Eugenia Thornton
Candidate for Recorder of Deeds, Kent County
Background
- Occupation
- Kent County Recorder of Deeds
- Campaign website
- eugeniathornton.com
Recorder of Deeds since January 2023. She served 27 years as an Army personnel and public affairs officer, retiring as a colonel in 2000, and was a Kent County Planning Commissioner for 13 years.
Documented positions
Housing
Supported the 2025 law legalizing transfer-on-death deedsIn office
House Bill 147, signed Sept. 5, 2025; she writes that she worked for it from August 2023.
ReportThornton: Transfer-on-death deeds have Kent County roots (op-ed)Public statement · Bay to Bay News · Sep 29, 2025 · baytobaynews.com
“my own considerable and indefatigable efforts, beginning in August 2023, Delaware now joins the majority of states where these deeds are legal”
Proposes a state fund to resolve tangled property titlesIn office
To defray the cost of clearing titles for people of modest means.
ReportThornton: Transfer-on-death deeds have Kent County roots (op-ed)Public statement · Bay to Bay News · Sep 29, 2025 · baytobaynews.com
“I suggest that Delaware create a fund to defray costs for people of modest means”
Government & transparency
Led launch of free property fraud alert registration
ReportKent Recorder of Deeds offers software that detects property sale fraudNews coverage · Delaware Business Now · Jul 12, 2023 · delawarebusinessnow.com
“Kent County Recorder of Deeds Eugenia Thornton now offers free registration for software alerting citizens when their names are part of her office’s property transactions.”
Pledges safer, faster, more convenient property recordingIn office
ReportThornton: Transfer-on-death deeds have Kent County roots (op-ed)Public statement · Bay to Bay News · Sep 29, 2025 · baytobaynews.com
“This initiative supports my vision to make recording property records safer, faster and more convenient for everyone.”
All sources (6)
- General Election 11/3/2026: Filed Candidates by Office
Election filing · State of Delaware, Department of Elections · elections.delaware.gov
- General Election 11/3/2026: Filed Candidates by Office (Kent County offices and districts)
Election filing · State of Delaware, Department of Elections · elections.delaware.gov
- Recorder of Deeds
Government record · Kent County Levy Court · kentcountyde.gov
- Eugenia Thornton for Kent County Recorder of Deeds
Campaign website · Friends of Eugenia Thornton · eugeniathornton.com
- Kent Recorder of Deeds offers software that detects property sale fraud
News coverage · Delaware Business Now · Jul 12, 2023 · delawarebusinessnow.com
- Thornton: Transfer-on-death deeds have Kent County roots (op-ed)
Public statement · Bay to Bay News · Sep 29, 2025 · baytobaynews.com
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