Legislative Information
District: 11 ( Greater Newark area and Bear from Del. 72 east to Route 1 and Old Newark Road south to U.S. 40) 
Legislative Service: Senate, 2012 to present​
Current Senate Committees: 
  • Housing Committee, Chair
  • Executive Committee, Vice Chair 
  • Legislative Council Committee, Vice Chair 
  • Agriculture Committee
  • Judiciary Committee 
  • Education Committee
  • Rules & Ethics Committee
Personal Information
Education:
  • Glasgow High School Class of 1999
  • University of Delaware, Economics (B.S./M.A.) Class of 2003 
  • University of Delaware, Philosophy & Biology (B.A.) Class of 2004 
  • University of Cambridge, (M. Phil.), Chinese Studies
  • Yale Law School (J.D.) 
Current Occupation: 
  • Legislator 
  • Attorney 
Past Occupations:
  • Law clerk to Chancellor William B. Chandler, III
  • Delaware Court of Chancery
Family: Wife, Lilianna / Children, Logan & Landon
Biography: 
Sen. Bryan Townsend represents the 11th Senatorial District, which covers the Greater Newark area and Bear from Del. 72 east to Route 1 and Old Newark Road south to U.S. 40.

A native Delawarean, Bryan is the son of a retired Newark police officer and a long-serving public school teacher. He graduated from Glasgow High School in 1999 before attending the University of Delaware and earning a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Economics, along with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy/Biology. He then earned a Master of Philosophy degree in Chinese Studies from the University of Cambridge before receiving a law degree from Yale Law School.

After law school, Bryan returned to Delaware to clerk for Chancellor William Chandler III in Georgetown. He then became an attorney at a major Delaware law firm, where he has represented Delaware businesses of all sizes, as well as children in foster care, victims of domestic violence, and a veteran with service-related disabilities.

Bryan was first elected to the Delaware Senate in 2012. The Senate Democratic Caucus elected him Majority Whip after his 2018 re-election.

He currently chairs the Senate Health and Social Services Committee and serves as a member of the Senate’s Executive Committee, the Banking/Business/Insurance Committee, the Executive Committee, the Judicial Committee, and the Capital Improvement Committee (Bond Bill).  He previously served on the Education Committee.

He has volunteered with the Christiana Volunteer Fire Co., Special Olympics Delaware, the Food Bank of Delaware, and Big Brothers Big Sisters Delaware. He also has served on the board of directors for the Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club.

Bryan and his wife Lilianna, a fellow attorney and a first-generation Vietnamese-American, are proud parents of two young sons.
Legislative Contact Information
Senator Bryan Townsend
411 Legislative Ave.
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-4165
bryan.townsend@delaware.gov
facebook.com/BryanTownsendDE

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