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Senator Marie Pinkney  

Legislative Information 
District: 7
  
Legislative Service: Senate, 2020 to present. 
Current Senate Committees:
  • Corrections & Public Safety Committee, Chair
  • Housing Committee, Vice Chair 
  • Legislative Oversight & Sunset Committee, Vice Chair
  • Agriculture Committee, Vice Chair 
  • Health & Social Services Committee
  • Environment & Energy Committee 
  • Capital Improvement Committee
Personal Information 
Education:
  • Howard High School of Technology, Class of 2008 
  • Norfolk State University, Social Work (B.A.) Class of 2013
  • Delaware State University, Social Work, (M.S.) Class of 2014
Current Occupation:
  • Legislator
  • Trauma social worker and case manager, ChristinaCare’s Surgical Intensive Care Unit
Past Occupations:
  • Previously worked for treatment center for adolescents with mental health and substance abuse issues
Biography: 
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Sen. Marie Pinkney represents the 13th District, which stretches from the Christiana River south to Red Lion Road and encompasses dozens of neighborhoods along Route 13.
 
Raised by her great aunt in Wilmington and New Castle, Pinkney graduated from Howard High School of Technology. She earned her bachelor’s degree in social work from Norfolk State University and a master’s degree in social work from Delaware State University.
 
After graduate school, she began working at a treatment center for adolescents with mental health and substance abuse issues. She also became the foster mother to a teen mother and her young son for many years.
 
Sen. Pinkney currently works as a social worker/case manager at ChristinaCare. She has dedicated her career to advocating alongside families seeking quality healthcare, access to resources, educational support, and government policies that support them.
 
Sen. Pinkney became the first African American LGBTQ+ person ever elected to the Delaware Senate in 2020. She is dedicated to fighting the negative impacts of racial and socioeconomic inequalities, as well as the stigmas and hurdles faced by formerly justice-involved individuals and those with limited educational backgrounds.
 
She currently serves as chair of the Senate Corrections & Public Safety Committee, and vice chair of Senate Housing Committee and the Senate Agriculture Committee. She is a member of the Senate Health Committee and the Senate Environment & Energy Committee. Sen. Pinkney also serves on the Capital Improvement Committee, which is responsible for writing the annual Bond Bill.
 
She lives in Bear with her 4-year-old German Shepherd Gandhi and her 6-month-old cat Penelope aka Penny Proud


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Legislative Contact Information
Senator Marie Pinkney
411 Legislative Avenue
Dover, DE 19901
(302) 744-4167

Marie.Pinkney@delaware.gov
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 Delaware State Senate Democratic Caucus, 2020.
  • Home
  • About Us
    • Our Senators >
      • Sarah McBride
      • Darius Brown
      • Elizabeth "Tizzy" Lockman
      • Laura Sturgeon
      • Kyle Evans Gay
      • Marie Pinkney
      • David P. Sokola, President Pro Tempore
      • Jack Walsh
      • Stephanie L. Hansen
      • Bryan Townsend, Majority Leader
      • Nicole Poore
      • Spiros Mantzavinos
      • Bruce C. Ennis
      • Trey Paradee
    • District Maps
    • Legislative Background
    • Contact the Senate
    • Helpful Links
    • Disclaimer
  • Bill Tracking & Information
  • Senate Committees
    • Agriculture
    • Banking, Business & Insurance
    • Capital Improvement
    • Corrections & Public Safety
    • Education
    • Elections & Government Affairs
    • Environmental, Natural Resources & Energy
    • Executive
    • Finance
    • Health & Social Services
    • Judicial
    • Labor
    • Legislative Council
    • Rules & Ethics
    • Sunset
    • Transportation
    • Veterans Affairs
  • Senate News
    • 2022
    • 2021
    • 2020
    • 2019
    • 2018
    • 2017
    • 2016
    • 2015
    • 2014
  • COVID-19 Resources