Jeff Cragg

{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Jeff Cragg
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|2|18}}
|birth_place = [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]
|alma_mater = [[Carleton College]]
}}
'''Jeff Cragg''' (born February 18, 1961) is a Delaware businessman and politician. A [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]], he announced his candidacy for the [[Governor of Delaware]] in the 2012 elections. Running unopposed in The Primary, he lost the general election to incumbent Governor [[Jack Markell]].

==Early life and career==
Jeff was born in Evanston, Illinois. He graduated from New Trier High School and then attended Carleton College, where he played football. He graduated from Carleton in 1983 with a Bachelor of arts in Economics. He went on to work for Provident Indemnity Life, which he brought into profitability.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} He moved to Delaware in 1991 where he went on to work for multiple insurance companies. In 2000 Him and his wife started his own business, which was opening and running a mailboxes etc. in Fairfax, DE which they currently own today.<ref name="wboc.com">http://www.wboc.com/story/17382190/republican-jeff-cragg-enters-race-for-delaware-governor</ref>

== Campaign for Delaware Governor, 2012 ==
On April 11, 2012 Jeff announced he was running for Governor of Delaware.<ref name="wboc.com"/><ref name=Lou>{{cite news|last=Lou|first=Mari|title=Jeff Cragg to announce for Governor on Tuesday – starting in Sussex|url=http://www.wgmd.com/?p=53177|accessdate=3 August 2012|newspaper=WGMD News Radio 92.7 FM|date=8 April 2012}}</ref> On April 29, he became the Delaware Republican endorsed candidate.<ref>http://www.delawaregop.com/</ref> He ran un-opposed in the Delaware Republican Primary and faced the incumbent [[Jack A. Markell]] in November.<ref>http://blogs.delawareonline.com/firststatepolitics/2012/07/17/markell-adds-campaign-staff/</ref> He made a number of campaign appearances around the state,<ref name=Lou /><ref>{{cite news|last=Koch|first=Andrew|title=Delaware GOP candidates share platforms with voters at 14th District GOP meeting|url=http://www.wgmd.com/?p=51616|accessdate=3 August 2012|newspaper=WGMD News Radio 92.7 FM|date=22 March 2012}}</ref> including at the [[Delaware State Fair]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Denison|first=Doug|title=All trails lead to Harrington|url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20120727/NEWS/307270048/All-trails-lead-Harrington?odyssey=tab{{!}}topnews|text|Home|accessdate=3 August 2012|newspaper=The Wilmington News Journal|date=27 July 2012}}</ref> Cragg lost the election to Markell.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml|title=State of Delaware General Election Official Results|publisher=State of Delaware|accessdate=November 7, 2012}}</ref>

==Election results==
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|-bgcolor=#cccccc
!colspan=13 style="background: #ccccff;" |'''Election results'''
|-
| '''Year'''
| '''Office'''
| '''Election'''
|
| '''Subject'''
| '''Party'''
| '''Votes'''
| '''%'''
|
| '''Opponent'''
| '''Party'''
| '''Votes'''
| '''%'''
|-
|2012
|Governor
|General
|
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |Jeff Cragg
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |[[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |113,792
|{{Party shading/Republican}} |28.6%
|
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |Jack Markell
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrat]]
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |275,991
|{{Party shading/Democratic}} |69.1%
{{s-end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://cragg2012.com]

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| NAME = Cragg, Jeff
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| DATE OF BIRTH = 18 February 1961
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Evanston, Illinois|Evanston]], [[Illinois]], [[United States|U.S.]]
| DATE OF DEATH =
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[[Category:1961 births]]
[[Category:Delaware Republicans]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Evanston, Illinois]]