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American politician
Margaret Rose Henry (born June 20, 1944) is an American politician.
[1] She was a member of the
Delaware Senate from 1994 to 2018.
[2] In September 2017, Henry announced she would not seek reelection to her
District 2 seat.
[3] Senator Henry earned her
BA from
Texas Southern University and her
MA from
Springfield College .
Henry was the first
African-American woman elected to the Delaware Senate. During her time in office, she worked to reform the juvenile justice system and helped create a
needle-exchange program .
[4] In March 2018, she received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
New Castle County
Chamber of Commerce .
[5]
Rose-Henry supports gun control and supported a bill to ban assault weapons in 2018.
[6]
Elections
In 1994, Henry ran as a
Republican to replace Democrat
Herman Holloway Sr. , who had resigned. Henry won the Republican primary with 341 votes (91%),
[7] and won November 8, 1994 General election with 3,641 votes (58%) against Democratic nominee Herman Holloway Jr.
[8]
In 1998, Henry switched her party affiliation to
Democrat and was unopposed in the general election, winning 4,626 votes.
[9]
In 2002, Henry won the Democratic primary with 1,908 votes (71.7%), and was unopposed for the general election, winning 5,908 votes.
[10]
In 2004, Henry was unopposed for the general election, winning 10,398 votes.
[11]
In 2008, Henry was unopposed for the general election, winning 11,872 votes.
[12]
In 2012, Henry was unopposed for the general election, winning 15,197 votes.
[13]
In 2014, Henry won the general election with 7,324 votes (87.9%) against Republican nominee Robert F. Martin.
[14]
References
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"Senator Margaret Rose Henry" .
Dover, Delaware :
Delaware General Assembly . Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"Margaret Rose Henry's Biography" .
Vote Smart . Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"Delaware state Sen. Margaret Rose Henry announces retirement : Politics & Policy : WHYY" . WHYY . Retrieved 2018-01-29 .
^ Goss, Scott; Jedra, Christina (September 28, 2017).
"Sam Guy announces Sen. Margaret Rose Henry to retire, will seek her office" .
The News Journal .
^ Vaccaro, Shelby (March 12, 2018).
"Delaware Senate Majority Leader Margaret Rose Henry receives Lifetime Achievement Award from New Castle County Chamber" . WDEL 1150 AM.
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"Assault style weapons ban unable to get out of committee" . Retrieved 6 June 2018 .
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"State of Delaware Official Results 1994" (PDF) . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 8, 1994. p. 20. Archived from
the original (PDF) on May 12, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"State of Delaware Official Results 1994" (PDF) . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 8, 1994. p. 2. Archived from
the original (PDF) on May 12, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"State of Delaware General Election Official Results" . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 3, 1998. Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"State of Delaware General Election Official Results" . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 5, 2002. Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"State of Delaware General Election Official Results" . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 2, 2004. Retrieved November 13, 2013 .
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"State of Delaware General Election Official Results" . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 4, 2008. Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"State of Delaware General Election Official Results" . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 6, 2012. Retrieved November 14, 2013 .
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"State of Delaware General Election Official Results" . Dover, Delaware: Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 7, 2014. Retrieved January 5, 2019 .
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