Jack Walsh

Democratic Party

Delaware State Senate District 9

Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

9

Compensation

Base salary

$51,692/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 8, 2022

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Jack Walsh (Democratic Party) is a member of theDelaware State Senate, representingDistrict 9. He assumed office on November 9, 2016. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Walsh (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theDelaware State Senate to representDistrict 9. He won in the general election onNovember 8, 2022.

Biography

Representative graduated from St. Mark's High School. Early in his career, he served with IBEW Local 313, and later served as an electrician for Hatzel and Buehler Inc.^[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

• Banking, Business, and Insurance Committee
• Joint Committee on Capital Improvement,Chair
• Capital Improvement Committee,Chair
• Housing and Land Use Committee
• Senate Labor Committee,Vice-Chair
• Senate Veterans Affairs Committee

2023-2024

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

• Banking, Business, and Insurance Committee
• Capital Improvement Committee,Chair
• Housing and Land Use Committee
• Senate Labor Committee,Vice Chair
• Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
• Joint Committee on Capital Improvement,Chair

2021-2022

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

• Banking, Business, and Insurance Committee
• Capital Improvement Committee
• Senate Labor Committee,Chair
• Senate Veterans Affairs Committee
• Joint Committee on Capital Improvement

2019-2020

Walsh was assigned to the following committees:

• Joint Committee on Capital Improvement
• Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee
• Capital Improvement Committee
• Elections & Government Affairs Committee,Vice-Chair
• Senate Labor Committee,Chair
• Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee,Vice-Chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Elections

2022

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Delaware State Senate District 9

IncumbentJack Walsh defeatedBrenda Mennella in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 9 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jack Walsh (D)	61.5	7,172
		Brenda Mennella (R)	38.5	4,490

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,662
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentJack Walsh advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.Brenda Mennella advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.

2020

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware State Senate District 9

IncumbentJack Walsh defeatedTodd Ruckle in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 9 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Jack Walsh (D)	67.1	12,728
	Submit photo	Todd Ruckle (R)	32.9	6,248

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 18,976
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentJack Walsh advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.Todd Ruckle advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 9.

2016

See also:Delaware State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theDelaware State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was July 12, 2016.IncumbentKaren Peterson (D) did not seek re-election.

Jack Walsh ran unopposed in the Delaware State Senate District 9 general election.^[2][3]

Delaware State Senate, District 9 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jack Walsh (unopposed)	100.00%	13,500
Total Votes				13,500
Source:Delaware Department of Elections

Jack Walsh defeatedCaitlin Olsen in the Delaware State Senate District 9 Democratic primary.^[4][5][2]

Delaware State Senate, District 9 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Jack Walsh	57.17%	1,364
	Democratic	Caitlin Olsen	42.83%	1,022
Total Votes				2,386

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Jack Walsh did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Scorecards

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