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Kathleen Jennings (born April 4, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the Attorney General of Delaware. She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Kathy Jennings | |
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| 46th Attorney General of Delaware | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
| Governor | John Carney Bethany Hall-Long (designate) Matt Meyer (elect) |
| Preceded by | Matthew Denn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 4, 1953 Wilmington, Delaware, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | University of Delaware (BA) Villanova University (JD) |
Jennings was born on April 4, 1953 in Wilmington, Delaware.[1] She was raised by a single mother and two grandparents.[2] Jennings graduated from Mount Pleasant High School in 1971 and subsequently earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Delaware and Juris Doctor from the Villanova University School of Law.[1][3]
She worked for the Delaware Department of Justice for twenty years as a state prosecutor and chief deputy attorney general. Among other cases, she successfully tried serial killer Steven Brian Pennell.[4] In 1995, she and Charles Oberly opened their own law firm.[5]
Jennings served as Chief Administrative Officer for New Castle County for one year. She resigned in January 2018 to run for Attorney General of Delaware.[6][7] She won the Democratic Party nomination.[8] She defeated Republican Bernard Pepukayi in the general election,[9] and was sworn into office on January 1, 2019.[10][11]
In the 2022 election, Jennings won a second term in a closer election, defeating Republican Julianne Murray with 53 percent of the vote.[12]
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Jennings was married to Tom Molyneaux, an English professor at the University of Delaware, until his death in 1977. She married Wilmington police detective Bill Jennings in 1983 and has a son, Billy, and a daughter.[1][2]
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| Year | Office | Election | Subject | Party | Votes | % | Opponent | Party | Votes | % | ||
| 2018 | Attorney General | General | Kathy Jennings | Democratic | 218,351 | 61.31% | Bernard Pepukayi | Republican | 137,730 | 38.68% | ||
| 2022 | Attorney General | General | Kathy Jennings | Democratic | 171,837 | 53.83% | Julianne Murray | Republican | 147,369 | 46.17% | ||
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