| Carleton Carey | |
| Office: | Mayor of Dover, Delaware |
| Term Start: | October 8, 2007 |
| Term End: | April 28, 2014[1] |
| Predecessor: | Stephen Speed |
| Successor: | Robin Christiansen |
| Profession: | Politician |
| Residence: | Dover, Delaware |
| Spouse: | Blanche |
| Children: | Carleton Carey, Jr., and David Carey |
| Party: | Independent |
Carleton E. Carey Sr. (born 1943) is an American politician who served as the Mayor of Dover, Delaware, the capital of the U.S. state of Delaware, from 2007 to 2014.[1] [2] Carey is Dover's third full-time mayor.[3]
Incumbent Dover Mayor, Stephen Speed, resigned from office on July 22, 2007, to become director of the aviation program at Delaware State University.[4] Dover was required by law to hold a special mayoral election within thirty to sixty days from Speed's resignation.[4] Carey, a city councilman, was elected Mayor of Dover in a nine-candidate, special election held on September 18, 2007.[2] He won the election with 959 votes, defeating his eight opponents.[5] Carey was sworn into office on Monday, October 8, 2007.[3]
Carey filed to run for a second, two-year term on December 17, 2009.[2] He won re-election to a second, two-year term on April 20, 2010.[6] Carey won the election with 1,507 votes, easily defeating his nearest opponents.[6] Former Delaware state Rep., Nancy H. Wagner, came in second with 863 votes, while former Dover city councilman, William H. Daisey, garnered 553 votes.[6]
Mayor Carey filed for re-election to a third term in January 2012.[7] Carey was unopposed in the election, since no other candidate filed to run against him by the January 31st mayoral deadline.[7] Carey's third term will be three-years long, as Dover transitions from two-year to three-year mayoral terms.[7] The election was held on April 17, 2012, and Carey retained his seat unopposed.[8] [9] On April 28, 2014, Carey resigned as mayor.[1] Robin Christiansen succeeded Carey as mayor, having been elected in a special election on June 17, 2014.[10]
In 2015, Carey ran for mayor against incumbent Robin Christiansen and retired teacher George Gaudioso. Carey lost the election to Christiansen on April 21, 2015 with 622 votes, behind Christiansen's 1,390 votes.[11]