Joseph DeFelice
Joseph DeFelice | |
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| Assistant Deputy Secretary (Acting) and Regional Administrator of Housing and Urban Development Mid-Atlantic region | |
| Assumed office June 5, 2017 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
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| Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | La Salle University (BA) Widener University (JD) |
Joseph "Joe" DeFelice is a Donald Trump appointee for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. He currently serves as the Assistant Deputy Secretary (Acting) for the Office of Field Policy and Management as well as Regional Administrator for the Mid-Atlantic region.[1] He was previously the head of the , playing a role in Trump's popularity in the Northeast region of Philadelphia.[2] He was also as an adjunct professor at La Salle University and Widener University.[3]
DeFelice also served as chairman of the Mayfair Community Development Corporation and president of the Mayfair Civic Association.
Chair of Philadelphia GOP[]
DeFelice became chair of the Philadelphia Republican City Committee in February 2016. Prior to his chairmanship, he was the executive director of the local party since 2013.[4]
Role in 2016 elections[]
He was chair of the Philadelphia GOP, when the party won successes in the 2016 United States elections in the area. Trump outperformed in the city the previous Republican candidate, Mitt Romney by 2 percentage points. “Among the city’s wards that are more than 75 percent African American,” the Washington Post reported, “Trump got about 1,300 — or 31 percent — more votes than Romney.”[5]
In the 2016 elections, Republican state representative Martina White fended off a Barack Obama-endorsed opponent in her Northeast Philadelphia district, where Democrats outnumber Republicans two-to-one. John Taylor's campaign, continued his tenure in the state house for an additional year.[2]
DeFelice stepped down from his Philadelphia GOP chairman position in April 2017 to fill the post of regional administrator of the Mid-Atlantic region[which?] in the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under Ben Carson. The region covers Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia.
References[]
- ^ Tanenbaum, Michael (June 5, 2017). "Former Philly GOP head Joe DeFelice joins Trump administration". PhillyVoice. Retrieved June 17, 2019.
- ^ a b "Meet Joe DeFelice, Donald Trump's Hype Man in Philly". phillymag. December 5, 2016.
- ^ "Alum Joe DeFelice Named Mid-Atlantic Regional Administrator for Housing and Urban Development". June 6, 2017.
- ^ Brennan, Chris (April 21, 2017). "Philly's GOP chairman steps down as a battle brews to replace him". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ "In a crucial Democratic stronghold, Trump surged. Clinton didn't". Washington Post.
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