Christopher A. Coons

Infobox_Politician
name = Christopher A. Coons
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width = 210
caption = "'County Executive of New Castle County
birth_date = 1963
birth_place = Connecticut
residence = Wilmington, Delaware
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office = New Castle County County Executive
party = Democratic
religion =
spouse = Annie Lingenfelter

Christopher A. Coons (born 1963) is an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, Delaware and is the County Executive of New Castle County.

Early life and family

Chris Coons grew up in Hockessin, Delaware, married Annie Lingenfelter, and has three children. They live in Wilmington, Delaware. He graduated from Amherst College in 1985 with a B.A. in Chemistry and Political Science, earning a Truman Scholarship. In 1992, he earned his J.D. degree from Yale Law School, and a Master's degree in Ethics from Yale Divinity School.

Professional career

Chris Coons began his career as a lawyer for W.L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, Delaware based makers of Gore-Tex fabrics and other high-tech materials. There he was responsible for the ethics training program, federal government relations, e-commerce legal work, and for general commercial contracting. He now serves as an unpaid consultant for Gore. In 1999, he was awarded the Governor's Outstanding Volunteer Award for his work with the "I Have a Dream" Foundation of Delaware, the Governor's Mentoring Council, and the United Way of Delaware.

Political career

Chris served a four year term as New Castle County Council President before being elected County Executive in 2004. Chris was the endorsed candidate of the New Castle County Democratic Party in 2008, and was re-elected as County Executive on September 9, 2008 by defeating his predecessor by an overwhelming majority in the democratic primary. Chris has no Republican challenger in the November election.

Chris has made job growth, public safety, and fiscal responsibility a priority during his administration, and will continue his work to make New Castle County a safer, stronger, and healthier community in his second term.

Public offices

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1st. The County Executive of New Castle County takes office the first Tuesday of January and has a term of four years.

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County Council
Legislature
Wilmington
2000
January 2 2001
January 4 2005
President
-Party shading/Anti-Administration
County Executive
Executive
Wilmington
2004
January 4 2005
Re-Elected

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Election results

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Year
Office
Election

Subject
Party
Votes
%

Opponent
Party
Votes
%
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2000
County Council
Primary|
Party shading/Democratic |Christopher A. Coons
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic |7,520
Party shading/Democratic |48%|
Party shading/Democratic |Vincent D'Anna
Martha Denison
Dwight L. Davis
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic |3,220
2,414
2,370
Party shading/Democratic |21%
16%
15%
-
2000
County Council
General|
Party shading/Democratic |Christopher A. Coons
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic |113,050
Party shading/Democratic |56%|
Party shading/Republican |Michael Ramone
Party shading/Republican |Republican
Party shading/Republican |87,462
Party shading/Republican |44%
-
2004
County Executive
Primary|
Party shading/Democratic |Christopher A. Coons
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic |17,584
Party shading/Democratic |67%|
Party shading/Democratic |Sherry Freebery
Richard Korn
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic |4,702
4,130
Party shading/Democratic |18%
15%
-
2004
County Executive
General|
Party shading/Democratic |Christopher A. Coons
Party shading/Democratic |Democratic
Party shading/Democratic |131,397
Party shading/Democratic |58%|
Party shading/Republican |Christopher Castagno
Party shading/Republican |Republican
Party shading/Republican |93,424
Party shading/Republican |42%
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References

*cite web |url= http://www.co.new-castle.de.us/defaulthome/home/webpage11.asp |title= Christopher A. Coons |accessdate= 2006-09-01 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |work= |publisher= New Castle County |pages=
*cite web |url= http://www.state.de.us/election/information/electionresults/election_archive.shtml |title= Commissioner of Elections |accessdate= 2006-09-01 |author= |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |work= |publisher= |pages=

External links

* [http://www.chriscoons.com 2008 campaign website]
* [http://www.wlgore.com W.L.Gore & Assoc. company]
* [http://www.ihad.org "I Have a Dream" Foundation]

Places with more information

* [http://www.lib.udel.edu/ University of Delaware Library] 181 South College Ave., Newark, Delaware [phone].
* [http://www.co.new-castle.de.us/libraries/newark/library1.asp Newark Free Library] 750 Library Ave., Newark, Delaware [phone].
* [http://www.hsd.org/ Historical Society of Delaware] 505 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware [phone].