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For other people named John Delaney, see John Delaney.
John Delaney
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 6th district
In office
January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2019
Preceded byRoscoe Bartlett
Succeeded byDavid Trone
Personal details
Born
John Kevin Delaney

(1963-04-16) April 16, 1963 (age 61)
Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
April McClain
​
(m. 1990)​
Children4
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Georgetown University (JD)

John Kevin Delaney (born April 16, 1963) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who is running for President of the United States in 2020. He was the United States Representative for Maryland's 6th congressional district from 2013 to 2019.[1]

On July 28, 2017, Delaney became the first Democrat to announce he is running for president in 2020.[2] Delaney did not run for re-election to Congress in 2018, preferring to focus on his presidential campaign, and David Trone was elected to succeed him.

Early life and education

Delaney grew up in Wood-Ridge, New Jersey, the son of Elaine (Rowe) and Jack Delaney, an electrician. He has Irish ancestry.[3] Delaney claims to be of Catholic faith, and has said that his “social justice orientation” was influenced by his faith “to some extent".[4] Delaney spent part of his youth working at his father's construction site.[5]

Scholarships helped him attend college thanks to his father's labor union (IBEW Local 164) as well as the American Legion, VFW, and the Lions Club. He graduated from Bergen Catholic High School,[6] and went on to earn a B.A. degree from Columbia University, in 1985, and a J.D. degree from Georgetown University Law Center, in 1988.[7][8] In February 2015, Delaney received an honorary doctor of laws degree from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland.[9]

Business career

Delaney co-founded two companies that were publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. He won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 2004.[10]

In 1993, he co-founded Health Care Financial Partners (HCFP), to make loans available to smaller-sized health care service providers purportedly ignored by larger banks.[11] HCFP went public in 1996, and its stock began trading on the New York Stock Exchange in 1998.[12] Health Care Financial Partners was acquired by Heller Financial in 1999.[13]

In 2000, Delaney co-founded CapitalSource, a commercial lender headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland; the company provided capital to roughly 5,000 small and mid-size businesses before his departure.[14] In 2010, during Delaney's tenure as CEO, CapitalSource was awarded a Bank Enterprise Award from the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund by the U.S. Treasury Department for its investment in low-income and economically distressed communities.[15] In 2005, CapitalSource was named one of Washingtonian Magazine's best places to work for its company culture and employee benefits.[16]

CapitalSource continued to be publicly traded on the NYSE after Delaney's election, making him the only former CEO of a publicly traded company serving in the 113th United States Congress.[17] In 2014, the lender was absorbed by PacWest Bancorp.[18]

U.S. House of Representatives

2012 election

Main article: 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Maryland § District 6

After redistricting, Delaney decided to run for the newly redrawn 6th District against 10-term Republican incumbent Roscoe Bartlett. The district had long been a Republican stronghold, but it had been significantly reconfigured. The Maryland General Assembly shifted heavily Republican Carroll County and a mostly Republican section of Frederick County to the heavily Democratic 8th district. It shifted Republican-tilting sections of Harford and Baltimore counties into the already heavily Republican 1st district. Taking their place was a heavily Democratic spur of western Montgomery County, which ended just two blocks from Delaney's home in Potomac. The redrawn district, the state's second-largest, thus includes nearly the entire western portion of the state, but the bulk of its vote is cast in the outer suburbs of Washington, D.C.

On paper, this dramatically altered the district's demographics, turning it from a heavily Republican district into a Democratic-leaning district. While John McCain carried the 6th with 57 percent of the vote in 2008,[19] Barack Obama would have carried the new 6th with 56 percent.[20] The Montgomery County share of the district has three times as many people as the rest of the district combined.

The shifts were quite controversial, as Republicans accused Democrats of shifting district boundaries in their favor, and former Governor Martin O'Malley later admitted the redrawn districts would favor Democrats. "That was my hope," O'Malley told attorneys in a deposition. "It was also my intent to create ... a district where the people would be more likely to elect a Democrat than a Republican."[21]

During the primary, Delaney was endorsed by former President Bill Clinton, U.S. Congresswoman Donna Edwards, Comptroller Peter Franchot, the Washington Post, and the Gazette.[22][23][24]

On April 3, 2012, Delaney won the five-candidate Democratic primary field with 54% of the vote. The next closest opponent, State Senator Robert J. Garagiola, received 29% of the vote, 25 points behind Delaney.[25][26]

In the November 6, 2012 general election, Delaney defeated Bartlett by 59%–38%, a 21-point margin. He won the Montgomery County share of the district by almost 56,000 votes, accounting for almost all of the overall 58,900 margin of votes.[27]

2014 election

Delaney faced a closer-than-expected contest for reelection against Republican Dan Bongino, the Republican candidate for Senate in 2012. He ultimately won by just over 2,200 votes, due mainly to swamping Bongino in the Montgomery County portion of the district by over 20,500 votes.[28] Larry Hogan carried the district in his successful run for governor.

2016 election

Delaney won a third term in 2016, taking 56 percent of the vote to Republican Amie Hoeber's 40 percent.

Tenure

Since his election to Congress, Delaney introduced legislation to end partisan gerrymandering. The Open Our Democracy Act of 2017 would appoint independent redistricting commissions nationwide to end partisan gerrymandering, make Election Day a federal holiday and create an open top-two primary system.[29]

Delaney was ranked as the 53rd most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives during the 114th United States Congress (and the most bipartisan member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland) in the Bipartisan Index created by The Lugar Center and the McCourt School of Public Policy that ranks members of the United States Congress by their degree of bipartisanship (by measuring the frequency each member's bills attract co-sponsors from the opposite party and each member's co-sponsorship of bills by members of the opposite party).[30] In 2015, a similar ranking by the nonpartisan site GovTrack ranked Delaney third highest for bipartisanship among all House Democrats.[31]

Committee assignments

Caucus memberships

2020 presidential bid

Main article: John Delaney 2020 presidential campaign
Logo for Delaney's presidential campaign

Despite a rumored bid to run against governor Larry Hogan in 2018, Delaney bypassed the 2018 elections altogether. On July 28, 2017, Delaney announced his run for president in 2020 in a Washington Post op-ed.[2]

Political views

Main article: Political positions of John Delaney

Delaney has been frequently referred to as a "moderate". However, he does not entirely identify as such.[37] Delaney has remarked,

People have a hard time labeling me. Some of the things they hear me talking about are on the total progressive or liberal end of the spectrum, and in other ways I'm kind of a solutions-oriented moderate who wants to get things done.[37]

He has received the top score of 100 from the Human Rights Campaign for his support of equality-related legislation, with him stating "No one should be discriminated against because of who they are or who they love" in response to this recognition.[38][39]

Delaney has stated he would support increasing the corporate tax rate to 23 percent "to raise about $200 billion for infrastructure".[40]

Personal life

Delaney and his wife April (née McClain) met at Georgetown University Law Center and have four daughters. His wife is the Washington, D.C. Director for Common Sense Media, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating families on social media. Two of his daughters attend Northwestern University.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of several organizations: St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School (Chairman), Georgetown University, National Symphony Orchestra, and the International Center for Research on Women.[17]

References

  1. ^ Douglas, Danielle (March 19, 2012). "John Delaney's business record key to his congressional campaign — and his opponent's criticism". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  2. ^ a b Delaney, John (July 28, 2017). "John Delaney: Why I'm running for president". The Washington Post. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  3. ^ "Congressman's Father Passes Away". WCBC Radio. June 30, 2016. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  4. ^ Rodrigo, Chris Mills (March 10, 2019). "Delaney: 'I don't believe religious doctrine should inform public policy'". TheHill. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Alexander, Dan (July 30, 2017). "New Jersey Native First to Announce 2020 Run for President". NJ 101.5. nj1015.com. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "Dem Presidential Candidate Delnaey: American People Are 'Dying' for Someone to 'Bring Us Together'", Grabien.com from MSNBC, November 17, 2017. Accessed January 22, 2018. "DELANEY: 'Good to be here.' GEIST: 'I will forgive you for having gone to Bergen Catholic High School, which is my rival high school.'
  7. ^ Staff (February 21, 2012). "Businessman focuses on job creation". Fredericknewspost.com. Archived from the original on April 6, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ "John K. Delaney: Executive Profile". Bloomberg. bloomberg.com. Retrieved January 27, 2019.
  9. ^ Washington College (February 20, 2015). "Convocation to Honor Irish Peacemaker Bertie Ahern and Maryland Congressman John Delaney". Chestertown, MD: Washington College.
  10. ^ "EY Entrepeneur Of The Year". EOYHOF.com. 2004.
  11. ^ Andy Shaughnessy (June 1, 1998). "David takes aim at the Goliaths of health care". Nreionline.com. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  12. ^ Staff (December 18, 1998). "HealthCare Financial to shift stock to NYSE". Articles.baltimoresun.com. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  13. ^ "Heller to pay $483 million for HealthCare Financial". tribunedigital-baltimoresun. Retrieved May 5, 2018.
  14. ^ "Delaney Hosts Entrepreneurship Workshop in Rockville". Delaney.house.gov. April 7, 2014. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  15. ^ "CDFI Fund Awards Nearly $25 Million to Institutions for Increasing Lending and Investment in Economically Distressed Communities". cdfifund.gov. September 30, 2010. Archived from the original on October 22, 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  16. ^ "Great Places to Work: The List". Washingtonian.com. November 1, 2005.
  17. ^ a b "Biography". Delaney.house.gov. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  18. ^ "PacWest Bancorp Announces the Completion of Its Merger with CapitalSource Inc". PacWest Bancorp. Reuters. April 8, 2014. Archived from the original on April 17, 2016. Retrieved April 6, 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Swing State Project: Presidential Results by Congressional District, 2000-2008". October 16, 2015. Archived from the original on October 16, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Daily Kos Elections 2008 & 2012 presidential election results for congressional districts used in 2012 & 2014 elections". Google Docs.
  21. ^ Lake, Brett (June 1, 2017). "Lawsuit forces Maryland Democrats to acknowledge the obvious: Redistricting was motivated by politics". Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
  22. ^ Ben Pershing (April 4, 2012). "Delaney, Md. Democrats work to show unified front after newcomer's primary win". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  23. ^ Editorial Board (March 10, 2012). "John Delaney for Md.'s 6th District". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  24. ^ "Delaney, Bartlett for Congress in 6th District". Gazette.Net. Archived from the original on July 9, 2012. Retrieved November 15, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  25. ^ "MD District 06 - D Primary Race". Our Campaigns. April 3, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  26. ^ "Maryland State Board of Elections". Elections.state.md.us. Retrieved November 15, 2012.
  27. ^ "MD - District 06 Race". Our Campaigns. November 6, 2012. Retrieved May 26, 2016.
  28. ^ "Maryland House results". Politics. CNN. November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  29. ^ "Delaney Introduces Bill to End Gerrymandering, Reform Elections". United States Congress. Retrieved July 4, 2017.
  30. ^ The Lugar Center - McCourt School Bipartisan Index (PDF), The Lugar Center, March 7, 2016, retrieved April 30, 2017
  31. ^ John Delaney Report Card 2015, Govtrack.us, January 9, 2016
  32. ^ "Members". New Democrat Coalition. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
  33. ^ "Membership". Congressional Arts Caucus. Retrieved March 13, 2018.
  34. ^ "Members". Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus. Retrieved May 17, 2018.
  35. ^ "Members". Congressional NextGen 9-1-1 Caucus. Retrieved June 11, 2018.
  36. ^ "90 Current Climate Solutions Caucus Members". Citizen´s Climate Lobby. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
  37. ^ a b Stevens, Taylor (January 26, 2018). "With nearly 3 years until 2020 election, deep-red Utah gets its first visit from a presidential candidate — a little-known Democrat". www.sltrib.com. Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  38. ^ "Rep. John Delaney on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
  39. ^ "Congressional Scorecard: Measuring Support for Equality in the 115th Congress" (PDF). Human Rights Campaign. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  40. ^ Jagoda, Naomi. "Business groups brace for Dem push to hike corporate taxes". The Hill. Retrieved November 26, 2018.

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Preceded by Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Maryland's 6th congressional district
2013–2019 		Succeeded by
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