John K. Delaney

John Delaney (2013)

John Kevin Delaney (born April 16, 1963 in Wood-Ridge , New Jersey ) is an American politician . From 2013 to 2019 he represented the state of Maryland in the US House of Representatives .

Life

John Delaney grew up in New Jersey, where his father worked as an electrician. He first studied at Columbia University in New York City . This was followed by a law degree at Georgetown University in Washington, DC In 1993, he founded the company Health Care Financial Partners . The company, which provides loans to smaller health care companies, grew rapidly and was listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1998. In 2000 he also founded Capital Source Inc. , which is now also traded on the New York Stock Exchange.

In the 2012 election he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington in the sixth congressional constituency of Maryland, where he succeeded the previously defeated Republican Roscoe Bartlett on January 3, 2013 . In his election campaign he was supported, among others, by former US President Bill Clinton . After two re-elections in 2014 and 2016, his mandate expired on January 3, 2019, as he did not run again in the 2018 congressional elections. His successor in office is David Trone .

With around $ 92 million in net worth, Delaney was considered the wealthiest Democratic Congressman.

On July 28, 2017, he became the first Democrat to announce that he would run for president in 2020 and, by April 2018, invested around one million of his private assets in appearances and organization in the first pre-election states . On January 21, 2020, he withdrew his candidacy.

Delaney with supporters (2014)

Web links

Commons : John Delaney (Maryland politician) - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

John K. Delaney in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
Web presence at the congress

Individual evidence

^ Wealth of Congress Index
^ Congressman becomes first Democrat to declare 2020 presidential run
↑ David Siders: 'We've never seen a campaign start this early, ever'. In: Politico , April 22, 2018.
^ Maggie Astor: John Delaney Ends Presidential Campaign After Two and a Half Years . In: The New York Times . January 31, 2020, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 31, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Delaney, John K.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Delaney, John Kevin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	April 16, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wood-Ridge , New Jersey

[1] Wealth of Congress Index

[2] Congressman becomes first Democrat to declare 2020 presidential run

[3] David Siders: 'We've never seen a campaign start this early, ever'. In: Politico , April 22, 2018.

[4] Maggie Astor: John Delaney Ends Presidential Campaign After Two and a Half Years . In: The New York Times . January 31, 2020, ISSN 0362-4331 ( nytimes.com [accessed January 31, 2020]).