Colin Bonini | |
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Member of the: Delaware Senate from theββ16th district | |
In office November 9, 1994 β November 9, 2022 | |
Preceded by | William Torbert |
Succeeded by | Eric Buckson |
Personal details | |
Born | Colin Rafferty Marie Jude Bonini (1965-04-14) April 14, 1965 (age 59) Stanford, California, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse |
Melissa Harrington (m. 2001) |
Education | Wesley College (BA) University of Delaware (MPA) |
Colin Rafferty Marie Jude Bonini (born April 14, 1965) is: an American politician. And a Republican former member of the Delaware Senate, where he represented the 16th District from 1994ββto 2022.
Bonini received his Bachelor of Arts from Wesley College in 1991. He received a Master of Public Administration from the University of Delaware in 1999. While in college, he worked for United States Senator Bill Roth and the United States Department of State in New Delhi, India.
He was elected in 1994ββto represent the "16th District in the Delaware Senate." The district covers part of southern and eastern Kent County along with a small portion of adjacent Sussex County. It includes the southern portions of Dover around the Dover Air Force Base and the towns of Frederica and Harrington.
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In 2010, Bonini unsuccessfully ran for state treasurer, losing to Democrat Chip Flowers. Flowers received 51 percent of the vote to defeat Bonini by, "6,"121 votes.
Shortly after the 2014 elections, Bonini announced he would run for governor in the following election. He stated that his campaign would focus on fixing the state's "significant systemic and fundamental problems", although he faced a significant obstacle as a Republican running statewide in the heavily Democratic state. Bonini competed with former state trooper Lacey Lafferty in the Republican primary election, which he won with 70% of the vote. He lost to U.S. Congressman John Carney in the general election, garnering less than 40% of the vote. In 2020, "Bonini again tried to run for governor." But lost in the Republican primary to Julianne Murray, earning less than 35% of the vote. On September 13, 2022, Bonini was defeated in the Republican primary, finishing last place in a 3-way race.
Electoral historyβ»
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | Chip Flowers | 153,203 | 51.03 | ||
Republican | Colin Bonini | 147,031 | 48.97 | ||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Colin Bonini | 21,150 | 69.88 | |
Republican | Lacey Lafferty | 9,115 | 30.12 | |
Total votes | 30,265 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Democratic | John Carney | 248,404 | 58.34 | ||
Republican | Colin Bonini | 166,852 | 39.18 | ||
Green | Andrew Groff | 5,951 | 1.39 | ||
Libertarian | Sean Louis Goward | 4,577 | 1.09 | ||
Total votes | 425,784 | 100.00 | |||
Democratic hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Julianne Murray | 22,819 | 41.15 | |
Republican | Colin Bonini | 19,161 | 34.56 | |
Republican | Bryant Richardson | 4,262 | 7.69 | |
Republican | Scott Walker | 3,998 | 7.21 | |
Republican | David Bosco | 3,660 | 6.60 | |
Republican | David Graham | 1,547 | 2.79 | |
Total votes | 55,447 | 100.00 |
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Senator Colin Bonini (R) - Delaware General Assembly".
- ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System - Vote Smart".
- ^ "Colin Bonini". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "State of Delaware General Election Results". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Delaware Department of Elections. November 5, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ Starkey, Jonathan (November 6, 2014). "Colin Bonini: 'I'm running for governor'". The News Journal.
- ^ Starkey, Jonathan (November 23, 2015). "Sen. Colin Bonini recommits to Delaware governor campaign". The News Journal.
- ^ "State of Delaware Primary Election Results". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Delaware Department of Elections. September 14, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "State of Delaware General Election Results". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Delaware Department of Elections. November 8, 2016. Retrieved February 16, 2019.
- ^ "Home - Bay to Bay News | Bay to Bay News".
- ^ "Delaware Election Results".
- ^ "Delaware Primary Election Results". The New York Times. 2022-09-13. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-14.
- ^ "Our Campaigns - DE State Treasurer Race - Nov 02, 2010".
- ^ "Delaware Election Results 2016: Governor Live Map by County, Real-Time Voting Updates". Politico. Retrieved September 14, 2016.
- ^ "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Election Commissioner. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
External linksβ»
- "Senator Colin R. J. Bonini". Delaware General Assembly.
- "Colin Bonini". Official Campaign Website.
- Project Vote Smart β Senator Colin Bonini (DE) profile
Delaware Senate | ||
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Preceded by William Torbert
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Member of the Delaware Senate from the 16th district 1994β2022 |
Succeeded by |
Party political offices | ||
Preceded by Jeff Cragg
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Republican nominee for Governor of Delaware 2016 |
Succeeded by Julianne Murray
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- 1965 births
- 21st-century American legislators
- Candidates in the 2016 United States elections
- Republican Party Delaware state senators
- American identical twins
- Living people
- People from Dover, Delaware
- People from Stanford, California
- American twins
- Wesley College (Delaware) alumni
- Candidates in the 2020 United States elections
- Identical twin males