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{{Infobox_Politician | name = Michael N. Castle | image = Reprmncastle.jpg | caption = Governor of Delaware
U.S. Representative from Delaware | birth_date = July 2, 1939 | birth_place = Wilmington, Delaware | residence = Wilmington, Delaware | death_date = | death_place = | office = Lt. Governor (1981–1985)
Governor (1985–1993)
U. S. House (1993–present) | salary = | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = Republican | religion = Roman Catholic | spouse = Jane DiSabatino | children = | website = | footnotes = }}

Michael Newbold "Mike" Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a member of the Republican Party, who served in the Delaware General Assembly, and as Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, Governor of Delaware, and is the incumbent U. S. Representative from Delaware.

1 Early life and family
2 Political career
3 United States Representative
- 3.1 U.S. House of Representatives Committee Membership
4 Public offices
5 Election results
6 Delaware Congressional Delegations
7 References
- 7.1 Images
8 External links
- 8.1 Places with more information

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Early life and family

Castle was born July 2, 1939 in Wilmington, Delaware. He married Jane DiSabatino in 1992 and has no children. They are members of the Roman Catholic Church. He is a graduate of Tower Hill School in Wilmington, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and Georgetown University School of Law.

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Political career

He was Deputy Attorney General from 1965 until 1966, when he was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives in 1966. He served one term there during the 1967/68 session, and then was elected to the Delaware State Senate, serving two terms from the 1969/70 session through the 1975/76 session.

He was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 1980 by defeating State Senator Thomas B. Sharp and served one term from January 20, 1981 to January 15, 1985. He then won election as Governor of Delaware in 1984, was re-elected, serving two terms as Governor from January 15, 1985 to December 31, 1992 when he resigned to begin his term as U.S. Representative.

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United States Representative

In 1992 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives and took office January 3, 1993. He is now serving his seventh term. He serves on the committees listed below. Castle is president of The Republican Main Street Partnership and is considered one of the most moderate Republicans in the House. In May 2005, he co-sponsored a successful bill to overturn President Bush's ban on federal funding for stem cell research. In the wake of Tom DeLay's indictment in September 2005, E.J. Dionne named Castle as one of four lawmakers capable of leading an anticorruption reform of the Republican party. Castle is a member of various Moderate/Liberal Republican Organizations such as Republicans For Environmental Protection, The Republican Majority For Choice, Republicans For Choice and Christine Todd Whitman's Its My Party Too.

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U.S. House of Representatives Committee Membership

U.S. House Committee on Education and the Workforce
- Subcommittee on Education Reform (Chairman)

U.S. House Committee on Financial Services

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Public offices

Elections are held the first week of November. Members of the Delaware General Assembly take office the first week of January. The State Senate has a term of four years and the State House has a term of two years. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor take office the third Tuesday of January and have a four year term. U.S. Representatives take office the first week of January for a term of two years.

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Election results

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Delaware Congressional Delegations

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References

Pickett, Russell S. Delaware's Governors.
Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Election Statistics.

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Images

Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress. Castle, Michael N..

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External links

National Atlas. Delaware Congressional District.
Biographical Dictionary of the U.S. Congress. Castle, Michael N..
Kestenbaum, Lawrence. The Political Graveyard.
Congressman Mike Castle. Official Website
Main Street Republican Partnership. Official website.

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Places with more information

University of Delaware Library 181 South College Ave., Newark, Delaware (302) 831-2965.
Newark Free Library 750 Library Ave.,Newark, Delaware (302) 731-7550.
Corbit-Calloway Memorial Library 2nd and High St. Odessa, Delaware (302) 378-8838.
Historical Society of Delaware 505 Market St., Wilmington, Delaware (302) 655-7161.

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Michael N. Castle

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Early life and family

Political career

United States Representative

U.S. House of Representatives Committee Membership

Public offices

Election results

Delaware Congressional Delegations

References

Images

External links

Places with more information

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