Joseph Arminio

Joe Arminio grew up in Wilmington with parents whose lives had encompassed the Great Depression and the Second World War.¹ He attended St. Edmond's Academy and Tower Hill before pursuing a career that has included teaching history, American government, speech and debate.¹

He earned a political science bachelor's degree at Johns Hopkins and a doctorate at MIT, concentrating on international relations and national defense policy.² A Delaware Rotary scholarship also supported auditing war studies at King's College London.¹ He has taught at American University and Lincoln University and through his own Statesman Debate Institute.¹

His professional background includes an internship with Senator William Roth, work for Northrop Grumman and managing Defense Department accounts at Sprint.¹ He chaired the National Coalition for Defense from 1996 to 2000, later published The Citizens' Monitor and has written seven books.¹ He also sought Maryland's Republican congressional nomination in 2008, losing to Andy Harris.²

Arminio's current economic agenda includes debt reduction, government issued currency and an infrastructure bank through a proposal he champions called the American Prosperity Plan.² He opposes the Iran war and wants stronger congressional control over decisions to enter wars.³ He also supports ending sanctuary city policies and enforcing immigration laws.³ He faces Democratic incumbent Sarah McBride for Delaware's sole House seat.⁴