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U.S. Senator

Christopher Coons

Democrat - Delaware

PARTY: Democrat

ELECTED: 2010 (Special election)

EDUCATION: Amherst College; University of Nairobi, Kenya; Yale Divinity School; Yale Law School

OCCUPATION: In-house counsel for W.L. Gore & Associates

BORN: 09/09/63

*Candidates running for office for the first time will have no voting record.

“Now more than ever, stemming the worst impacts of climate change will require a global response.” - Sen. Christopher Coons

POLITICAL CAREER

  • New Castle County Executive


COMMITTEES SERVED ON

  • Senate Committee on Appropriations

  • Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

  • Senate Committee on the Judiciary

  • Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

  • Senate Select Committee on Ethics


INTERESTING FACTS

  • Inducted into the National Service Hall of Fame in 2021

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