Joe Biden - Biden was elected to a county council seat

Time: 1970s

Place: New Castle County, Delaware, U.S.

Details: Later that year Biden was elected to a county council seat in a usually Republican district of New Castle County, Delaware, running on a liberal platform that included support for public housing in the suburbs. Biden served on the council, while still practicing law, until 1972. He opposed large highway projects that might disrupt Wilmington neighborhoods.

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