1. Bethany A Hall-Long was born on November 12,1963 and is an American politician.
18 Facts About Bethany Hall-Long
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Bethany Hall-Long previously served in the Delaware Senate from 2008 to 2016 and the Delaware House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008.
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Bethany Hall-Long ran for governor in the 2024 Democratic primary election but was defeated by Matt Meyer.
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Bethany Hall-Long assumed the governorship when John Carney resigned to become mayor of Wilmington and completed the remaining two weeks of Carney's term in January 2025.
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Bethany Hall-Long was born on November 12,1963, in Sussex County.
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Bethany Hall-Long is a descendant of David Hall, the 15th governor of Delaware.
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Bethany Hall-Long was raised on a farm with her two older brothers and attended Indian River High School.
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Bethany Hall-Long earned a BSN from Thomas Jefferson University, an MSN from the Medical University of South Carolina, and a PhD in health policy and nursing administration from George Mason University.
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Bethany Hall-Long began a teaching career at George Mason University before moving to the University of Delaware, where she is a professor of nursing.
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Bethany Hall-Long was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 2016, taking office on January 17,2017.
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Bethany Hall-Long helped create a Behavioral Health Consortium in June 2017, which she now chairs.
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In June 2022 Bethany Hall-Long worked with state senator Sarah McBride and state representative Melissa Minor-Brown to secure $3.2 million in funding from the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services for the first in-patient addiction treatment facility for pregnant and parenting women in Delaware.
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Bethany Hall-Long was reelected in 2020 over Republican Donyale Hall.
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Bethany Hall-Long served as Chair of the National Lieutenant Governor's Association from 2020 to 2021.
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Bethany Hall-Long faced controversy when her campaign team discovered that she has provided more than $200,000 in undisclosed payments to her husband, Dana Long.
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Bethany Hall-Long eventually amended seven years of campaign finance reports in response to the scandal.
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Bethany Hall-Long served the remaining two weeks of Carney's term and was succeeded by Meyer.
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Bethany Hall-Long met her husband, Dana Long, while in high school, and they married in 1987.