Kent County Levy Court Commissioner, educator Eric Buckson running for Senate District 16

KENT COUNTY, Del. – Kent County Levy Court Commissioner and longtime educator, Eric Buckson is running for Delaware’s 16th Senatorial District.

“As a person who’s grown up in this area, a person who’s shown himself as a 30-year educator in a county school, someone whose a Levy court commissioner, I’m gonna bank on that history of effort, not just in the General Assembly, but I’m talking about being a Senator 365, someone who shows up,” Buckson told 47 ABC’s Rob Petree.

Buckson was raised in Kent County and spent more than 30 years educating locally as a teacher and coach. He currently serves as the District 4 Levy Court Commissioner, a seat he says he decided not to run for on principle.

“I believe in term limits,” Buckson said. “I believe they are a healthy part of democracy and right now we don’t have term limits and so one of the things I wanted to do is to go on principle, so I’m not going to run for re-election as a county commissioner, and I am going to move on to the Senate and I believe the current Senator there, good guy, it’s time.”

Buckson faces two other candidates in the primary, Kim Petters and incumbent State Senator Colin Bonini.

Delaware’s primary election will take place this coming Tuesday, September 13.