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Representative from Delaware district HD-015
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Delaware House
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Valerie J. Longhurst was born in Wilmington, Delaware. She earned her B.A. in Elementary Education in 1978 from the University of Delaware. Longhurst taught elementary school in the Red Clay Consolidated and Brandywine School Districts from 1978 to 1998. She was also an educational trainer and curriculum writer for the Delaware Department of Education. In 1998, Longhurst was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives. She serves on the Education, Gaming & Parimutuels, Revenue & Finance, and Transportation/Land Use and Infrastructure Committees. Longhurst was elected Speaker of the House in 2017, becoming Delaware’s first female House Speaker.read less
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