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| name = Thomas Kovach |
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| profile image = thomas_kovach.jpg|
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| political position = Delaware House of Representatives District 6 |
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| retired = Former member |
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| term in office began = 2008 |
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| term in office ended = 2010 |
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| political party = [[Republican]] |
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| profession = Attorney |
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| }}{{tnr}}'''Thomas Kovach''' is a former [[Republican]] member of the [[Delaware House of Representatives]], representing District 6 from December 20, 2008, to 2010.
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| ==Biography==
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| {{Bio update}}
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| Kovach's professional experience includes working as an attorney with Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze and Enforcement Officer with the United States [[U.S. Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]].<ref>[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=110895 ''Project Vote Smart'', "Biography," accessed December 16, 2014]</ref>
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| ==Committee assignments==
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| ===2009-2010===
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| * [[Education Committee, Delaware House of Representatives|Education Committee]]
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| * [[Energy Committee, Delaware House of Representatives|Energy Committee]]
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| * [[Health & Human Development Committee, Delaware House of Representatives|Health & Human Development Committee]]
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| * [[Judiciary Committee, Delaware House of Representatives|Judiciary Committee]]
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| * [[Labor Committee, Delaware House of Representatives|Labor Committee]]
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| * [[Natural Resources Committee, Delaware House of Representatives|Natural Resources Committee]]
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| * [[Veterans Affairs Committee, Delaware House of Representatives|Veterans Affairs Committee]]
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| ==Issues==
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| ===Sponsored legislation===
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| Kovach's sponsored legislation includes:
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| *HB 1 - "This bill allows the public to have access to meetings of the Delaware General Assembly except for caucuses."
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| *HB 102 – "This bill would enable the implementation of the Teach For America program and teacher residency programs on a statewide basis."
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| *HB 117 - "This bill will save the State of Delaware money by having school board elections on the date of the general election and it will increase the voter turnout for school board elections."
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| For details and a full listing of sponsored bills, see his [http://www.reptomkovach.com/legislation.htm site].
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| ==Elections==
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| ===2010===
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| :: ''See also: [[Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2010]]''
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| Kovach ran for re-election to the 6th District seat in 2010. He had no primary opposition. Kovach lost to [[Debra Heffernan]] (D) in the [[Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2010|November 2, 2010]], general election.<ref>[http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml ''Delaware Elections Division'', "Official 2010 Election results," accessed March 20, 2014]</ref>
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| office = Delaware House of Representatives, District 6 <br> 2010 General election results
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| | colspan="2" | {{won}} '''[[Debra Heffernan]]''' (D)
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| | align="right" | '''4,263'''
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| | align="center" | '''51.9%'''
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| | colspan="2" | Thomas Kovach (R)
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| | align="right" | 3,856
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| | align="center" | 46.9%
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| | colspan="2" | Matthew John Flebbe (L)
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| | align="right" | 97
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| | align="center" | 1.2%
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| ===Special election 2008===
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| On December 20, 2008, Kovach won election to the [[Delaware House of Representatives]] from Delaware's 6th District in a special election to fill the seat vacated by Diana McWilliams, who resigned from office. Kovach received 1,540 votes in the election, defeating Michael Migliore (D), who received 1,467 votes.<ref>[http://elections.delaware.gov/results/PRIOR%20RESULTS/2008%206rd%20Special%20Election/html/election.shtml ''Delaware Department of Elections'', "Delaware House official special election results for 2008," accessed December 16, 2014]</ref>
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| office = Delaware House of Representatives, District 6
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| }}
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| | colspan="2" | {{won}} '''Thomas Kovach (R)'''
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| | align="right" | '''1,540'''
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| | align="center" | '''51.2%'''
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| | colspan="2" | Michael Migliore (D)
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| | align="right" | 1,467
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| | align="center" | 48,8%
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| ==Recent news==
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| This section links to a Google news search for the term '''Thomas + Kovach + Delaware + Legislature'''
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| {{RSS|feed=http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&gl=us&q=Thomas+Kovach+Delaware+Legislature&um=1&ie=UTF-8&output=rss|template=slpfeed|max=10|title=Thomas Kovach News Feed}}
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| ==See also==
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| *[[Delaware State Legislature]]
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| *[[Delaware House of Representatives]]
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| *[[Delaware House of Representatives#Committees|Delaware House Committees]]
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| *[[Delaware state legislative districts]]
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| ==External links==
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| {{submit a leg link}}
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| *[http://votesmart.org/candidate/110895 Legislative Profile from Project Vote Smart]
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| *[http://votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=110895 Biography from Project Vote Smart]
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| *[http://www.statesurge.com/members/thomas-h-kovach-delaware-213246 State Surge profile - legislative and voting track record]
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| *[http://twitter.com/tomkovach Tom Kovach on Twitter]
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| *[http://www.linkedin.com/in/tkovach Thomas Kovach on LinkedIn]
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| ==Footnotes==
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| [[Category:Former member, Delaware House of Representatives]]
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