Karen Weldin Stewart is an American politician. She served as the

Delaware Insurance Commissioner The Delaware Department of Insurance is a state agency in the U.S. State of Delaware. The agency is a member of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). History The agency moved from its previous office at 841 Silver Lake Bl ...

from 2009 to 2017. Weldin Stewart unsuccessfully ran for state insurance commissioner in 2000 general election and again in the 2004 Democratic primary. In 2008, insurance commissioner

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decided to run for

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rather than reelection to his office, and Weldin Stewart won the three-way primary election to replace him as the Democratic nominee. In the general election, Weldin Stewart was elected to office with 57 percent of the vote over Republican John Brady. She was reelected in 2012. In 2016, Weldin Stewart ran for reelection but was defeated in the Democratic primary by

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Electoral history

*In 2000, Weldin Stewart was defeated in the general election for insurance commission by

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Republican Donna Williams. *In 2004, Weldin Stewart was defeated in the Democratic primary election by Matthew Denn. *In 2008, Weldin Stewart won the three-way Democratic primary with 42 percent of the vote. She went on to win the general election with 58 percent of the vote, including under both the Democratic Party and the Working Families Party. *In 2012, Weldin Stewart won the four-way Democratic primary with 33 percent of the vote. She went on to win the general election with 61 percent of the vote. *In 2016, Weldin Stewart lost the Democratic primary to Trinidad Navarro.

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