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Delaware State Senate

Delaware State Senate
Delaware General Assembly
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Type
Type
Term limits
None
History
New session started
January 8, 2013
Leadership
Bethany Hall-Long (D)
Since January 17, 2017
President pro tempore of the Senate
David McBride (D)
Since January 10, 2017
Majority Leader
Margaret Rose Henry (D)
Since January 10, 2017
Minority Leader
F. Gary Simpson (R)
Since January 8, 2008
Structure
Seats 21
Senate Diagram 2017 State of Delaware.svg
Political groups

Majority

Minority

Length of term
4 years
Authority Article III, Section 1, Delaware Constitution
Salary $41,680/year + per diem
Elections
Last election
November 8, 2016
(11 seats)
Next election
November 6, 2018
(10 seats)
Redistricting Legislative Control
Meeting place
State Senate Chamber
Delaware Legislative Hall
Dover, Delaware
Website
Delaware State Senate

Majority

Minority

The Delaware Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the US state of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occurs, at which time Senators may be elected to a two-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Delaware Senate meets at the Legislative Hall in Dover.

In order to accommodate the ten-year cycle of reapportionment, the terms of office of the several Senators are staggered so that ten Senators are elected to terms of two years at the first biennial general election following reapportionment, followed by two four-year terms, and eleven Senators are elected at the said election for two four-year terms, followed by a two-year term.

Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate can confirm or reject gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions, boards, or justices to the Delaware Supreme Court.

Senators must be citizens of the United States, have lived in Delaware for three years, and have been a resident of their respective district for at least one year preceding their election. They must also be at least 27 years old at the time of their election.

The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware serves as the President of the Senate, but only casts a vote if required to break a tie. In his or her absence, the President Pro Tempore presides over the Senate. The President Pro Tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation of the entire Senate through a Senate Resolution. The President Pro Tempore is the chief leadership position in the Senate. The other Senate leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.


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