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Delaware General Assembly

NameDelaware General Assembly
Coa PicSeal of Delaware.svg
Session RoomDelaware State Capitol.jpg
House TypeBicameral
HousesSenate
House of Representatives
Leader1 TypePresident Pro Tem of the Senate
Leader1Anthony J. DeLuca
Party1(D)
Election12009
Leader2 TypeSpeaker of the House
Leader2Robert F. Gilligan
Party2(D)
Election22009
Last Election1November 2, 2010
Members62
Political Groups1Democratic Party
Republican Party
Meeting PlaceLegislative Hall, Dover

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The Delaware General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is a bicameral legislature composed of the Delaware Senate with 21 Senators and the Delaware House of Representatives with 41 Representatives. It meets at Legislative Hall in Dover, Delaware, convening on the second Tuesday of January of odd-numbered years, with a second session of the same Assembly convening likewise in even-numbered years. Normally the sessions are required to adjourn by the last day of June of the same calendar year. However the Governor can call a special session of the legislature at any time.

Members are elected from single-member districts, all apportioned to roughly equal populations after each decennial Census. Elections are held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November and about one-half of the Senate is elected every two years for a four year term, and the entire House of Representatives is elected every two years for a two year term. Vacancies are filled through special elections. There are no term limits for either chamber.


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