Continuing her Dedication to Improving the Lives of Delawareans, Nicole Poore Pursues a Second Term as Delaware State Senator
Poore’s record of success in fighting for better crime and public safety laws, sound economic policy, effective education, and health and social services reforms solidifies her as a strong leader for Delaware and the 12th District
NEW CASTLE, DE — July 15, 2016 — Nicole Poore, Delaware State Senator for the 12th Senatorial District, recently declared her candidacy for the 2016 general elections by filing with the State Department of Elections. With a strong record of success in fighting for better crime and public safety laws, sound economic policy, effective education, and health and social services reforms, Poore is pursuing a second term as Delaware State Senator.
Proving her dedication to her constituents, Senator Poore worked to pass various pieces of high-profile legislation that directly benefited the 12th District. In 2014 she co-sponsored House Bill 310, which created the Fort DuPont Redevelopment Corporation to oversee the economic development of the Fort DuPont Complex near Delaware City while preserving the historical and environmental interests of the Complex and surrounding areas. She also co-sponsored House Bill 32, which updated the State’s Oil Pollution Act by eliminating a monetary cap for oil spill damage liability, and she has worked to bring residents, neighboring business, and the Delaware City Refining Company closer together.
David E. Curran, President of New Castle-based TRI-Supply & Equipment, Inc. supports Poore’s work in the 12th Senatorial District. “Since we met in the fall of 2011 and you conveyed your vision for the 12th Senatorial District, you have been a vocal and visible proponent for business in the district,” Curran said of Poore. “I have to commend you for staying in the forefront of the tough issues facing a public servant in a district that is heavily weighted by a heavy industrial commercial zoning co-mingled with a residential presence. I can speak first hand to your commitment in facilitating a relationship between the refinery and the local businesses, which is absolutely essential when it comes to both public safety and a neighborly relationship.”
Senator Poore also worked to pass various laws addressing statewide concerns, including issues related to public safety and criminal law, health and social services, and education. In 2015, she sponsored Senate Joint Resolution 1, which requires every law enforcement agency, law department, hospital, testing facility, and prosecutorial agency to report to the Attorney General’s Office the number of unexamined sexual assault kits and their date of collection and requires the Criminal Justice Council to develop strategies to improve the responses from the medical and criminal justice communities to reports of sexual assault. This year she co-sponsored SB 52, the CARE Act, which supports family caregivers from the time their loved ones go into the hospital to when they return home. And she sponsored Senate Bill 180, which provides procedures to ensure that each child with a disability who has reached age 18 has an identified educational decision-maker to exercise his or her rights.
Senator Poore has also been instrumental in various economic policy decisions. She testified before a hearing of the U.S. Senate Budget Committee’s Government Performance Task Force, briefing senators on Delaware’s efforts to streamline redundant programs to save tax dollars. She also serves as Chairperson of Delaware’s Joint Legislative Oversight and Sunset Committee.
“It has been my privilege and my pleasure to serve the residents of the 12th District. The community support is phenomenal, and the relationships we’ve built together enable me to better understand the issues that affect all of us,” Senator Poore said. “I know there is still a lot of work to do in the State legislature, so I will continue to fight to improve the lives of Delawareans.”