Colleen Davis

Colleen Davis (née Carroll; born 1979/1980) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party serving as the Delaware State Treasurer.[1]

As a child, Davis moved from the suburbs of Baltimore, Maryland to Sussex County, Delaware, where she grew up.[2] She graduated from Indian River High School in 1998 and attended Philadelphia University on a soccer scholarship.[3][4] Prior to running for office, she worked as a financial consultant for medical systems.[5] In 2016, she moved to Dagsboro, Delaware with her husband Anthony and their three children.[2][6]

Davis ran for State Treasurer in the 2018 elections and defeated incumbent Republican Ken Simpler.[2][7][8] Her victory was a major upset and was one of several losses for prominent Republicans in Delaware.[9][10] She was sworn into office on January 1, 2019.[11]

In November 2018, Davis was issued citations for driving on a suspended license and failure to show insurance and registration.[12] Although she told a police officer that she has not driven on her suspended license, her claims were contradicted by a photo posted on the Facebook page of Tom Carper, who had campaigned with Davis.[13] She pled guilty to speeding on December 20, 2018, and the other charges were dropped.[14] It was the fourth time she had been charged with driving on a suspended license, after pleading guilty to the charge when she was 17 and pleading guilty to lesser charges twice when she was an adult.[14]