Candidate Name: Ruth Briggs King
Office you are seeking Lt. Governor
Party : Republican
Age : 68
Hometown : Georgetown
Political experience : I served from 2009 until 2023 as the 37 th District representative in Delaware’s General. During my 14 yearlong legislative career, I served on the most important committees in the Delaware Legislature including the House Judiciary, Health and Human Services, Public Safety and Homeland Security, Transportation, Land Use and Infrastructure, Education, Veteran Affairs Committees as well as the Joint Finance Committee.
Additionally, I served on the Cancer Consortium, The Behavioral Health Taskforce, the Long Term Care and Dementia Taskforce, and the Delaware Healthy Women and Infants Taskforce.
I accepted major assignments in the Legislature tackling Workers Compensation Reform, Prevailing Wage Reform, Financial Literacy, the Structural Revenue Review Taskforce, the Mental Health Task Force, Educational Funding Task Force and Retired Employee Benefits Task Force and the Law Enforcement Accountability Task Force. All of these posts gave me valuable experience into how the state government works and insights into how to make government work better for all Delawareans. ADD I have worked in several fields outside of public service including medical, education, banking and finance with an emphasis on leadership, organizational development, and strategic planning. Now, I am a consultant for not-for-profit organizations and Workforce Solution Today, LLC. based in Georgetown. (Her women owned business with colleague Maribeth Dockety)