# Larry Lambert

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**Larry D. Lambert Jr.** is an American politician. He is a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States)) member of the [Delaware House of Representatives](/source/Delaware_House_of_Representatives), representing District 7.[1]

## Career

Lambert is part of the [progressive](/source/Progressivism_in_the_United_States) wing of the Democratic Party, and is an advocate for policies such as [universal healthcare](/source/Universal_healthcare), a [$15 an hour minimum wage](/source/Fight_for_$15), [police reform](/source/Police_reform_in_the_United_States), and the [legalization of marijuana](/source/Legalization_of_non-medical_cannabis_in_the_United_States). He was one of a number of progressive candidates that defeated incumbent centrist Democrats in the 2020 state Democratic primaries.[2] Lambert defeated [centrist](/source/Centrist) incumbent Democrat [Ray Seigfried](/source/Ray_Seigfried) in the 2020 primary with 59% of the vote.[3] He had previously been the runner-up in the 5-way primary race in 2018, receiving 25.5% of the vote while Seigfried won with 28.7%.[4] Lambert won the general election on November 3, 2020, with 67% of the vote over [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)) candidate James Haubrich and Libertarian Party candidate Scott Gesty.[5] In 2022, Lambert won the Democratic primary unopposed, going on to defeat his Republican opponent, Shane Stoneman by a near 43-point landslide with 71% of the vote.[6] In 2024, Lambert defeated Republican opponent Shane Stoneman with 70.28% of the vote.[7]

## References

1. ["Representative Larry Lambert (D)"](https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/151/Lambert). [Dover, Delaware](/source/Dover,_Delaware): [Delaware General Assembly](/source/Delaware_General_Assembly). Retrieved December 10, 2021.

1. ["Wave of progressive primary challengers unseat moderate Delaware Democratic lawmakers"](https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2020/09/16/wave-2020-progressive-challengers-usurp-moderate-delaware-democrats/5790540002/)

1. ["State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results"](https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=PR2020). Delaware Commissioner of Elections. September 15, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.

1. ["State of Delaware Primary Election Results"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180913185129/https://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect18/elect18_primary/html/election.shtml). Delaware Department of Elections. September 6, 2018. Archived from [the original](http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect18/elect18_primary/html/election.shtml) on September 13, 2018. Retrieved January 5, 2019.

1. ["2020 General Election Report"](https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=GE2020). Dover, Delaware: Delaware Department of Elections. November 3, 2020. Retrieved December 10, 2021.

1. ["2022 General Election Report"](https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=GE2022#electionReport1)

1. ["Delaware 2024 general election"](https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=GE2024)

## External links

- [Official page](https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/151/Lambert) at the [Delaware General Assembly](/source/Delaware_General_Assembly)
- [Campaign site](https://www.http://larryfordelaware.com/)

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