DOVER, Del. (AP) - Delaware's Senate has confirmed Democratic Gov. John Carney's nominees to serve as chief justice and associate justice on the state Supreme Court.
The Senate voted unanimously Thursday to confirm Associate Justice Collins Seitz Jr. as the successor to retiring Chief Justice Leo Strine Jr.
Seitz was appointed an associate justice in 2015 after a law career in private practice. He is a graduate of the University of Delaware and Villanova University law school.
The Senate also unanimously approved Carney's selection of Tamika Montgomery-Reeves to fill the seat left vacant by Seitz's promotion to chief justice.
Montgomery-Reeves is Delaware's first African-American justice. She has served since 2015 as a vice-chancellor on Delaware's Court of Chancery.
Montgomery-Reeves is a graduate of the University of Mississippi and University of Georgia law school.
