New Castle County Executive Chris Coons

Party: Democrat
State: Delaware
What you need to know:Progressive Chris Coons is fighting to keep Joe Biden’s Senate seat in Democratic hands.

Democrat - Open seat
Endorsed for U.S. Senate by Council for a Livable World

In November, there will be several true tests of whether the anti-Washington mood demonstrated by Scott Brown’s astounding upset in Massachusetts is directed at Washington, DC incumbents of both parties.

One of these tests will occur in Delaware where Chris Coons (D), a 44-year old New Castle County Executive, is running against nine-term House incumbent Mike Castle (R) for the open Senate seat formerly held by Vice President Joseph Biden. Coons now leads the county government responsible for more than two-thirds of the population of the state.

Progressive Coons starts his fight to keep Joe Biden's Senate seat in Democratic hands as an underdog, but he has a serious chance of winning.

Coons first entered politics with an extensive background in foreign policy issues. He studied at the University of Nairobi, volunteered with the South African Council of Churches, worked in Kenyan relief efforts, and wrote reports on disinvestment from aparthied-dominated South Africa and rain forest destruction in Central America.

He supports ratification of the two key arms control treaties – both New START and the test ban treaty – and steps toward a world free of nuclear weapons.

Coons advocates “a robust, engaged foreign policy, based on diplomacy and strategic partnerships with other nations.”

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