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Senator from US Congress district SD-DE
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Christopher A. Coons was born September 9, 1963 in Greenwich, Connecticut. He graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and political science. In 1992, Coons graduated with honors from Yale Divinity School and Yale Law School. He clerked for Judge Jane Richards Roth on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He went on to found a Delaware-based web fabrics company that created jobs for hundreds of Delawareans before leading the nonprofit NCC Sustainable Energy Utility to help Delaware families save money on energy costs. Elected in 2000, Coons served as New Castle County Executive for 6 years before being elected to the U.S. Senate in 2010.read less
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