Retired nurse and healthcare consultant Valerie Jones Giltner will run as the GOP candidate to replace Ruth Briggs King.
Thursday’s election to replace Representative Ruth Briggs King – the only Republican woman in the Delaware General Assembly – and fill the seat of the 37th district, has been decided.
Republican Valerie Jones Giltner has defeated Democrat Jane Hovington
Here are the results:
Republican Valerie Jones Giltner defeats Democrat Jane Hovington to replace (R.) Ruth Briggs King’s vacant 37th seat, which represents Georgetown and Millsboro in Sussex County.
(R.) Valerie Jones Giltner: 1,805
(D.) Jane Hovington: 1,068
Briggs King resigned from her seat in mid November. The seat represents Georgetown and Millsboro in Sussex County.
Per Delaware Code, a writ of election must be issued within 10 days of the vacancy occurring, and the special election is required to take place between 30-35 days from when the writ is issued.
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Raised in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, Jarek earned a B.A. in journalism and a B.A. in political science from Temple University in 2021. After running CNN’s Michael Smerconish’s YouTube channel, Jarek became a reporter for the Bucks County Herald before joining Delaware LIVE News.
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