Tom Kovach, is a Delaware Attorney and Politician. He has announced his candidacy for the US House in the 2012 elections.

Early life and career

Tom graduated from the University of Delaware

University of Delaware

The university is organized into seven colleges:* College of Agriculture and Natural Resources* College of Arts and Sciences* Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics* College of Earth, Ocean and Environment* College of Education and Human Development...

 with a degree of Chemical Engineering and served as an enforcement officer for the EPA

United States Environmental Protection Agency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is an agency of the federal government of the United States charged with protecting human health and the environment, by writing and enforcing regulations based on laws passed by Congress...

. He returned to school and graduated with a JD and began practice as an environmental lawyer with the Delaware law firm of Parkowski, Guerke & Swayze.

State Representative

Immediately after the 2008 elections Democrat Dianna Williams announced that she would be resigning her office. Governor Ruth Ann Minner

Ruth Ann Minner

Ruth Ann Minner is an American politician and businesswoman from Milford, in Kent County, Delaware. She is a member of the Democratic Party who served in the Delaware General Assembly, as the 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Delaware and two terms as the first female Governor of Delaware.-Early life...

 announced a special election 5 days before Christmas to fill the seat. Tom won an upset victory and came into office with the 2008 class. He sat on the Education, Energy and Veterans Affairs Committees, among others. He sponsored legislation to make state government more transparent and also tried to move School Board elections to coincide with general elections in order to save money and increase voter participation. He lost reelection during the 2010 election by 400 votes.

New Castle County President

Following the election of then New Castle County Executive Chris Coons to the US Senate, then New Castle County President Paul Clark was elevated to fill the remainder of his term. This left a vacancy in the office of the Presidency vacant and a special election was called for January. Kovach was chosen as the Republican candidate to square off against Democrat County Councilman Tim Sheldon, and walked away with 57% of the vote, making him the first Republican to win this office in 23 years. As President Tom has worked to promote transparency and decrease the size of County Government.

United State House

In October 2011 Tom announced that he would be running for US Congress. He will face Rose Izzo in the Republican primary. If he receives his party's nomination he will face Democrat Freshman representative John C. Carney, Jr.

John C. Carney, Jr.

John Charles Carney, Jr. is the U.S. Representative for . He is a member of the Democratic Party. He was the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009...

.

Election results

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|-bgcolor=#cccccc
!colspan=13 style="background: #ccccff;" |Election results
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| Year
| Office
| Election
|
| Subject
| Party
| Votes
| %
|
| Opponent
| Party
| Votes
| %
|-
|2008
|State House 6th District
|Special
|
| |Tom Kovach
| |Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

| |1,540
| |51.2%
|
| |Michael Migliore
| |Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

| |1,467
| |48.8%
|-
|2010
|State House 6th District
|General
|
| |Tom Kovach
| |Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

| |3,856
| |46.9%
|
| |Debra Heffernan
| |Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

| |4,263
| |51.9%
|-
|2011
|New Castle County President
|Special
|
| |Tom Kovach
| |Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

| |16,721
| |57.5%
|
| |Tim Sheldon
| |Democrat

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

| |12,139
| |41.7%

External links

• Kovach for Delaware