Bryan Townsend (American politician), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Bryan Townsend (American politician)

American politician

Date of Birth: 19-May-1981

Place of Birth: Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Profession: politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Bryan Jeffrey Schurgard Townsend (born May 19, 1981) is an American politician who represents District 11 in the Delaware Senate.
Townsend graduated from the University of Delaware in 2003.
As a political newcomer, Townsend defeated Anthony J.
DeLuca—who was then President pro tempore of the Delaware Senate—in the 2012 Democratic primary by 57 percent to 42 percent.
Townsend went on to defeat Republican Evan Queitsch in the general election, winning 78 percent of the vote.Townsend was reelected in 2014.
He defeated primary challenger David L.
Tackett with 78 percent of the vote, and was unopposed in the general election.In September 2015, in the wake of Representative John Carney's announcement that he would run for Governor of the state, Townsend announced his candidacy for Delaware's at-large seat in the U.S.
House of Representatives.
On September 13, 2016, his candidacy ended when he placed second in a six-way Democratic primary, behind Lisa Blunt Rochester (25% to 44%).