{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Russ Huxtable | image = | image_size = | caption = Huxtable's official Senate headshot. | state_senate = Delaware | state = Delaware | district = 6th district<br> 6th (2022-2024) | term_start = November 9, 2022 | term_end = | predecessor = Ernesto Lopez | successor = | party = Democratic | birth_date = | birth_place = Delaware | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = University of Delaware | profession = | website = }}
'''Russell "Russ" Huxtable''' is an American politician from the Delaware Democratic Party.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russ Huxtable is best-qualified candidate |url=https://www.capegazette.com/node/244262 |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Cape Gazette}}</ref> He represents the 6th district in the Delaware State Senate from 2022 to present.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russ Huxtable |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Russ_Huxtable |access-date=2024-02-21 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}</ref> He was re-elected to the 6th district in 2024.
== Biography == As a student, Huxtable volunteered with the Appalachia Service Project. He has spent much of his career focused on affordable housing, working with various nonprofit groups in Delaware. He has served on the Delaware Governor’s Council on Housing and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh’s Affordable Housing Advisory Council.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Huxtable |url=https://senatedems.delaware.gov/members/senate-district-6/ |access-date=2025-09-23 |website=Senate Democrats |language=en-US}}</ref>
Huxtable earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from the University of Delaware.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Russell Huxtable |url=https://senatedems.delaware.gov/members/senate-district-6/ |access-date=2025-09-23 |website=Senate Democrats |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Electoral history == * 2022: Huxtable defeated John “Jack” Bucchioni in the Democratic Primary held on September 13, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |date=September 15, 2022 |title=2022 State Primary Election Report |url=https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=PR2022 |access-date=September 23, 2025 |website=State of Delaware Department of Elections}}</ref> He went on to win the General Election held on November 8, 2022, with 14,131 votes (51.48%).<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> * 2024: Huxtable defeated Republican nominee Kim Hoey Stevenson in the General Election held on November 5, 2024, with 20,212 votes (54.35%).<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 12, 2024 |title=2024 General Election Report |url=https://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/index.shtml?electionId=GE2024 |access-date=September 23, 2025 |website=State of Delaware Department of Elections}}</ref>
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== External links ==
* [https://russhuxtable.com/ Campaign website] {{Delaware State Senators}}
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