro in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2016.[2][4]
Trinidad Navarro defeated incumbent Karen Weldin Stewart in the Delaware Democratic primary for insurance commissioner.
| Delaware Democratic primary for insurance commissioner, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Trinidad Navarro |
54.92% | 33,096 |
| Karen Weldin Stewart Incumbent | 45.08% | 27,163 |
| Total Votes | 60,259 | |
| Source: Delaware Department of Elections | ||
Campaign finance
| Karen Weldin Stewart Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| 01/01/2015-12/31/2015 | 01/15/2016 | $18,669.72 | $84,157.59 | $(19,045.56) | $83,781.75 | ||||
| 01/01/2016-08/14/2016 | 08/15/2016 | $83,781.75 | $44,825.00 | $(81,210.60) | $47,396.15 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $128,982.59 | $(100,256.16) | ||||||||
2012
Stewart ran for re-election as Delaware Insurance Commissioner in 2012. She defeated Dennis Spivack, Mitch Crane and Paul Gallagher in the Democratic primary on September 11, 2012.[5] Benjamin Mobley was unopposed in the Republican primary and David R. Eisenhour was unopposed in the Libertarian primary. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[6]
On October 24, 2012, Libertarian candidate David R. Eisenhour suspended his campaign, announcing instead that he would run for clerk of the peace in Sussex County.[7] Eisenhour urged his supporters to vote for his Republican challenger Benjamin Mobley, stating that when he announced his intention to run, only Democratic candidates had announced their candidacy and he decided to run in an effort to give voters another choice.[7]
Stewart defeated challengers Benjamin Mobley and David R. Eisenhour in the general election.[8]
| Delaware Insurance Commissioner General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Karen Weldin Stewart Incumbent |
61.1% | 233,354 | |
| Republican | Benjamin Mobley | 36.8% | 140,669 | |
| Libertarian | David R. Eisenhour | 2.1% | 7,838 | |
| Total Votes | 381,861 | |||
| Election results via Delaware State Board of Elections | ||||
Endorsements
Despite her incumbency, Stewart lost the Democratic Party endorsement to Mitch Crane, chair of the Sussex County Democratic Party.[2]
2008
Stewart won election on November 4, 2008, defeating Republican John F. Brady and Independent Tom Savage.[9]
| Delaware Commissioner of Insurance, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Karen Weldin Stewart |
56.9% | 217,072 | |
| Republican | John F. Brady | 41% | 156,439 | |
| Independent | Tom Savage | 1.5% | 5,632 | |
| Working Families | Karen Weldin Stewart | 0.5% | 2,025 | |
| Total Votes | 381,168 | |||
Endorsements
Stewart did not receive the Democratic Party endorsement in 2008.[2]
Campaign finance summary
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Recent news
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See also
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External links
- Delaware Insurance Commissioner
- Project Vote Smart biography
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2010, 2008, 2004
- NAIC biography
- KarenWeldinStewart.org (2012 official campaign website)
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delaware Insurance Commission, "Biography" accessed October 8, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named2016election - ↑ Delaware Insurance Commissioner, "Karin Weldin Stewart," archived March 9, 2012
- ↑ Jonathan Starkey, DelawareOnline, "Navarro plans insurance commissioner campaign," June 23, 2015
- ↑ AP Results, "DE Insurance Commissioner Results" accessed September 11, 2012
- ↑ State of Delaware, "Candidates filed 2012," accessed July 9, 2012
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Republic, "Libertarian suspends campaign for Delaware insurance commissioner, endorses GOP candidate," accessed October 24, 2012
- ↑ Delaware State Board of Elections, "General Election Results 2012" accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Delaware Commissioner of Elections, "November 2008 General Election Results," accessed March 19, 2011
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