Lisa Blunt Rochester

LISA BLUNT ROCHESTER, Democrat, of Wilmington, DE; born in Philadelphia, PA, February 10, 1962; education: B.A., Fairleigh Dickinson University, Rutherford, NJ, 1985; M.A., University of Delaware, Newark, DE, 2003; professional history: staffer, U.S. Representative Tom Carper; deputy secretary, Delaware Department of Health and Social Services, 1993-98; secretary, Delaware Department of Labor, 1998-2001; director, Delaware State Personnel Office, 2001-04; chief executive officer, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, 2004-07; senior fellow, University of Massachusetts Boston, 2012-15; election history: elected to the 115th Congress on November 8, 2016; reelected to each succeeding Congress; elected to the U.S. Senate on November 5, 2024.