Kathleen Jennings (born 1952/1953) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the

Attorney General of Delaware The attorney general of Delaware is a constitutional officer of the U.S. state of Delaware, and is the chief law officer and the head of the State Department of Justice. On January 1, 2019, Kathy Jennings was sworn in as the 46th attorney general o ...

. She is a member of the

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Early life and education

Jennings earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Delaware and

Juris Doctor The Juris Doctor (J.D. or JD), also known as Doctor of Jurisprudence (J.D., JD, D.Jur., or DJur), is a graduate-entry professional degree in law and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...

the Villanova University School of Law.

Career

She worked for the Delaware Department of Justice for twenty years as a state prosecutor and chief deputy attorney general. Among other cases, she successfully tried serial killer

Steven Brian Pennell Steven Brian Pennell (November 22, 1957 – March 14, 1992), aka The Route 40 Killer, was Delaware's only known serial killer, convicted of the murders of two New Castle County, Delaware women and suspected of killing three others. He abducte ...

. In 1995, she and

Charles Oberly Charles Monroe Oberly III (born November 9, 1946) is an American attorney from Delaware. He had served as United States Attorney for the District of Delaware from 2010 to 2017 and had served as Attorney General of Delaware from 1983 to 1995. Ea ...

opened their own law firm. Jennings served as Chief Administrative Officer for New Castle County for one year. She resigned in January 2018 to run for

. She won the

nomination. She defeated Republican Bernard Pepukayi in the

general election A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...

, and was sworn into office on January 1, 2019. In the 2022 election, Jennings won a second term in a closer election, defeating Republican Julianne Murray with 53 percent of the vote.https://www.wrde.com/news/d-kathy-jennings-wins-delaware-attorney-general-race/article_6ab819c2-5ef4-11ed-b9e3-e3e3c7345333.html

Electoral history

References

External links

Government website

Campaign website
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