Dennis Edward Greenhouse is an American politician who served as the

Delaware Auditor of Accounts Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey to its northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state' ...

from 1983 to 1989, and again in 2022 to 2023. He has also served as the

New Castle County New Castle County is the northernmost of the three counties of the U.S. state of Delaware (New Castle, Kent, and Sussex). As of the 2020 census, the population was 570,719, making it the most populous county in Delaware, with nearly 60% of the ...

Executive from 1989 to 1996. Greenhouse is a member of the Democratic Party.

Career

Greenhouse, a

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, was first elected as the

in 1982, narrowly defeating Republican Thomas W. Spruance. He was re-elected in 1986, defeating future Auditor Tom Wagner. Greenhouse resigned his position as Auditor in 1989 to become the

Executive, after winning election to that position in 1988. He was re-elected to his position as New Castle County Executive uncontested in 1992. Greenhouse was appointed as the Delaware Auditor of Accounts in 2022 by Delaware governor John Carney, following the resignation of Democratic incumbent

Kathy McGuiness Kathleen Kramedas McGuiness (born February 14, 1967) is an American politician who was the Delaware state auditor, from January 2019 until October 2022. In July 2022, she was found guilty on multiple corruption charges. On September 13, 2022, ...

. He did not run for election to a full term in 2022, and was succeeded by Democrat

Lydia York Lydia E. York (born 1958/1959) is an American attorney, accountant, and Democratic politician who is the Delaware Auditor of Accounts. York is the first African American woman to be elected to an executive office in Delaware. She was first electe ...

. Greenhouse served on York's transition team as she took over the office.

Electoral history

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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Greenhouse, Dennis 1950 births Delaware Democrats Delaware state auditors Living people New Castle County executives 20th-century Delaware politicians 21st-century Delaware politicians