Why Should Delaware Care?
Gov. John Carney is finishing an eight-year term as the leader of Delaware, and will begin a new four-year term as leader of its largest city. An elected leader for more than two decades, Carney has become an influential party leader, who has overseen a business-friendly brand of Democratic representation that has been challenged recently.
Gov. John Carney is preparing for a history-making change in Delaware.
On Tuesday, he will resign as governor in order to be sworn in as the next mayor of Wilmington, becoming the first sitting governor to make such a switch to municipal office in modern history.
A former lieutenant governor and Congressman, Carney has served in elected office for nearly all of the past 25 years. His eight years as governor brought stability to state finances, navigated the COVID pandemic and witnessed the rise of Democratic Party power in the First State.
Yet the governor also carved his own path and wasn’t afraid to oppose policies supported by Democratic state legislators.