DeLuca replaces Adams in the Senate

Anthony DeLuca

Delaware state Senate Democrats named new leadership Wednesday, June 24, following the death on Tuesday, June 23, of Senate President Pro Tempore Thurman Adams. Senate Majority Leader Anthony DeLuca, D-Newark, was named to succeed Adams for a post that was voted on by the entire Senate. The Senate Democratic caucus named Senate Majority Whip Patricia Blevins, D-Elsmere, as Senate Majority Leader, and Sen. Margaret Rose Henry, D-Wilmington, as majority whip.