John Bucchioni

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John Bucchioni

Democratic Party

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Last election

September 13, 2022

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John Bucchioni (Democratic Party) (also known as Jack) ran for election to the Delaware State Senate to represent District 6. Bucchioni lost in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2022.

Bucchioni completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Delaware State Senate District 6

Russ Huxtable defeated Stephen Smyk and Gwendolyn Jones in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 6 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Russ Huxtable (D)	51.5	14,131
		Stephen Smyk (R)	47.5	13,048
	Submit photo	Gwendolyn Jones (Nonpartisan Party)	1.0	271

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 27,450
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 6

Russ Huxtable defeated John Bucchioni in the Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 6 on September 13, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Russ Huxtable	67.9	3,938
		John Bucchioni	32.1	1,862

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,800
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ryan Peters (D)

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Stephen Smyk advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 6.

2018

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 20

Incumbent Stephen Smyk defeated John Bucchioni and Harry Smouse Jr. in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 20 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Stephen Smyk (R)	56.1	8,187
		John Bucchioni (D)	43.0	6,281
	Submit photo	Harry Smouse Jr. (L)	0.9	134

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,602
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 20

John Bucchioni advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 20 on September 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		John Bucchioni

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 20

Incumbent Stephen Smyk advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 20 on September 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Stephen Smyk

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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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John Bucchioni completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Bucchioni's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

John (Jack) Bucchioni's Biography

Delaware State Senate candidate John (Jack) Bucchioni Is running to represent the Present Sixth Senate District, which includes portions of Dewey, Lewes, Milton, Rehoboth and Slaughter Beach areas. A graduate of Maine-Endwell t High School (New York), he earned a bachelor’s degree majoring in history and political science from Bloomsburg University (Pennsylvania) on a football scholarship. While working as a school teacher he completed his master’s degree and became an adjunct professor at Binghamton University (New York). John moved on to enter the private sector owning and operating various mid market international consumer product companies.

Bucchioni first entered Democratic Party public service via various elected and appointed positions in Delaware until the present day. The pinnacle was an elected board seat on the Delaware Democratic Party Executive Committee (emeritus). He is best known for his grass roots work as a fierce advocate for the local residents of Sussex County Delaware.

Jack and his wife Linda have three children and 5 grandchildren. Linda and Jack have lived in postal Milton for over a decade; Jack having first arrived in Lewes during the summer of 1971.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

• Green Amendment

  Environment 
  

  Clean Energy
• Public Transpertation and Infrastructure
• Quality of Life

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Environment, Public Transportation, Quality Of Life

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2018

Note: Bucchioni submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on November 1, 2018. Note: Bucchioni submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on October 31, 2018. Note: Bucchioni submitted the above survey responses to Ballotpedia on August 1, 2018.

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Footnotes

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Current members of the Delaware State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Bryan Townsend

Minority Leader:Gerald Hocker

Senators

District 1

Dan Cruce (D)

District 2

Darius Brown (D)

District 3

S. Elizabeth Lockman (D)

District 4

Laura Sturgeon (D)

District 5

Raymond Seigfried (D)

District 6

Russ Huxtable (D)

District 7

Spiros Mantzavinos (D)

District 8

David Sokola (D)

District 9

Jack Walsh (D)

District 10

Stephanie Hansen (D)

District 11

Bryan Townsend (D)

District 12

Nicole Poore (D)

District 13

Marie Pinkney (D)

District 14

Kyra Hoffner (D)

District 15

David Lawson (R)

District 16

Eric Buckson (R)

District 17

Trey Paradee (D)

District 18

David Wilson (R)

District 19

Brian Pettyjohn (R)

District 20

Gerald Hocker (R)

District 21

Bryant Richardson (R)

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