Delaware had 32 delegates at the Democratic National Convention. Of this total, 21 were pledged delegates. National party rules stipulated how Democratic delegates in all states were allocated. Pledged delegates were allocated to a candidate in proportion to the votes he or she received in a state's primary or caucus.
A candidate was eligible to receive a share of the state's pledged delegates if he or she won at least 15 percent of the votes cast in the primary or caucus. There were three types of pledged Democratic delegates: congressional district delegates, at-large delegates, and party leaders and elected officials PLEOs. Congressional district delegates were allocated proportionally based on the primary or caucus results in a given district. At-large and PLEO delegates were allocated proportionally based on statewide primary results.
Eleven party leaders and elected officials served as unpledged delegates. These delegates were not required to adhere to the results of a state's primary or caucus. Note: Please contact us if the personal information below requires an update. Biden married Neilia Hunter in They had three children together: Beau , Hunter, and Naomi. In December , Neilia and Naomi were killed in a car accident that also critically injured Biden's two sons.
In , he remarried to Jill Jacobs, with whom he has one daughter, Ashley. Biden's elder son, Beau, served as the attorney general of Delaware from to On May 30, , Beau died from brain cancer at the age of The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms Joe Biden.
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Share this page Follow Ballotpedia. What's on your ballot? Jump to: navigation , search. Click here to learn more about the Biden administration. Democratic Party. Official Facebook. Official Twitter. Official Instagram. The Vice President was tasked with implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act , helping to rebuild our economy and lay the foundation for a sustainable economic future. As part of his continued efforts to raise the living standards of middle class Americans across the country, Vice President Biden has also focused on the issues of college affordability and American manufacturing growth, key priorities of the Administration.
Vice President Biden continues to draw on his foreign policy experience, advising the President on a multitude of international issues. He played a lead role in ending the war in Iraq responsibly, traveling to the country eight times since being elected — most recently in December to mark the formal end of the war.
As a boy, Biden had to fight taunts from classmates because he stuttered. Two years later, at age 29, he won a stunning upset in a U. Senate race, defeating two-term Republican J. Caleb Boggs, who also had served two terms in the House and two terms as governor. Six weeks after that triumph, while Biden went to Washington to check out his new office, his wife took their two young sons and year-old daughter to shop for a Christmas tree.
The car she was driving was involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer. Neilia and their daughter, Naomi, were killed, and sons Beau, 3, and 2-year-old Hunter were seriously injured. Biden considered giving up the Senate seat but decided otherwise.
He was sworn in on Jan. Just six weeks before the small ceremony, Biden had turned 30, the minimum age to serve in the upper chamber. He said then, 'Delaware can always get another senator, but my boys can't get another father. He was sworn in at the hospital, at my bedside. Thus began Biden's 36 years in the Senate. Rather than moving to Washington, he commuted by Amtrak four hours a day for the mile trip from Wilmington to the nation's capital, so he could be with his sons in Delaware.
It was a tradition he kept for his entire career on Capitol Hill. Four years into his first term, Biden married Jill Jacobs Stevenson, a teacher he had met on a blind date. She became the stepmother of Biden's sons and in the mother of the couple's daughter, Ashley.
In the mids, he was a leading opponent of using busing against racial segregation of schools in Northern states such as Delaware, aligning himself with Sen. Jesse Helms, R-N. His stance came back to haunt him during a presidential debate, when Harris attacked him for working with segregationists.
Staggered, Biden said it was a "mischaracterization" of his position. Biden was floor manager of the Comprehensive Crime Control Act, which toughened penalties for criminals. As Judiciary Committee chairman, he helped draft the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, which expanded the federal death penalty, banned assault weapons and provided for harsher standards for crack cocaine violations than for powdered forms of the drug. The crack provisions disproportionately affected Black people.
In early , three months before launching his presidential campaign, Biden called his role in backing the anti-crime measures "a big mistake. In another move he came to regret, Biden led the interrogation of Anita Hill at the Judiciary Committee's confirmation hearing for Clarence Thomas as a Supreme Court justice in Biden ran alongside 28 other Democratic candidates in a crowded primary that pitted Biden's more moderate policies against those of progressive candidates such as Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.
Throughout his campaign, Biden emphasized his working-class background, drawing a contrast with the wealthy upbringing of his opponent, President Trump. Initially behind in the race for the Democratic nomination, Biden bounced back with a big win in the South Carolina primary at the end of February.
A key part of Biden's win in South Carolina was a strong showing of support from African American voters in the state. He then clinched the majority of delegates in Super Tuesday voting in early March. In May , when the police killing of George Floyd spurred nation-wide protests, Biden traveled to Houston to meet with Floyd's family.
It was his first major trip outside his home in Delaware since he had shifted his campaign away from public events amid the threat of COVID On August 11, , Biden announced Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate, writing in a note to campaign supporters, "I need someone working alongside me who is smart, tough, and ready to lead. Kamala is that person. With her selection, Harris became the first Black and Asian American woman to be named on a major party's ticket.
In the run-up to the election, Biden and Trump took part in two presidential debates. The first, held on September 29, was a chaotic event overwhelmed with interruptions, cross-talk and name-calling. A second debate, held on October 22, was a calmer exchange as the moderator controlled a mute button to silence either of the candidates should they continue to speak beyond their time or interrupt the other.
A looming issue throughout the election was the coronavirus pandemic which had claimed more than , American lives and infected more than 9 million in the country.
A central argument in Biden's campaign was that Trump had failed to effectively lead in the fight against the virus. The pandemic was not only a prominent campaign issue, it also transformed the way Americans voted in the presidential election. States saw record numbers of people taking part in early voting as well as using mail-in ballots. The high number of early and mail-in ballots was partly why Americans waited four days to learn which candidate they had elected as president.
Electoral college voting outcomes that initially looked positive for President Trump, shifted in Biden's favor as more votes were counted. By November 7, Biden was declared the winner of the presidential election by the Associated Press and major media outlets. Despite the outcome, President Trump continued to challenge the election by pressuring election officials to find more votes and by filing more than 50 lawsuits in state and federal court, claiming there was "massive fraud.
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