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{{Infobox officeholder | name = Nicole Poore | image = | caption = Official State Senate photo. | office = Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate | term_start = January 8, 2019 | term_end = November 4, 2020 | predecessor = Margaret Rose Henry | successor = Bryan Townsend | state_senate1 = Delaware | district1 = 12th | term_start1 = January 8, 2013 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Dorinda Connor | successor1 = | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Democratic | education = Wilmington University | website = {{URL|nicolepoore.com|Official website}} }} '''Nicole Poore''' is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate representing District 12.<ref name="DL">{{cite web |url= https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/150/Poore |title= Senator Nicole Poore |publisher= Delaware General Assembly |location= Dover, Delaware |access-date= November 12, 2013}}</ref><ref name="PVS">{{cite web |url= http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/142570 |title= Nicole Poore's Biography |publisher= Vote Smart |access-date= November 12, 2013}}</ref> Poore was elected Senate Majority Leader in 2019 after previously serving as Senate Majority Whip.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://delawarestatenews.net/news/legislators-pick-new-caucus-leaders/|title=Legislators pick new caucus leaders - Delaware State News|date=2018-11-08|work=Delaware State News|access-date=2018-11-26|language=en-US}}</ref>
Poore has degrees in criminal justice from Delaware Technical Community College and Wilmington University. She has a master’s degree in organizational leadership.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nicole Poore |url=https://senatedems.delaware.gov/members/senate-district-12/ |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=Senate Democrats |language=en-US}}</ref>
Poore is chair of the Joint Capital Improvement Committee and vice chair of the Senate Health & Social Services Committee and Senate Labor Committee. She serves on the Human Trafficking Interagency Coordinating Council, the Domestic Violence Coordinating Council, the Utilities Coordination Council, and the Riverfront Development Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Nicole Poore (D) - Delaware General Assembly |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/151/Poore |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=legis.delaware.gov}}</ref>
Poore is Catholic.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Barrish |first1=Cris |title=Delaware bill would force priests to ‘break seal of confession’ for child abuse |url=https://whyy.org/articles/delaware-bill-priests-required-report-child-abuse/ |access-date=September 23, 2024 |work=WHYY |date=March 13, 2023}}</ref>
== Legislation == In 2022, Poore introduced a series of bills to prevent sexual abuse and misconduct in public schools.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Detail - Delaware General Assembly |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109466 |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=legis.delaware.gov}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Detail - Delaware General Assembly |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?LegislationId=109467 |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=legis.delaware.gov}}</ref> She also sponsored legislation to update Delaware's sexual extortion law.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Detail - Delaware General Assembly |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail?legislationId=109465 |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=legis.delaware.gov}}</ref>
Poore is active in the peoples with disabilities community<ref>{{Cite web |title=Senator Nicole Poore (D) - Delaware General Assembly |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/151/Poore |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=legis.delaware.gov}}</ref> and has supported numerous resolutions promoting awareness of physical and cognitive disabilities.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bill Search Results - Delaware General Assembly |url=https://legis.delaware.gov/Search/152/Poore |access-date=2025-09-24 |website=legis.delaware.gov}}</ref>
==Electoral history== *In 2012, Poore challenged incumbent Republican Dorinda Connor and won the three-way general election with 12,875 votes (60.3%) against Connor and Libertarian candidate Brad Thomas.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml |archive-url= https://archive.today/20121213104254/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect12/elect12_general/html/election.shtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 13, 2012 |title= State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date= November 6, 2012 |publisher= Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location= Dover, Delaware |access-date= November 12, 2013}}</ref> *In 2016, Poore was unopposed in the general election, winning 18,961 votes.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect16/elect16_general/html/election.shtml |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161223223533/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect16/elect16_general/html/election.shtml |url-status= dead |archive-date= December 23, 2016 |title= State of Delaware General Election Official Results |date= November 8, 2016 |publisher= Delaware Commissioner of Elections |location= Dover, Delaware |access-date= January 4, 2019}}</ref> *In 2020, Poore was unopposed in the General Election, winning 21,606 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 11, 2020 |title=2020 General Election Report |url=https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=GE2020 |access-date=September 23, 2025 |website=State of Delaware Department of Elections}}</ref> *In 2022, Poore defeated Republican nominee Bill Alexander in the General Election, winning 10,226 votes (62.15%).<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 12, 2022 |title=2022 General Election Report |url=https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=GE2022 |access-date=September 23, 2025 |website=State of Delaware Department of Elections}}</ref>
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==External links== *[https://legis.delaware.gov/AssemblyMember/150/Poore Official page] at the Delaware General Assembly *[http://nicolepoore.com/ Campaign site] * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=142570 | fec= | congress= }}<!-- Links formerly displayed via the CongLinks template: * [http://ballotpedia.org/Nicole_Poore Biography] at Ballotpedia * [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/uniquecandidate.phtml?uc=1416578 Financial information (state office)] at the National Institute for Money in State Politics * -->
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