Claire Snyder-Hall sworn in as 14th District representative

Newly elected Rep. Claire Snyder-Hall took her seat Jan. 14, to represent the Lewes and Rehoboth Beach area, and was promptly given her first duty.

She and Rep. Ron Gray, R-Selbyville, were appointed representatives of the House to inform the Senate that the House was “organized and ready for business.”

Snyder-Hall said she is honored and thrilled to represent the 14th District – the first woman to represent the district – and to be one of several new legislators sworn in, joining the rest of the legislators for the 153rd General Assembly. Rep. Stell Parker Selby, D-Milton, was absent because of an undisclosed health issue.

“I promise I will work hard to serve the district to the best of my ability,” she said.

Snyder-Hall thanked her friends and supporters, and most of all her wife, Mikki Snyder-Hall.

“Really I would not be here at all in so many ways without Mikki,” she said. “I thank you all for coming out to share this special moment with me. It really made my day, and I’m just so excited to be working with everybody here.”

Filling out the top leadership positions in the House are Speaker of the House Rep. Melissa Minor-Brown, D-New Castle, and House Majority Leader Rep. Kerri Evelyn Harris, D-Dover – both women of color who celebrated their accomplishment with friends, family and legislators.

“I am now the leader of the most diverse caucus in Delaware history,” Harris said.