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| United States Senator fromDelaware | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2025 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | William Roth | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Lisa Blunt Rochester | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 71stGovernor of Delaware | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 19, 1993 – January 3, 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lieutenant | Ruth Ann Minner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Dale E. Wolf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Ruth Ann Minner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chair of theNational Governors Association | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office August 4, 1998 – August 10, 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | George Voinovich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mike Leavitt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromDelaware'sat-large district | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Tom Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Mike Castle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Governor | Pete du Pont | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Preceded by | Mary Jornlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Janet Rzewnicki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | Thomas Richard Carper (1947-01-23)January 23, 1947 (age 78) Beckley, West Virginia, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conflict | Vietnam War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Richard Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer who served from 2001 to 2025 as aUnited States senator fromDelaware. A member of theDemocratic Party, Carper served from 1983 to 1993 in theUnited States House of Representatives and from 1993 to 2001 as the 71stgovernor of Delaware.
A native ofBeckley, West Virginia, Carper graduated fromOhio State University on anNROTC scholarship. Serving as anaval flight officer in theU.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973, he flew theP-3 Orion as a tactical coordinator and mission commander[1] and saw active duty in theVietnam War. After leaving the active duty Navy, he remained in theU.S. Naval Reserve for another 18 years and eventually retired with the rank ofCaptain (O-6). Upon receiving hisMBA from theUniversity of Delaware in 1975, Carper went to work for the state of Delaware in its economic development office. He was elected state treasurer, serving from 1977 to 1983 and leading the development of Delaware's first cash management system.
Encouraged by local politicians, Carper successfully ran for Delaware's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He served five terms in the House, where he chaired the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. In 1992, he swapped positions with term-limited Republican GovernorMike Castle, and the two were easily elected to each other's seats. Carper governed for two terms as a moderate, business-orientedNew Democrat, following the lead of the two previous Republican governors.
Carper was elected to the U.S. Senate in2000, defeating Republican incumbentWilliam Roth. He was reelected by landslides in2006,2012, and2018. He served as one of four deputy Democratic whips, the chairman of theSenate Environment and Public Works Committee and on theHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee and theFinance Committee. Carper was the senior senator inDelaware's congressional delegation and the dean of the delegation. He was the last Vietnam War veteran to serve in the Senate.
Carper was born in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Mary Jean (née Patton) and Wallace Richard Carper. He grew up inDanville, Virginia, and graduated fromWhetstone High School inColumbus, Ohio. He then graduated from theOhio State University in 1968, where he was a midshipman in theNaval ROTC and earned aBachelor of Arts degree ineconomics. At Ohio State, Carper became a member of the Beta Phi Chapter of theDelta Tau Delta fraternity. Carper earned anMBA from theUniversity of Delaware in 1975.
Serving as aNaval Flight Officer in theU.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973, he served three tours of duty inSoutheast Asia during the Vietnam War. He remained in theU.S. Naval Reserve as aP-3 aircraft mission commander for another 18 years, stationed withVP-66 atNAS Willow Grove in Pennsylvania. He retired with the rank ofCaptain (O-6).[2]
While in college at the Ohio State University, Carper worked on the presidential campaign of U.S. SenatorEugene McCarthy. In Delaware, he worked as the campaign treasurer for University of Delaware professor James R. Soles in his unsuccessful 1974 bid for theU.S. House of Representatives.
After receiving his MBA degree in 1975, Carper went to work for the State of Delaware's economic development office. In 1976, after developing good relationships with members of the state party leadership, he took out a $5,000 personal loan to fund his campaign to be Treasurer of Delaware. In the election, he defeated the favored Republican Party candidate, Theodore Jones. He served three terms, from January 18, 1977, through January 3, 1983, during which time he oversaw the development of Delaware's first cash management system.
In 1982, U.S. SenatorJoe Biden and other prominent Democrats convinced Carper to run for Delaware's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent RepublicanThomas B. Evans Jr. sought reelection, and although he had been caught in a compromising "association" on a golfing trip with the lobbyist Paula Parkinson, was still considered a strong candidate.[3]
Carper was considered well-positioned until three weeks before Election Day, when theNew York Post published an article claiming that the "dirtiest campaign in the country is being waged in tiny Delaware", which suggested that Carper had abused his wife and stepchildren. But when rumors spread that the story was "planted" by a supporter of Evans, Carper bounced back, with public opinion seeming to be that the allegations inappropriately exploited private issue.[4][5] Carper and his wife both denied the allegations in 1982, but he later admitted to having slapped her. Carper defeated Evans.[6]
Carper served five terms in the House. He won his second term in 1984, defeating Elise R. W. du Pont, the wife of retiring GovernorPete du Pont. He then easily defeated Republicans Thomas S. Neuberger in 1986, James P. Krapf in 1988 and Ralph O. Williams in 1990. He was a member of theU.S. House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and theU.S. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. He chaired the House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. In these positions, he worked to allow banks into the securities business and to discourage the dumping of sludge into the ocean.
During his years in the House, Carper sought to gain better control of Delaware's Democratic Party organization in hopes of someday becoming governor, focusing on heavily Democratic and populousNew Castle County. Its Democratic organization was controlled by Eugene T. Reed, a former ironworker and longtime party boss who was then among several politicians in both parties implicated in illegal money raising practices. To address this corruption and rescue the Democratic Party's reputation, Carper recruited Joseph E. Reardon, aDuPont Company chemist, as a candidate for New Castle County Democratic Party chairman. By early 1989, Reardon had been elected, replacing Reed at the head of a newly reformed party organization. In 1990, Carper defeated a Reed ally, Daniel D. Rappa, in the Democratic primary for U.S. representative.
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Republican Governor Michael Castle wasterm-limited and unable to seek reelection in 1992. The result was what became known as "the Swap", with Castle seeking Carper's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and Carper seeking the governorship. Neither faced substantive opposition for either post.
Carper defeated Republican B. Gary Scott and was elected governor. He served two terms. Carper positioned himself as a moderate, business-oriented governor, emphasizing economic development and business recruitment. This included the prevention of the closure of theGeneral Motors automobile operation nearNewport, Delaware, and convincing pharmaceutical giantAstraZeneca to construct its new headquarters in the state.
Carper led an ongoing effort to reduceincome tax rates, eliminate themarriage penalty andestate tax, cut the publicutility tax, and eliminate thegross receipts tax for many small businesses. Delaware's credit rating improved from among the worst in the nation to AAA. Carper also retained Castle's standards-based education programs. Other programs included a fully fundedHead Start program and a prescription-drug benefit for seniors.
Carper had high approval ratings, but was criticized by some old-line Democrats and union leaders.[4]
As a tribute to Anne Marie Fahey, who had been a youthmentor before her death, then-Governor Carper also became a mentor, and began actively promoting mentoring programs throughout Delaware's business community. As a result, by the end of his last term, Delaware held the highest per-capita ratio of youth mentors in the country. Carper also established the Delaware Mentoring Council to help sustain this legacy.
| Delaware General Assembly (sessions while Governor) | |||||||||||
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| Year | Assembly | Senate Majority | President pro tempore | House Majority | Speaker | ||||||
| 1993–1994 | 137th | Democratic | Richard S. Cordrey | Republican | Terry R. Spence | ||||||
| 1995–1996 | 138th | Democratic | Richard S. Cordrey | Republican | Terry R. Spence | ||||||
| 1997–1998 | 139th | Democratic | Thomas B. Sharp | Republican | Terry R. Spence | ||||||
| 1999–2000 | 140th | Democratic | Thomas B. Sharp | Republican | Terry R. Spence | ||||||
Due to term limits, Carper had to retire as governor in 2000, and sought election to the U.S. Senate against incumbent RepublicanWilliam Roth, declaring his candidacy in September 1999.[7] Some had concerns about Roth's age of 79, compared to Carper's relative youth. Roth started the campaign with a 2-to-1 spending advantage, but Carper went into the final month with more than $1 million on hand.[8] He defeated Roth, 56% to 44%. Roth received more votes than Republican presidential candidateGeorge W. Bush, suggesting that the strength of the Democratic turnout for the presidential election was key in Carper's victory.[citation needed] Some commentators attributed Roth's defeat to his age and health, as he collapsed twice during the campaign, once during a television interview and once during a campaign event.[8][9][10]
Carper sought reelection in 2006. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced Republican nomineeJan C. Ting, a professor of law who had narrowly beaten airline pilot Michael D. Protack in the Republican primary. Carper was easily reelected, 67% to 27%.
As the 2012 election cycle began, aSuper PAC was created to oppose Carper's reelection campaign.The Hill quotedPatrick Davis, the custodian of records and agent for Renew Delaware as saying, "Tom Carper has served in the United States Senate for a long time and has been part of the downturn in our economy."Delaware Politics noted that the election would be costly for the Republican candidate and that Carper was heavily favored to win a third term.[11] A Carper spokesperson, Emily Spain, was quoted inThe Hill saying that Carper was successful in his previous campaigns "because he works hard, takes nothing for granted, and puts the needs and interests of Delaware first."[12] Carper won the Democratic primary with 88% of the vote and faced off against the only Republican candidate who filed for the race, businessmanKevin Wade. He was reelected with 66% of the vote.
In 2018, Carper sought his fourth Senate term.[13][14] His campaign contributors includedDuPont, his third-largest contributor since 2013. Between 2013 and 2018, he received $2.1 million frompolitical action committees.[15] In the Democratic primary, Carper was challenged from the left by Kerri Evelyn Harris, aUS Air Force Veteran, who, unlike Carper, supports asingle-payer healthcare.[16] Carper won the primary with roughly 65% of the vote.[17] It was his most competitive primary in recent history. In the general election, Carper defeated Republican nominee Rob Arlett, 60.0% to 37.8%.[18]
On May 22, 2023, Carper announced that he would not seek reelection in 2024. In his press conference, Carper endorsed U.S. RepresentativeLisa Blunt Rochester.[19]
Senator Carper retired from the United States Senate on January 3, 2025. He was the last remaining combat veteran of the Vietnam War serving in the U.S. Senate.[20][21]
Carper served with the Democratic minority in the108th and109th Congresses and was part of the Democratic majority in the110th Congress. At the beginning of the107th Congress, the Democratic Party was in the minority, but later held the majority. Carper was a member of the moderateDemocratic Leadership Council (DLC), of which he served as vice chair. In 2004, Carper became part of the Senate Democratic leadership. As a member of a four-person "Executive Committee", he is one of four deputy whips.David Broder ofThe Washington Post has called Carper "a notably effective and non-partisan leader, admired and trusted on both sides of the aisle."[22]
During theJanuary 6 United States Capitol attack, Carper said he did not support invoking theTwenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution orimpeachment of Trump.[23] But hours later, he called on Trump to resign. He also called the attackers "domestic terrorists". That evening, he voted to certify the2021 United States Electoral College vote count.[24]
Carper's committee assignments for the 118th Congress are as follows:[25]
Carper is considered amoderate Democrat.[27] He has a 13% conservative rating from theAmerican Conservative Union.[28][29] Carper voted for theBudget Control Act, against cut, cap and balance, for debt increase, for debt ceiling increase, fordebt limit increase, for the stimulus, for TARP, for thePatient Protection and Affordable Care Act, forSCHIP, for DREAM, and for the Immigration Reform Act of 2006.[30]
Carper has a mixed record onabortion issues. In 2003, he was one of 17 Democrats who broke with the majority of their party by voting to banpartial-birth abortion.[31] He also voted against banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but voted to ban the use of federal funds for abortion.[32] In 2018, he opposed President Trump's proposal to defundPlanned Parenthood.[33] Carper was given a 50% rating byNARAL Pro-Choice America, indicating a mixed record on abortion, according to their scoring, and a 25% rating from theanti-abortionNational Right to Life Committee.[34] AfterRoe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, he said the decision was "unconscionably cruel and wrong" and that it was a "dark day for our country and our Constitution."[35]
In April 2019, Carper was one of thirty-four senators to sign a letter to PresidentDonald Trump encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America", asserting that Trump had "consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance" since becoming president and that he was "personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity" through preventing the use of Fiscal Year 2018 national security funding. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries.[36]
In January 2024, Carper voted against a resolution, proposed byBernie Sanders, to apply thehuman rights provisions of theForeign Assistance Act toU.S. aid to Israel's military. The proposal was defeated, 72 to 11.[37] In March 2024, Carper led a letter to the Biden administration urging the U.S. to recognize a "nonmilitarized"Palestinian state after the war in Gaza.[38] This letter was signed by 19 Democratic senators who support a two-state solution to theIsraeli-Palestine conflict.[39]
Carper joined 23 other Senate Democrats in signing a letter supporting Obama taking executive action to reduce gun violence.[40] In 2013, he voted to ban high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets.[41] In 2016, Carper participated in theChris Murphy gun control filibuster.[42] In response to the2017 Las Vegas shooting, Carper called for more gun laws, specifically background checks and mental health screenings.[43]
In January 2019, Carper was one of forty senators to introduce the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms being transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.[44]
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He joined in the unsuccessful attempt to tie theBush tax cuts todeficit reduction and has supported additional funding forschool choice programs andcharter schools. He has also sought additional funding for railroad projects and for rail security. He strongly supported legislation to limitclass action lawsuits and to restrictpersonal bankruptcy. In addition, he is a strong proponent offree trade. In 2012, Carper sponsored a bill, eventually passed and signed into law, that required government agencies to identify $125 billion in expected waste and fraud.[45]
Carper andGeorge Voinovich ofOhio proposed a 25-cent raise in the federal gasoline tax; 10 cents would go to pay down the debt and the rest toward improving the nation's infrastructure. The measure was proposed in November 2010.[46] The measure did not pass.
On May 14, 2011,The Wall Street Journal criticized a postal-bailout bill co-sponsored by Carper andSusan Collins (R-Maine). The bill would give $50–$75 billion toUSPS, and would underwrite pension obligations for retired postal workers. The bailout would cost three times the savings of the 2011 federal budget.[47]
On August 1, 2019, the Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal that raised spending over current levels by $320 billion and lifted the debt ceiling for the following two years in addition to forming a course for funding the government without the perceived fiscal brinkmanship of recent years. Carper joinedJoe Manchin and RepublicansMitt Romney andRick Scott in issuing a statement asserting that "as former Governors, we were responsible for setting a budget each year that was fiscally responsible to fund our priorities. That's why today, we, as U.S. Senators, cannot bring ourselves to vote for this budget deal that does not put our country on a fiscally sustainable path."[48]
Carper proposed the creation of aNational Park in Delaware, the Coastal Heritage Park, in four locations along theDelaware River andDelaware Bay. In January 2009, Carper briefly chaired aSenate Committee on Environment and Public Works hearing on theTennessee Valley Authority's coal ash spill inKingston, Tennessee. However, he did vote forKeystone XL Pipeline, but has since expressed disappointment in that vote.[49]
Carper supports theEPA andClean Air Act and blames states to the west of Delaware for its air pollution, calling them "America's tailpipe".[50]
In April 2019, Carper was one of forty-one senators to sign a bipartisan letter to the housing subcommittee praising theHousing and Urban Development Department's Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that President Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote of their hope that the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.[51]
Carper co-wrote the "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010"[52] introduced on June 19, 2010, by SenatorJoe Lieberman (Senator Susan Collins is the third co-author of this bill). If signed into law, this controversial bill, which the American media dubbed the "Kill switch bill", would grant thePresident emergency powers over the Internet. All three co-authors of the bill, however, issued a statement claiming that instead, the bill "[narrowed] existing broad Presidential authority to take over telecommunications networks".[53] Carper was quoted as saying that the bill "would create a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications in theDepartment of Homeland Security, with a Senate-confirmed director to oversee security of the federal government's computer networks. The center would also identify vulnerabilities and help secure key private networks – like utilities and communications systems – that, if attacked or commandeered by a foreign power or cyberterrorists, could result in the crippling of our economy."[54]
In May 2010, Carper introduced an amendment to limit state regulators from enforcing consumer regulations on national banks and their subsidiaries. It would also remove a Senate legislative measure requiring theOffice of the Comptroller of the Currency to find a "substantive standard" on regulation, before the office could move to preempt. TheWhite House opposed Carper's amendment. The amendment passed by a vote of 80–18.[55]
On September 21, 2011,The Wall Street Journal noted that PresidentBarack Obama's job-creation plans were drawing resistance from Senate Democrats. The article quoted Carper as saying, "I think the best jobs bill that can be passed is a comprehensive long-term deficit-reduction plan. That's better than everything else the president is talking about combined."[56]
In April 2014, the United States Senate debated theMinimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 1737; 113th Congress). The bill would amend theFair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period.[57] The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic Senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.[58][59][60] Carper said that he preferred legislation that would have a greater chance of becoming law, such as an increase to only $9 an hour.[59]
On March 5, 2021, Carper voted againstBernie Sanders's amendment to include a $15/hour minimum wage in theAmerican Rescue Plan Act of 2021.[61]
Carper signed a law as Governor defining "marriage as between a man and a woman," but he also voted as a Senator against theFederal Marriage Amendment, a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.[62] He also voted against banning gay marriage again in 2006.[63] In 2013, Carper announced that he now supportssame-sex marriage.[64]
Carper voted yes on the 2002Iraq War Resolution.[65]
Carper has been married twice, first in 1978, to Diane Beverly Isaacs, a formerMiss Delaware, who had two children by a previous marriage. They divorced in 1983. In a 1998 interview, Carper admitted, "I slapped my then-wife, Diane, during a heated argument", calling it a mistake.[66][5] According to a 1982New York Post article, Carper hit Isaacs "so hard he gave her a black eye" and his wife's two children from a previous relationship "were slapped around and bruised by Carper for doing such things as leaving the family dog on the bed". Carper denied these claims.[5]
Carper married Martha Ann Stacy in 1985. They have two children. The family are members of Westminster Presbyterian Church inWilmington, Delaware.
Unlike most senators, who maintain residences in bothWashington, D.C., and in their home state, Carper commuted more than 100 miles byAmtrak train from his home in Wilmington to theUnited States Capitol. He said this arrangement helped his family live a normal life despite his demanding, high-profile job.[67] On May 12, 2015, he narrowly escaped injury when the train he took homederailed and crashed inPhiladelphia shortly after he debarked.[68] In 2024,Newark Train Station was renamed in his honor.[69]
As of 2018, according to OpenSecrets.org, Carper's net worth was more than $5.7 million.[70]
In August 2023,Congresstrading.com tweeted that Carper, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, made an inverse NasdaqETF purchase, ashort sell option for investors looking to hedge against or profit from a decline in the index. The tweet questioned whether this was a conflict of interest for Carper.[71][72]
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The Governor and State Treasurer take office the third Tuesday of January. The Governor has a four-year term and the State Treasurer had a two-year term at this time. U.S. Representatives take office January 3 and have a two-year term. U.S. Senators also take office January 3, but have a six-year term.
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| State Treasurer | Executive | Dover | January 18, 1977 | January 16, 1979 | ||
| State Treasurer | Executive | Dover | January 16, 1979 | January 20, 1981 | ||
| State Treasurer | Executive | Dover | January 20, 1981 | January 3, 1983 | resigned | |
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1985 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | January 3, 1985 | January 3, 1987 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | January 3, 1987 | January 3, 1989 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 1991 | ||
| U.S. Representative | Legislature | Washington | January 3, 1991 | January 3, 1993 | ||
| Governor | Executive | Dover | January 19, 1993 | January 21, 1997 | ||
| Governor | Executive | Dover | January 21, 1997 | January 3, 2001 | resigned | |
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | January 3, 2001 | January 3, 2007 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2013 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2019 | ||
| U.S. Senator | Legislative | Washington | January 3, 2019 | January 3, 2025 | ||
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| Preceded by | Member of theU.S. House of Representatives fromDelaware's at-large congressional district 1983–1993 | Succeeded by |
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| Preceded by Mary Jornlin | Treasurer of Delaware 1977–1983 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Governor of Delaware 1993–2001 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theNational Governors Association 1998–1999 | Succeeded by |
| U.S. Senate | ||
| Preceded by | U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Delaware 2001–2025 Served alongside:Joe Biden,Ted Kaufman,Chris Coons | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Chair of theSenate New Democrat Coalition 2003–2011 Served alongside:Mary Landrieu | Position abolished |
| Preceded by | Chair of theSenate Homeland Security Committee 2013–2015 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ranking Member of theSenate Homeland Security Committee 2015–2017 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Ranking Member of theSenate Environment Committee 2017–2021 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by John Barrasso | Chair of theSenate Environment Committee 2021–2025 | Succeeded by |
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