John Carney (Delaware politician)

John Carney
Carney in 2021
57th Mayor of Wilmington
Assumed office
January 7, 2025
Preceded byMike Purzycki
74th Governor of Delaware
In office
January 17, 2017 – January 7, 2025
LieutenantBethany Hall-Long
Preceded byJack Markell
Succeeded byBethany Hall-Long
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Delaware's at-large district
In office
January 3, 2011 – January 3, 2017
Preceded byMike Castle
Succeeded byLisa Blunt Rochester
24th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
In office
January 16, 2001 – January 20, 2009
GovernorRuth Ann Minner
Preceded byRuth Ann Minner
Succeeded byMatthew Denn
Personal details
Born
John Charles Carney Jr.

(1956-05-20) May 20, 1956 (age 68)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseTracey Quillen
Children2
EducationDartmouth College (BA)
University of Delaware (MPA)

John Charles Carney Jr. (born May 20, 1956) is an American politician who has served since 2025 as the 57th Mayor of Wilmington, Delaware. A member of the Democratic Party, Carney was the 74th Governor of Delaware from 2017 to 2025, the U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2017, the 24th lieutenant governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009, and Delaware's secretary of finance from 1996 to 2000.[1]

He first unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for governor in 2008, losing to Jack Markell. He ran for governor again in 2016 and won, succeeding Markell, who was term-limited. He was reelected in 2020, defeating Republican Julianne Murray with 59.5% of the vote. Carney won the 2024 Wilmington mayoral election, winning the primary election in September by 743 votes and the November general election with no opposition.[2][3]

  1. ^ "List of Secretaries of Finance 1970-present" (PDF). Government of Delaware. Retrieved April 6, 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Outgoing Delaware governor wins new role as mayor of state's largest city". WHYY. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

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