Bruce Ennis

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Bruce Ennis
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Delaware State Senate District 14
Successor: Kyra Hoffner
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Bruce Ennis (Democratic Party) was a member of the Delaware State Senate, representing District 14. He assumed office in 2007. He left office on November 8, 2022.

Ennis (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Delaware State Senate to represent District 14. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.

Ennis served as a member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 1982 to 2007.

Biography

Bruce Ennis was born on March 25, 1939. Ennis attended the Delaware State Police Training Academy. He was a state police officer before becoming a state legislator.

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Ennis was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Ennis was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Delaware committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture, Chair
• Corrections and Public Safety, Chair
• Finance
• Judicial and Community Affairs
• Veterans Affairs, Chair
• Joint Finance

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ennis served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Ennis served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ennis served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ennis served on these committees:[1]

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2022

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2022

Bruce Ennis did not file to run for re-election.

2020

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware State Senate District 14

Incumbent Bruce Ennis defeated Craig Pugh in the general election for Delaware State Senate District 14 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Bruce Ennis (D)
 
59.5
 
16,492
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Craig Pugh (R)
 
40.5
 
11,229

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,721
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 14

Incumbent Bruce Ennis defeated Kyra Hoffner and Terrell Williams in the Democratic primary for Delaware State Senate District 14 on September 15, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Bruce Ennis
 
53.5
 
3,333
Image of Kyra Hoffner
Kyra Hoffner
 
24.7
 
1,537
Image of Terrell Williams
Terrell Williams
 
21.8
 
1,360

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 6,230
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 14

Craig Pugh defeated Terrance Baker in the Republican primary for Delaware State Senate District 14 on September 15, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
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Craig Pugh
 
64.6
 
1,712
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Terrance Baker
 
35.4
 
937

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 2,649
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2016

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Delaware State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was July 12, 2016.

Incumbent Bruce Ennis defeated Carl Pace in the Delaware State Senate District 14 general election.[2][3]

Delaware State Senate, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Ennis Incumbent 59.55% 13,454
     Republican Carl Pace 40.45% 9,138
Total Votes 22,592
Source: Delaware Department of Elections


Incumbent Bruce Ennis ran unopposed in the Delaware State Senate District 14 Democratic primary.[4][5][2]

Delaware State Senate, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Ennis Incumbent (unopposed)


Carl Pace ran unopposed in the Delaware State Senate District 14 Republican primary.[4][5][2]

Delaware State Senate, District 14 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Carl Pace  (unopposed)

2012

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2012

Ennis ran for re-election in the 2012 election for Delaware State Senate District 14. Ennis ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 11, 2012 and defeated Scott Unruh in the general election on November 6, 2012.[6][7]

Delaware State Senate, District 14, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Ennis Incumbent 61.1% 12,031
     Republican Scott Unruh 38.9% 7,652
Total Votes 19,683

2010

See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2010

Ennis ran for re-election to the 14th District seat in 2010. He had no opposition in the September 14 primary. Ennis defeated John A. Moritz (R) in the November 2, 2010, general election.[8]

Delaware State Senate District 14 General Election, 2010
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Ennis 65.6% 12,239
     Republican John A. Moritz Incumbent 34.4% 6,427
Total Votes 18,666

2007 Special election

On November 3, 2007, Ennis won election to the Delaware State Senate from Delaware's 14th Senate District in a special election to replace the late Senator James T. Vaughn. Ennis received 4,272 votes, defeating Joanne Christian (R and Independent Party of Delaware), who received 2,013 votes.[9]

Delaware State Senate, District 14 (2007)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Bruce Ennis (D) 4,272
Joanne Christian (R and I) 2,013

Campaign themes

2020

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Campaign finance summary

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Bruce Ennis campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2020Delaware State Senate District 14Won general$52,939 N/A**
2016Delaware State Senate, District 14Won $88,629 N/A**
2012Delaware State Senate, District 14Won $37,300 N/A**
2010Delaware State Senate, District 14Won $55,941 N/A**
2006Delaware State House, District 28Won $20,003 N/A**
2004Delaware State House, District 28Won $22,181 N/A**
2002Delaware State House, District 28Won $31,979 N/A**
2000Delaware State House, District 28Won $19,915 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Delaware State Legislature was in session from January 11 to June 30.

Legislators are scored based on their votes on bills related to business issues.


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2015


2014


2013

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Delaware Senate, "Committee Assignments," accessed March 20, 2014
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Delaware.gov, "General election candidates," accessed September 27, 2016 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "glist16" defined multiple times with different content Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "glist16" defined multiple times with different content
    3. ↑ Delaware Department of Elections, "General Election (Official Results)," accessed November 23, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Delaware.gov, "Primary election candidates," accessed July 13, 2016
    5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Delaware Department of Elections, Primary Election (Official Returns)," accessed September 22, 2016
    6. ↑ Delaware Elections Division, "Candidate List," accessed July 13, 2012
    7. ↑ Delaware Department of Elections, "Official Primary Results," accessed March 20, 2014
    8. ↑ Delaware Elections Division, "Official 2010 Election results," accessed March 20, 2014
    9. ↑ Delaware Elections Division, "Official 2007 Special election results," accessed March 20, 2014

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    2007-2022    		 Succeeded by
    Kyra Hoffner (D)


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