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Ciro Poppiti III
Ciro Poppiti III was a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Delaware.[1] He was defeated in the Democratic primary election.
Biography
Born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware, Poppiti graduated from Salesianum School in 1989. He earned a bachelor's degree from Princeton University, then returned home and obtained a juris doctor from Delaware Law School at Widener University. He has worked as a private practice attorney and as a professor at Wilmington University; he also served as a captain in the Delaware National Guard.
Poppiti was elected register of wills for New Castle County in 2010. He was also the founding chair of the LIFE Program at Saint Francis Hospital and former vice chair of the New Castle County Democratic Party. He is the treasurer for the Delaware Breast Cancer Coalition and chair of the Delaware All-State Theatre.
Poppiti lives in Wilmington with his wife Laura, and two children: Jake and Louise.[2]
Awards
2007: Wilmington Award, Mayor James Baker
2015: Government Service Award, Delaware Bar Association
Elections
2016
Poppiti filed to run as a Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Delaware in 2016. He competed in the September 13 Democratic primary election with former Sussex County, Del., Register of Wills Greg Fuller, Wilmington, Del., councilwoman Sherry Dorsey Walker, Rehoboth Beach, Del., Commissioner Kathy McGuiness, State Senator Bethany Hall-Long and Brad Eaby, the Kent County Levy Court commissioner.[3][4][1]
The following candidates ran in the Delaware Democratic primary for lieutenant governor.
| Delaware Democratic primary for lieutenant governor, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
 Bethany Hall-Long |
29.09% | 18,326 |
| Sherry Dorsey Walker | 21.82% | 13,748 |
| Kathy McGuiness | 17.24% | 10,860 |
| Ciro Poppiti III | 17.21% | 10,835 |
| Greg Fuller | 9.05% | 5,701 |
| Brad Eaby | 5.59% | 3,522 |
| Total Votes | 62,992 | |
| Source: Delaware Department of Elections | ||
Campaign themes
2016
Poppiti's website included the following positions:
- On senior citizens: "Aging in place saves money and makes people happier. ... It takes a community-wide effort to create conditions that allow seniors to remain in their homes for as long as possible ... . We need to be proactive in developing a number of systems, statewide, to support our seniors—and we need to fund these plans no before it costs us later. ... We [also] need to make sure the funding is there to support working seniors who want to contribute and give back."[5]
- On the arts: "I will keep the interests and the concerns of the arts community high on the state's agenda, and work to ensure that Delaware continues to lead our nation in our funding of the arts. ... I pledge to fight to maintain our funding for the DDOA [Delaware Division of the Arts] ... work to bring decision makers from economic development, from tourism and from the arts together for regular, practical working sessions to develop a strategy for arts promotion that all can rally behind ... [and] create a system that will streamline the process for producers trying to get films up and running as quickly and easily as possible ... ."[6]
- On pardons: "In order to be truly accessible, the Board [of Pardons] should travel the state and hold hearings in all three counties of the Delaware [sic] ... . We need to do more to empower those who would make the best use of a second change to understand and navigate the pardon system ... A "fast track" system, in which petitions [that] are not opposed by the Attorney's General's office" could be pardoned by the Board directly, instead of by the governor, "would streamline that process, reducing wait time and allowing the Board to focus its time on petitions made by more serious offenders."[7]
- On the economy: "Increasing revenue. Expanding service. ... [H]is plan for state government will put his experience to use, while also working to support small businesses."[8]
- On emergency services: "We ought to deploy mobile health/social service vans as a part of a proactive response to frequent flyers" who call 911 regularly for non-emergencies, and "push recruitment [of emergency services personnel] to the forefront of Delaware's agenda."[9]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Delaware Grapevine, "CANDIDATES ARE BUSTING OUT ALL OVER," accessed September 13, 2015
- ↑ http://www.cirofordelaware.com/#!meet-ciro-poppiti/ctvq Ciro Poppiti, "Meet Ciro Poppiti," accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ Brad Eaby for Lieutenant Governor, "Homepage," accessed August 21, 2015
- ↑ Greg Fuller for Lieutenant Governor, "Homepage," accessed August 21, 2015
- ↑ Ciro Poppiti, "Aging in Place," accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ Ciro Poppiti, "Ciro of the Arts," accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ Ciro Poppiti, "Ciro for Pardons," accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ Ciro poppet, "Ciro for the economy," accessed August 14, 2016
- ↑ Ciro for First Responders," accessed August 14, 2016
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