Hall-Long began a teaching career at George Mason University before moving to the University of Delaware, where she is a professor of nursing.[4]
Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
Hall-Long was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 2016, taking office on January 17, 2017. She helped create a Behavioral Health Consortium in June 2017, which she now chairs.[5] The consortium's role is to develop short-term and long-term plans to address addiction and mental health issues in Delaware.[6] In 2018, Pew Charitable Trusts partnered with the Consortium to help increase access to opioid treatment.[7] In June 2022 Hall-Long worked with state senator Sarah McBride and state representative Melissa Minor-Brown to secure $3.2 million in funding from the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services for the first in-patient addiction treatment facility for pregnant and parenting women in Delaware.[8] She was reelected in 2020 over Republican Donyale Hall.
She served as Chair of the National Lieutenant Governor's Association from 2020 to 2021.[9]
Hall-Long faced controversy when her campaign team discovered that she has provided more than $200,000 in undisclosed payments to her husband, Dana Long.[2] She eventually amended seven years of campaign finance reports in response to the scandal.[2]
Personal life
Hall-Long met her husband, Dana Long, while in high school, and they married in 1987. Dana served in the U.S. Navy from 1982 to 1991 as a data systems technician. On October 30, 2014, he was arrested after being caught on video taking down political signs erected by Republicans.[11]
Electoral history
In 2000, Hall-Long initially challenged incumbent Republican Representative Richard C. Cathcart for the District 9 seat, but lost in the general election.[12]
In 2002, Hall-Long was redistricted to District 8 and won the general election with 3,591 votes (60.7%) against Republican nominee William Hutchinson.[13]
In 2004, Hall-Long won the general election unopposed with 8,228 votes.[14]
In 2006, Hall-Long won the general election with 5,864 votes (77.0%) against Republican nominee Edward Colaprete.[15]
In 2008, Republican Senator Steven H. Amick retired and left the District 10 seat open. Hall-Long won the general election with 13,965 votes (64.9%) against Republican nominee James Weldin for the senate seat.[16]
In 2012, Hall-Long won the general election unopposed with 16,498 votes.[17]
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