Bryan Jeffrey Schurgard Townsend (born May 19, 1981) is an American

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who represents

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in the

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. Townsend was elected Senate Majority Leader in 2020. He graduated from the

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in 2003. As a political newcomer, Townsend defeated

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—who was then

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of the Delaware Senate—in the 2012 Democratic primary by 57 percent to 42 percent. Townsend went on to defeat Republican Evan Queitsch in the general election, winning 78 percent of the vote. Townsend was reelected in 2014. He defeated primary challenger David L. Tackett with 78 percent of the vote, and was unopposed in the general election. In September 2015, in the wake of Representative John Carney's announcement that he would run for Governor of the state, Townsend announced his candidacy for Delaware's at-large seat in the

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. On September 13, 2016, his candidacy ended when he placed second in a six-way Democratic primary, behind

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(25% to 44%).

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at the

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1981 births 21st-century American politicians Alumni of the University of Cambridge Democratic Party Delaware state senators Living people People from Wilmington, Delaware University of Delaware alumni Yale Law School alumni {{Delaware-politician-stub