Chris Coons
American lawyer and politician (born 1963)
Christopher Andrew "Chris" Coons (born September 9, 1963)[1] is the junior United States Senator from Delaware and a member of the Democratic Party.
Chris Coons | |
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| United States Senator from Delaware | |
| Assumed office November 15, 2010 Serving with Tom Carper | |
| Preceded by | Ted Kaufman |
| Vice Chair of the Senate Ethics Committee | |
| Assumed office January 3, 2017[source?] | |
| Preceded by | Barbara Boxer |
| County Executive of New Castle County | |
| In office January 4, 2005 – November 15, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Thomas Gordon |
| Succeeded by | Paul Clark |
| President of the New Castle County Council | |
| In office January 2, 2001 – January 4, 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Stephanie Hansen |
| Succeeded by | Paul Clark |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Christopher Andrew Coons September 9, 1963 Greenwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican (before 1988) Democratic (1988–present) |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Amherst College (BA) Yale University (MA, JD) |
| Website | Senate website |
Coons won a special election in 2010 to succeed Ted Kaufman, who had been appointed to the seat when Joe Biden resigned to become the vice president of the United States.[2]
Other websites
change- Senator Chris Coons official U.S. Senate site
- Chris Coons for Senate
- Chris Coons at the Open Directory Project
- Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Voting record maintained by The Washington Post
- Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Vote Smart
- Congressional profile at GovTrack.us
- Congressional profile at OpenCongress
- Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
- Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
- Staff salaries, trips and personal finance at LegiStorm.com
- Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
- Appearances on C-SPAN programs
- Appearances at the Internet Movie Database
- Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
- Works by or about Chris Coons in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- Profile at Notable Names Database
- Profile at Ballotpedia
References
change- ↑ "Chris Coons ancestry". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2012.
- ↑ "2010 Delaware Senate Race". RealClearPolitics. Retrieved August 8, 2011.
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