Carleton Carey
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Carleton E. Carey Sr. is an American
politician
who has served as the Mayor
of Dover, Delaware
, the capital of the U.S. state
of Delaware
, since 2007. Carey is Dover's third full-time mayor.
Incumbent Dover Mayor, Stephen Speed, resigned from office on July 22, 2007, to become director of the aviation program at Delaware State University
. Dover was required by law to hold a special mayoral election within thirty to sixty days from Speed's resignation. Carey, a city councilman, was elected Mayor of Dover in a nine-candidate, special election held on September 18, 2007. He won the election with 959 votes, defeating his eight opponents. Carey was sworn into office on Monday, October 8, 2007.
Carey filed to run for a second, two-year term on December 17, 2009. He won re-election to a second, two-year term on April 20, 2010. Carey won the election with 1,507 votes, easily defeating his nearest opponents. Former Delaware state Rep., Nancy H. Wagner, came in second with 863 votes, while former Dover city councilman, William H. Daisey, garnered 553 votes.
United States
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Politician
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who has served as the Mayor
Mayor
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of Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware
The city of Dover is the capital and second largest city in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is also the county seat of Kent County, and the principal city of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area, which encompasses all of Kent County. It is located on the St. Jones River in the Delaware...
, the capital of the U.S. state
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of Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
, since 2007. Carey is Dover's third full-time mayor.
Incumbent Dover Mayor, Stephen Speed, resigned from office on July 22, 2007, to become director of the aviation program at Delaware State University
Delaware State University
Delaware State University , is an American historically black, public university located in Dover, Delaware, and there are two satellite campuses located in Wilmington, Delaware, and Georgetown, Delaware...
. Dover was required by law to hold a special mayoral election within thirty to sixty days from Speed's resignation. Carey, a city councilman, was elected Mayor of Dover in a nine-candidate, special election held on September 18, 2007. He won the election with 959 votes, defeating his eight opponents. Carey was sworn into office on Monday, October 8, 2007.
Carey filed to run for a second, two-year term on December 17, 2009. He won re-election to a second, two-year term on April 20, 2010. Carey won the election with 1,507 votes, easily defeating his nearest opponents. Former Delaware state Rep., Nancy H. Wagner, came in second with 863 votes, while former Dover city councilman, William H. Daisey, garnered 553 votes.