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4:00 p.m., Nov. 11, 2002--Five University employees had their names on the ballot in Delaware House of Representatives and Senate races in last week’s elections, and a total of 14 senate and 20 house candidates in contested races were UD alumni or had taken courses here. Others in uncontested races also had UD ties.
U.S. Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr. ,who won election to his sixth term, and state Attorney General M. Jane Brady, who won her third consecutive term, count themselves among UD’s well-known alumni.
Employees who entered House and Senate races include:
- Republican Liane M. Sorenson of Hockessin, director of the UD Office of Women’s Affairs, who beat Democrat Richard A. DiLiberto Jr., a state representative since 1992, in a closely contested senate race. Republican incumbent Sorenson, the state minority whip, garnered 5,600 votes to her opponent’s 4,598 for the senate seat from the Sixth District.
- F. Gary Simpson of Milford, assistant director of alumni and University relations, held on to his senate seat in the18th District by beating opponent John S. Burton 8,875 to 6,594. Simpson won his first senate term in 1998, becoming the first Republican to represent the Milford area since 1972.
- Bethany A. Hall-Long of Middletown, a registered nurse and an associate professor of health and nursing sciences, became the first representative of the newly drawn Eighth District, winning by nearly 61 percent of the vote. Hall-Long, a Democrat, defeated Republican challenger Willliam C. Hutchinson 3,551 to 2,298. Before redistricting, Hall-Long ran unsuccessfully against Rep. Richard Cathcart in the Ninth District.
Also running for seats in the House of Representatives were Judith Hendricks of Woodmere, a Democrat, from the 23rd District, and Stephanie McClellan of Newark, a Democrat, from the 25th District. Both lost to incumbent Republicans. Hendricks, a nurse practioner, is an assistant professor in the College of Health and Nursing Sciences and has two degrees from UD. McClellan, also has two degrees from UD and is currently a doctoral candidate and an instructor in the College of Urban Affairs and Public Policy.
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