John Delaney (Maryland politician)
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John Delaney | |
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Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th district |
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Assumed office January 3, 2013 |
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Preceded by | Roscoe Bartlett |
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Born | John Kevin Delaney April 16, 1963 Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.[1] |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse(s) | April |
Children | 4 |
Residence | Potomac, Maryland, U.S. |
Alma mater | Columbia University Georgetown University Law School |
Occupation | Businessman |
Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Website | Representative John Delaney |
John Kevin Delaney (born April 16, 1963) is an American politician and businessman who has been the United States Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district since 2013.[2] The district, the state's second-largest, includes the entire western portion of the state, but the bulk of its vote is cast in the outer suburbs of Washington, D.C. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
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Early life and education
Delaney grew up in New Jersey, where his father worked as an electrician. Scholarships helped him attend college thanks to his father’s labor union (IBEW Local 164) as well as the American Legion, VFW, and the Lions Club. He is a graduate of Columbia University and Georgetown University Law Center.[3][4] In February 2015, Delaney received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.[5]
Business career
Delaney has co-founded two companies, both of which are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. He has won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award.[when?]
In 1993, he co-founded Health Care Financial Partners, to make loans available to smaller-sized health care service providers purportedly ignored by larger banks.[6] HCFP became public in 1996, and became an NYSE company in 1998.[7]
In 2000, Delaney co-founded CapitalSource, a commercial lender headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland; the company provided capital to roughly 5,000 small and mid-size businesses before his departure.[8] CapitalSource continued to be publicly traded on the NYSE after Delaney's election, making him the only former CEO of a publicly traded company serving in the 113th United States Congress,.[9] In 2014, the lender was absorbed by PacWest Bancorp.[10]
U.S. House of Representatives
2012 election
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After redistricting, Delaney decided to run for the newly redrawn 6th District against 10-term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett. The district had long been a Republican stronghold, but it had been significantly reconfigured. The Maryland General Assembly shifted heavily Republican Carroll County and a mostly Republican section of Frederick County to the heavily Democratic 8th district. It shifted Republican-tilting sections of Harford and Baltimore counties into the already heavily Republican 1st district.[citation needed]
Taking their place was a heavily Democratic section of Montgomery County, which ended just two blocks from Delaney's home in Potomac. On paper, this dramatically altered the district's demographics, turning it from a heavily Republican district into a Democratic-leaning district. While John McCain carried the 6th with 57 percent of the vote in 2008, Barack Obama would have carried the new 6th with 56 percent.[citation needed]
During the primary, Delaney was endorsed by President Bill Clinton, U.S. Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Comptroller Peter Franchot, the Washington Post, and the Gazette.[11][12][13]
On April 3, 2012, Delaney won the five-candidate Democratic primary field with 54% of the vote. The next closest opponent, State Senator Robert J. Garagiola, received 29% of the vote, 25 points behind Delaney.[14][15]
In the November 6, 2012 general election, Delaney defeated Bartlett by 59%-38%, a 21-point margin. He won mostly on the strength of a nearly 56,000-vote margin in Montgomery County, which accounted for almost all of the overall margin of 58,900 votes.[16]
Committee assignments
Legislation sponsored
Key legislation which Delaney has sponsored:
- Medical Leave for Disabled Veterans Act (H.R. 5165; 114th Congress) - a bill that would relax the criteria for eligible veterans to qualify for FMLA to seek medical treatment for their service-connected disabilities.[17]
- Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education Improvement Act of 2013 (H.R. 2011; 113th Congress) - a bill that would extend through the end of 2015 the Veterans' Advisory Committee on Education and change its membership.[18]
- Partnership to Build America Act of 2013 (H.R. 2084; 113th Congress) - a bill that would establish the American Infrastructure Fund (AIF).[19]
- Medical Foods Equity Act of 2013 (H.R. 3665; 113th Congress) - a bill that would extend coverage of medical foods, vitamins, and amino acids to those with metabolic disorders.[20]
Personal life
Delaney and his wife April have four daughters. His wife is the Washington, D.C. Director for Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating families on social media. Two of his daughters attend Northwestern University.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of several organizations: St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School (Chairman), Georgetown University, National Symphony Orchestra, and the International Center for Research on Women.[9]
References
- Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- Profile at Project Vote Smart
- Financial information (federal office) at the Federal Election Commission
- Legislation sponsored at The Library of Congress
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External links
- Congressman John Delaney official U.S. House website
- Appearances on C-SPAN
United States House of Representatives | ||
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Preceded by | Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 6th congressional district 2013-Present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
United States order of precedence (ceremonial) | ||
Preceded by | United States Representatives by seniority 319th |
Succeeded by Ron DeSantis R-Florida |
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- Vague or ambiguous time from April 2016
- Articles with unsourced statements from May 2016
- 1963 births
- Businesspeople from New Jersey
- Businesspeople from Maryland
- Georgetown University Law Center alumni
- Living people
- Maryland Democrats
- Members of the United States House of Representatives from Maryland
- Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives
- People from Potomac, Maryland
- People from Bergen County, New Jersey
- American people of Irish descent
- American Roman Catholics