Chris Coons
What this job does: One of Delaware's two votes in the U.S. Senate. Senators write and vote on federal laws, taxes and spending, and approve or reject the president's picks for federal judges, the Supreme Court and the Cabinet. A term is six years.
- Current office
- U.S. Senator from Delaware (since Nov. 15, 2010)
- Occupation
- U.S. Senator; before office, a nonprofit executive and attorney
Background
- Bachelor's degree in chemistry and political science, Amherst College (1985); M.A.R. from Yale Divinity School and J.D. from Yale Law School (both 1992). source: ballotpedia.org
- President of the New Castle County Council, 2001 to 2005, then New Castle County Executive, 2005 to 2010. source: ballotpedia.org
- First elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010; the current term ends January 3, 2027. Committees named in news coverage: Appropriations, Judiciary, Foreign Relations, Small Business and Entrepreneurship, and Ethics. source: delawarepublic.org
- Won the Sept. 15, 2026 Democratic primary against three challengers. source: whyy.org
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- Said in announcing a fourth-term run on June 12, 2026 that the job is not done and that serving Delawareans is a privilege (no specific policy list in that report). source: delawarepublic.org
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