VOTER REGISTRATION DEADLINE: AUGUST 22, 2026 ● PRIMARY ELECTION: SEPTEMBER 15, 2026
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Why I’m Running
I’m running for State Senate because Delaware deserves leaders who fight for the people who live here, not the corporations that exploit us.
My platform is straightforward: permanent housing solutions, living wages, healthcare that heals not bankrupts, and investing in people and communities first - not developers.
ECONOMIC DIGNITY OVER EXPLOITATION
TRUTH OVER CONVENIENCE
PEOPLE OVER PROFIT
PEOPLE OVER PROFIT
TRUTH OVER CONVENIENCE
ECONOMIC DIGNITY OVER EXPLOITATION
Christopher Beardsley will represent working class Delawareans in the State Senate. It's going to take a lot of work so we need your assistance to make it happen.
Pitch in today to support Christopher Beardsley for State Senate. Together, we can move Delaware forward.
Meet Chris Beardsley
A proud Delawarean, a former Federal employee, Peace Corps volunteer, and Americorps member running for U.S. Senate because you deserve leaders who understand the impacts of the decisions they make on all of us.
Issues
Housing: Our Most Basic Need
Safe, permanent housing is a right, not a privilege for the wealthy. Delawareans are paying up to 50% of their income on rent while homeownership drifts further out of reach. Yet efforts to criminalize homelessness remain rampant throughout the state. We are fighting for rent stabilization, direct rental assistance, and strengthening tenant protections. All Delawareans deserve to live with dignity in healthy housing
Healthcare: A Human Right
Healthcare is a human right, and it's time for Delaware to implement statewide single-payer health care that guarantees coverage for every resident, lowers costs, and saves lives. Our current system leaves Delawareans at the mercy of corporations, drowning in medical debt and unable to afford prescriptions.
Delaware is mired by historical medical injustices that plague Black and Brown communities, especially with maternal health care. A cornerstone of our health care policy is focused investments and targeted attention in rectifying racial medical injustices.
A Real Living Wage
One full-time job used to be enough to support a family; it still should be. Every worker, in every industry, deserves compensation that reflects their dignity and hard work, and the minimum wage must be indexed to the cost of living — period. As costs rise, more and more Delawareans are struggling to keep a roof over their heads, while they ought to be spending more time with their neighbors and families. Greedy corporations shifted the work-life balance to increase their profit motive while our standard of living has decreased. This must end.
Block the Bombs
Our fellow citizens can't keep a roof over their heads or food on the table, yet Chris Coons and others have voted to keep sending billions in weapons to a country perpetrating a genocide, vetoing ceasefire resolutions and defunding UNRWA while Palestinians document their own slaughter.
There is no bipartisanship in genocide. There must be an arms embargo, and the Block the Bombs Act must pass.
Fighting for LGBTQIA+ Rights
The LGBTQIA+ community has always been forced to build our own networks of support in the face of a system that refuses to protect us, and as growing legal threats target every stage of life, that fight is more urgent than ever. I will fight to keep Delaware a safe haven for the LGBTQIA+ community and our right to free expression and autonomy over our lives and bodies.
Barriers to equality are embedded in our tax code, healthcare, housing, and every corner of daily life. Our policies are grounded in expanding family protections to include those not just within our traditional understanding of family, but those that show up for us every step of the way. As a proud member of this community, I will never back down from fighting for these communities.
Promoting Public Education
Schools are the foundation of healthy communities, and decades of federal policy have systematically drained public education to funnel tax dollars into charter and private religious schools.
Teachers deserve higher pay, better resources, and real support; students deserve safe, inclusive environments where their existence is never up for debate. Gutting the Department of Education isn't reform — it's abandonment.