Sherae'a Eboni "Rae" Moore is an American politician from the state of Delaware. A

Democrat Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

, Moore has represented the 8th district of the

Delaware House of Representatives The Delaware State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 41 Representatives from an equal number of constituencies, each of whom is ...

, which encompasses a parts

New Castle County New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...

, since November 2020.

Early life

Moore attended school in

Appoquinimink School District The Appoquinimink School District is a public school district in southern New Castle County, Delaware. The district office is located in the Odessa Park Building, 313 South Fifth Street, in Odessa, Delaware, with Matthew Burrows as the current sup ...

and graduated from Middletown High School. She then became the first in her family to finish college when graduated cum laude from

Delaware State University Delaware State University (DSU or Del State) is a public historically black land-grant research university in Dover, Delaware. DSU also has two satellite campuses: one in Wilmington and one in Georgetown. The university encompasses four colle ...

, where she earned her

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in English. Moore then earned her

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in public policy and administration. In 2016, Moore served as the deputy regional director for the Delaware Democratic Party in Kent County. She also worked as a legislative assistant for the Delaware House of Representatives. After working as a public servant, Moore became a teacher.

Delaware House of Representatives

In 2020, Moore won a three-way primary with 41.8% of the vote to replace retiring incumbent S. Quinton Johnson. Moore then defeated Republican Dan Zitofsky with 7,567 votes (57%).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moore, Sherae'a Living people Year of birth missing (living people) New Castle County, Delaware politicians Women state legislators in Delaware Democratic Party members of the Delaware House of Representatives 21st-century American women