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State Senator, 8th District
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Mara GormanOfficial portrait — Delaware House Democratic Caucus

Mara Gorman

Candidate for State Senator, 8th District

Democratic

Background

Occupation
State representative (23rd District)
Lives in
Newark area
Campaign website
marafordelaware.com

State representative for the 23rd District since 2024 and co-chair of the Legislative Women's Caucus. She was earlier public affairs manager for Planned Parenthood of Delaware and a Moms Demand Action chapter lead, and is a writer.

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Photo: Official portrait — Delaware House Democratic Caucus

Documented positions

Housing

  • Supports higher-density housing and accessory dwelling units

    Issues — Mara for Delaware

    Campaign website · Mara for Delaware · marafordelaware.com

    “encouraging municipalities to allow for creative housing solutions including higher density housing, accessory dwelling units, manufactured housing, cohousing”
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  • Supports a Housing First approach to homelessness

    Issues — Mara for Delaware

    Campaign website · Mara for Delaware · marafordelaware.com

    “Mara believes in the Housing First approach to homelessness”
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Environment & parks

  • Opposes large-load data centers

    Issues — Mara for Delaware

    Campaign website · Mara for Delaware · marafordelaware.com

    “Mara opposes the building of large load data centers and supports restrictions on the use of cameras for data collection.”
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Health & human services

  • Supports creating a medical school in Delaware

    Issues — Mara for Delaware

    Campaign website · Mara for Delaware · marafordelaware.com

    “Mara supports measures to address both of these problems including the creation of a medical school in the First State.”
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  • Co-sponsored a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights

    Issues — Mara for Delaware

    Campaign website · Mara for Delaware · marafordelaware.com

    “Mara has signed on as a sponsor of the first leg of an amendment to do so.”
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Government & transparency

  • Supports making Election Day a state holiday

    Issues — Mara for Delaware

    Campaign website · Mara for Delaware · marafordelaware.com

    “She also will fight for measures to make voting easier, including making Election Day a state holiday.”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Mara Gorman on them.

  • Public safetyNo documented position found.
  • EducationNo documented position found.
  • Economy & jobsNo documented position found.

All sources (4)

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