Mike Castle is Committed to Delaware!
Mike Castle was elected twice as Governor of Delaware and is currently serving in his 9th term in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In Congress, Mike is known for his common-sense approach of legislating and believing that building bridges is the best path to developing pragmatic, bipartisan solutions. As Governor, he cut income taxes three times, balanced eight state budgets and created tens of thousands of new jobs in the state.
In Congress, Mike Castle has been a key player in Welfare reform, the Balanced Budget Act, the Crime Bill, No Child Left Behind, vocational education, Campaign Finance Reform, medical research and national security.
As a senior member of the Education Committee, Mike continues to believe that education is the gateway to American prosperity and individual opportunity. He fights to make higher education more affordable and is committed to obesity prevention and child nutrition, early learning programs like Head Start and the recruitment of highly qualified teachers.
Mike Castle also serves on the House Committee on Financial Services, where he is committed to expanded transparency of Hedge Funds and supports efforts to find a bipartisan compromise in reforming the financial services industry oversight.
Among Castle's other priorities are advancing medical and diabetes research and expanding good governance standards in Congress through ethics and lobbying reform.
Mike Castle was a founding member of the Republican Main Street Partnership, which serves as a leading organization for centrist Republicans.
He was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware where he currently lives with his wife Jane. He is a graduate of Tower Hill School, Hamilton College and Georgetown University Law School.
In Congress, Mike is known for his common-sense approach of legislating and believing that building bridges is the best path to developing pragmatic, bipartisan solutions. As Governor, he cut income taxes three times, balanced eight state budgets and created tens of thousands of new jobs in the state.In Congress, Mike Castle has been a key player in Welfare reform, the Balanced Budget Act, the Crime Bill, No Child Left Behind, vocational education, Campaign Finance Reform, medical research and national security.
As a senior member of the Education Committee, Mike continues to believe that education is the gateway to American prosperity and individual opportunity. He fights to make higher education more affordable and is committed to obesity prevention and child nutrition, early learning programs like Head Start and the recruitment of highly qualified teachers.
Mike Castle also serves on the House Committee on Financial Services, where he is committed to expanded transparency of Hedge Funds and supports efforts to find a bipartisan compromise in reforming the financial services industry oversight.
Among Castle's other priorities are advancing medical and diabetes research and expanding good governance standards in Congress through ethics and lobbying reform.
Mike Castle was a founding member of the Republican Main Street Partnership, which serves as a leading organization for centrist Republicans.
He was born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware where he currently lives with his wife Jane. He is a graduate of Tower Hill School, Hamilton College and Georgetown University Law School.