{{short description|American politician (born 1986)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = | image_size = | name = David Bentz | caption = | state_house = Delaware | district = 18th | term_start = September 12, 2015 | term_end = November 9, 2022 | predecessor = Michael Barbieri | successor = Sophie Phillips | constituency = | majority = | party = Democratic | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1986|2|28}} | birth_place = Lancaster, Pennsylvania, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | alma_mater = Penn State University (BA)<br>University of Delaware (MPA) | occupation = Legislator | website = {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150911200341/http://davebentz.com/ Official website]}} }} '''David Bentz''' (born February 28, 1986) is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing district 18.<ref name="DL">{{cite web |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/150/Bentz |title=Representative David Bentz (D) |publisher=Delaware General Assembly |location=Dover, Delaware |accessdate=January 5, 2019}}</ref> Bentz won a special election on September 12, 2015, to replace Democrat Michael Barbieri, who had resigned the month before to take a job with the state government.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whyy.org/articles/democrat-david-bentz-wins-delawares-18th-district-special-election/ |title=Democrat David Bentz wins Delaware's 18th district special election |first=Zoë |last=Read |publisher=WHYY |date=September 13, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect15/elect15_Special_RD18/html/election.shtml |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011193850/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect15/elect15_Special_RD18/html/election.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 11, 2015 |title=State of Delaware Special Election Results |date=September 12, 2015 |publisher=Department of Elections |department=Office of the State Election Commissioner |accessdate=January 5, 2019}}</ref> He did not file for re-election in 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/David_Bentz|website=Ballotpedia.com|title=David Bentz}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/150/Bentz Official page] at the Delaware General Assembly *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150911200341/http://davebentz.com/ Campaign site]}} * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=165493 | fec= | congress= }}
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