Career
Carey is Dover"s third full-time mayor. Incumbent Dover Mayor, Stephen Speed, resigned from office on July 22, 2007, to become director of the aviation program at Delaware State University. Dover was required by law to hold a special mayoral election within thirty to sixty days from Speed"s resignation.
Carey, a city councilman, was elected Mayor of Dover in a nine-candidate, special election held on September 18, 2007.
Carey was sworn into office on Monday, October 8, 2007. Carey filed to run for a second, two-year term on December 17, 2009.
Former Delaware state Republican, Nancy H. Wagner, came in second with 863 votes, while former Dover city councilman, William H. Daisey, garnered 553 votes. Mayor Carey filed for re-election to a third term in January 2012.
Carey was unopposed in the election, since no other candidate filed to run against him by the January 31st mayoral deadline.
Carey"s third term will be three-years long, as Dover transitions from two-year to three-year mayoral terms. The election was held on April 17, 2012, and Carey retained his seat unopposed.
