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William Carson Jr.
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Delaware House of Representatives District 28
Tenure

2007 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

17

Compensation

Base salary

$50,678/year

Per diem

$No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

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William Carson Jr. (Democratic Party) is a member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 28. He assumed office on December 9, 2007. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Carson (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Delaware House of Representatives to represent District 28. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

William Carson Jr. grew up in Smyrna, Delaware and was elected to serve as the Representative for Delaware House District 28. Carson served in the Delaware Air National Guard, and is an Honorary Commander of the Dover Air Force Base. Carson’s career experience includes working at the Delaware Department of Transportation. He has served on the Board of Directors of the American Legion Post No. 14 and as a board member of the Mamie A. Warren Senior Center.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Carson was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Carson was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Carson was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Delaware committee assignments, 2017
Agriculture, Chair
Appropriations
Corrections
Manufactured Housing
Natural Resources
Public Safety & Homeland Security
Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure, Vice chair
Veterans Affairs
Joint Finance

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

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

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Carson served on these 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 28

Incumbent William Carson Jr. won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of William Carson Jr.
William Carson Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
8,620

Total votes: 8,620
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent William Carson Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 28.

Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Carson in this election.

2022

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent William Carson Jr. won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of William Carson Jr.
William Carson Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
4,554

Total votes: 4,554
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent William Carson Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 28.

2020

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent William Carson Jr. won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of William Carson Jr.
William Carson Jr. (D)
 
100.0
 
8,167

Total votes: 8,167
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent William Carson Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 28.

2018

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent William Carson Jr. defeated Charlotte Middleton in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of William Carson Jr.
William Carson Jr. (D)
 
68.0
 
5,176
Charlotte Middleton (R)
 
32.0
 
2,438

Total votes: 7,614
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 28

Incumbent William Carson Jr. advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 28 on September 6, 2018.

Candidate
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William Carson Jr.

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 28

Charlotte Middleton advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 28 on September 6, 2018.


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2016

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Delaware House of Representatives 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 William Carson Jr. ran unopposed in the Delaware House of Representatives District 28 general election.[2][3]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 28 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png William Carson Jr. Incumbent (unopposed) 100.00% 7,581
Total Votes 7,581
Source: Delaware Department of Elections


Incumbent William Carson Jr. ran unopposed in the Delaware House of Representatives District 28 Democratic primary.[4][5][2]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 28 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png William Carson Jr. Incumbent (unopposed)



2014

See also: Delaware House of Representatives 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. Incumbent William J. Carson, Jr. was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8]

2012

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2012

Carson ran in the 2012 election for Delaware House of Representatives District 28. Carson ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 11, 2012 and was challenged by Christopher Sylvester in the general election on November 6, 2012.[9]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 28, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Carson Jr. Incumbent 71.1% 6,104
     Republican Christopher Sylvester 28.9% 2,478
Total Votes 8,582

2010

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2010

Carson won re-election to the 28th District seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the primary election. Carson defeated Karen Minner (R) in the November 2, 2010.[10]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 28
2010 General election results
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png William Carson Jr. (D) 4,534 67.7%
Karen Minner (R) 2,161 32.3%

2008

On November 4, 2008, Carson won re-election to the Delaware House of Representatives from Delaware's 28th District. Carson ran unopposed in the general election, and he received 7,198 votes.[11] Carson raised $40,804 for his campaign.[12]

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

William Carson Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

William Carson Jr. did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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William Carson Jr. campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Delaware House of Representatives District 28Won general$56,672 $38,772
2022Delaware House of Representatives District 28Won general$40,030 $30,731
2020Delaware House of Representatives District 28Won general$25,440 N/A**
2016Delaware House of Representatives, District 28Won $41,063 N/A**
2014Delaware House of Representatives, District 28Won $32,603 N/A**
2012Delaware State House, District 28Won $36,711 N/A**
2010Delaware State House, District 28Won $34,725 N/A**
2008Delaware State House, District 28Won $40,804 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Footnotes

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Preceded by
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Delaware House of Representatives District 28
2007-Present
Succeeded by
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