David McBride
President pro tempore of the Delaware Senate
In office
January 17, 2017 – November 4, 2020
Preceded byPatricia Blevins
Succeeded byDavid Sokola
Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate
In office
January 8, 2013 – January 17, 2017
Preceded byPatricia Blevins
Succeeded byMargaret Rose Henry
Member of the Delaware Senate
from the 13th district
In office
November 5, 1980 – November 4, 2020
Preceded byFrancis J. Kearns
Succeeded byMarie Pinkney
Member of the Delaware House of Representatives
from the 15th district
In office
November 7, 1978 – November 4, 1980
Preceded byRobert L. Byrd
Succeeded byJohn Campanelli[1]
Personal details
Born (1942-06-23) June 23, 1942 (age 81)
Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse(s)Mary (divorced)
Kei (divorced)
EducationUniversity of Delaware (BS, MS)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Air Force
Years of service1961–1969
Rank Staff Sergeant

David B. McBride (born June 23, 1942) is an American politician who served in the Delaware General Assembly for forty-two years.[2] After serving one term in the Delaware House of Representatives from the 15th district, he was elected to the Delaware Senate from the 13th district in 1980 and served there for 40 years. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected majority leader in the senate before becoming president pro tempore during his last four years in office. In 2020, he was defeated by Marie Pinkney in the Democratic primary.

Early and personal life

McBride was born on June 23, 1942, in Wilmington, Delaware.[3] He served in the United States Air Force from 1961 to 1969, including at Lackland Air Force Base in 1961, Sheppard Air Force Base from 1961 to 1962, Maxwell Air Force Base from 1962 to 1963, Kadena Air Base from 1963 to 1964, Fuchū Air Base from 1964 to 1967, U-Tapao Royal Thai Navy Airfield in 1967, and Langley Air Force Base from 1968 to 1969.[4]

He graduated from Conrad High School in 1960.[4] During his time in the service, he took various secondary courses at several universities in the United States and Japan.[4] After returning to Delaware, he graduated from the University of Delaware with a BS in civil engineering in 1972 and a MS in civil engineering in 1975.[4]

In 1984, he married Mary, but they later divorced.[5][6] McBride had previously been married to Kei, with whom he had a son, David Jr.[3][7] On April 12, 1985, McBride's son died at age 16 from injuries he had received in a car accident early in the week.[7]

Career

Business

In 1985, Southern Delaware Home Health Care Agency Incorporated, a non-profit home health care business run by David and his wife Mary, was investigated by the United States Department of Justice for over-billing patients and found to owe over $73,000 in overpayments.[8][5] They closed their business shortly after the investigation was launched.[9] Eleven employees of the business later filed a lawsuit for over $8,600 in unpaid wages and benefits.[10] By 1986, the business owned the federal government nearly $80,000 due to interest on the unpaid principal.[5] In 2012 McBride  joined Duffield Associates’ Client Services group as a senior manager for client services and marketing. He has been a registered professional engineer in Delaware since 1976.[11]

Politics

In 1976, McBride ran for a seat on the Conrad Area School district school board and defeated Charles E. Ballard for the seat with 1,131 votes to Ballard's 91 votes.[12][13] He was selected to serve as vice-president of the Conrad school board in 1977.[14] In 1978, McBride announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for a seat in the Delaware House of Representatives from the 15th district against incumbent Representative Robert L. Byrd.[15] McBride defeated Byrd in the Democratic primary and won in the general election.[16][17] During his tenure in the Delaware House of Representatives, he served on the Community Affairs committee and as chairman of the Education committee.[18][19]

In 1980, Francis J. Kearns, a member of the Delaware Senate, announced that he would not seek reelection.[20] McBride received the Democratic nomination to run in the 13th district and faced no opposition in the general election.[21] He was reelected every four years with no opponents running against him until 2020, when he was defeated in the Democratic primary by Marie Pinkney.[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33]

He was appointed to serve as chairman of the Education committee in the Delaware Senate in 1981.[34] In 1991, he was appointed to serve on the Education, Health and Social Service/Aging, Revenue and Taxation, Labor and Industrial Relations, and Finance committees.[35] From 2013 to 2017, he served as Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate.[36] In 2016, he was nominated to serve as President Pro Tempore of the Delaware Senate after President Pro Tempore Patricia Blevins was defeated by a Republican in the 2016 general election.[37]

In 1984, while serving in the state senate, McBride announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor.[38][39] McBride selected Robert P. Hopkins, who had unsuccessfully sought election to the Delaware House of Representatives, to serve as his campaign manager.[40] During the campaign he was endorsed by Millsboro Commissioner James Smith, Elsmere Mayor John Mitchell, and Kent County Levy Court Commissioner Louis J. Giusto.[41] McBride was also endorsed by Representative Al O. Plant, but Plant later switched his endorsement to S. B. Woo.[42] In the Democratic primary he placed last in third place behind Nancy Cook and Woo.[43] During the campaign McBride has spent $38,793 and held unpaid debt due to his campaign until 1991.[44]

Electoral history

David McBride electoral history
1976 Conrad Area School district school board election[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Nonpartisan David McBride 1,131 92.55%
Nonpartisan Charles E. Ballard 91 7.45%
Total votes 1,222 100.00%
1978 Delaware House of Representatives 15th district Democratic primary[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 931 61.53%
Democratic Robert L. Byrd (incumbent) 582 38.47%
Total votes 1,513 100.00%
1978 Delaware House of Representatives 15th district election[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 3,109 79.82%
Republican Catherine J. Kelly 686 17.61%
Independent Paul DeBruyne 81 2.08%
American Harvey I. Warren Jr. 19 0.49%
Total votes 3,895 100.00%
1982 Delaware Senate 13th district election[23]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 6,485 100.00%
Total votes 6,485 100.00%
1984 Delaware Lieutenant Governor Democratic primary[43]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic S. B. Woo 14,131 41.59%
Democratic Nancy Cook 10,590 31.16%
Democratic David McBride 9,260 27.25%
Total votes 33,981 100.00%
1986 Delaware Senate 13th district election[24]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 4,477 65.90%
Republican D. Drew Angeline 2,317 34.10%
Total votes 6,794 100.00%
1990 Delaware Senate 13th district election[25]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 5,197 100.00%
Total votes 5,197 100.00%
1992 Delaware Senate 13th district election[26]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 9,231 100.00%
Total votes 9,231 100.00%
1996 Delaware Senate 13th district election[27]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 9,300 100.00%
Total votes 9,300 100.00%
2000 Delaware Senate 13th district election[28]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 11,190 100.00%
Total votes 11,190 100.00%
2002 Delaware Senate 13th district election[29]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 6,337 100.00%
Total votes 6,337 100.00%
2006 Delaware Senate 13th district election[30]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 7,152 100.00%
Total votes 7,152 100.00%
2010 Delaware Senate 13th district election[31]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 8,736 100.00%
Total votes 8,736 100.00%
2012 Delaware Senate 13th district election[32]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 14,444 100.00%
Total votes 14,444 100.00%
2016 Delaware Senate 13th district election[33]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 14,503 100.00%
Total votes 14,503 100.00%
2020 Delaware Senate 13th district Democratic primary[45]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic David McBride 2,829 47.63%
Democratic Marie Pinkney 3,111 52.37%
Total votes 5,940 100.00%

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