12 Facts About Mike Purzycki

Michael S Purzycki was born on 1945 and is an American businessman and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Wilmington, Delaware, from 2017 to 2025.

Mike Purzycki graduated from Seton Hall Preparatory School in 1963 and received a football scholarship to the University of Delaware.

Mike Purzycki worked in real estate and attended Delaware Law School at night.

Mike Purzycki graduated from law school and was admitted to the Delaware bar.

Mike Purzycki served as an attorney for the Delaware Senate and continued to practice law for more than a decade.

In 1982, Mike Purzycki was elected to the New Castle Council.

Mike Purzycki spent nine years as chairman of the council's Finance Committee and wrote the legislation that would become Delaware's first ethics law.

Mike Purzycki was chosen as the executive director of the Riverfront Development Corporation in 1996.

Mike Purzycki turned $350 million in public funding into a $1 billion private investment and brought over 1,400 residents and 6,000 employees to the Riverfront.

Mike Purzycki later served as chairman of the Wilmington Hope Commission, where he oversaw the opening of the Achievement Center in 2014.

Mike Purzycki's was vote was particularly strong in his neighborhood in the northwest part of the city.

Former Republican Representative and Governor Mike Castle helped Purzycki campaign to Republicans and Independents, with over 1,200 voters in Wilmington switching their voter registration from Republican to Democratic.