The six members of the Delaware House of Representatives who have left or are leaving include, from left, top row, Paul Baumbach, Ruth Briggs King, Sherry Dorsey Walker; bottom row, Sean Matthews, Michael Ramone and Pete Schwartzkopf.
Among the last week’s work in the 2024 session will be Delaware House of Representatives saluting six legislators who are leaving or have left the Delaware House.
They include Rep. Sherry Dorsey Walker, D-Wilmington; Rep. Sean Matthews, D-Middletown; Rep. Paul Baumbach, D-Newark; Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach; Rep. Michael Ramone, R-Newark/Pike Creek; and former Rep. Ruth Briggs King, R-Georgetown.
On Tuesday, June 25, The House will celebrate Matthews and Briggs King. She resigned last fall after moving into a house a mile outside of her district. She’s now running for lieutenant governor on the Republican ticket.
On Wednesday, the House will recognize Baumbach and Schwartzkopf. Both have already been the subject of much appreciation, Baumbach when he announced he was not running for re-election a few weeks ago and Schwartzkopf when he stepped down last year as Speaker of the House.
On Thursday, the House will recognize Dorsey Walker and Ramone. She is running for lieutenant governor on the Democratic ticket against two other women. He is running for governor on the Republican ticket.
Betsy Price is a Wilmington freelance writer who has 40 years of experience, including 15 at The News Journal in Delaware.
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