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'''Michael Newbold Castle''' (July 2, 1939 – August 14, 2025) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|DE|AL}} from 1993 to 2011. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he previously served as the [[List of governors of Delaware|69th Governor of Delaware]] from 1985 to 1992, [[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware|Lieutenant Governor]] from 1981 to 1985, and as a member of the [[Delaware General Assembly]] from 1967 to 1977. As of 2025, Castle was the most recent Republican to represent Delaware in the U.S. Congress and the last Republican to have been elected governor of the state.

'''Michael Newbold Castle''' (July 2, 1939 – August 14, 2025) was an American politician and lawyer who served as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. representative]] for {{ushr|DE|AL}} from 1993 to 2011. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he previously served as the [[List of governors of Delaware|69th governor of Delaware]] from 1985 to 1992, [[Lieutenant Governor of Delaware|lieutenant governor]] from 1981 to 1985, and as a member of the [[Delaware General Assembly]] from 1967 to 1977. As of 2025, Castle was the most recent Republican to represent Delaware in the U.S. Congress and the last Republican to have been elected governor of the state.

The district Castle represented includes the entire state of Delaware and is the oldest intact surviving district in the nation. He was the longest-serving U.S. Representative in the state's history.{{cite news|date=October 6, 2009|work=WHYY|title=Rep. Mike Castle announces run for U.S. Senate|url=http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/10/06/rep-mike-castle-announces-run-for-u-s-senate/19300|access-date=December 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106092505/http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/10/06/rep-mike-castle-announces-run-for-u-s-senate/19300|archive-date=November 6, 2009|url-status=dead}}

The district Castle represented includes the entire state of Delaware and is the oldest intact surviving district in the nation. He was the longest-serving U.S. Representative in the state's history.{{cite news|date=October 6, 2009|work=WHYY|title=Rep. Mike Castle announces run for U.S. Senate|url=http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/10/06/rep-mike-castle-announces-run-for-u-s-senate/19300|access-date=December 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106092505/http://whyy.org/cms/news/government-politics/2009/10/06/rep-mike-castle-announces-run-for-u-s-senate/19300|archive-date=November 6, 2009|url-status=dead}}

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