Bethany A. Hall-Long (born November 12, 1963) is an American politician has served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Delaware since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Hall-Long previously served in the Delaware Senate from 2008 to 2016 and in the Delaware House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008.^[1]

Hall-Long was born on November 12, 1963, in Sussex County. She is a descendant of David Hall, the 15th governor of Delaware. She was raised on a farm with her two older brothers and attended Indian River High School. She earned a BSN from Thomas Jefferson University, an MSN from the Medical University of South Carolina, and a PhD in health policy and nursing administration from George Mason University.^[2]

Hall-Long began a teaching career at George Mason University before moving to the University of Delaware, where she is a professor of nursing.^[3]

Hall-Long was elected Lieutenant Governor of Delaware in 2016, taking office on January 17, 2017. She helped create a Behavioral Health Consortium in June 2017, which she now chairs.^[4] The consortium's role is to develop short-term and long-term plans to address addiction and mental health issues in Delaware.^[5] In 2018, Pew Charitable Trusts partnered with the Consortium to help increase access to opioid treatment.^[6] In June 2022 Hall-Long worked with state senator Sarah McBride and state representative Melissa Minor-Brown to secure $3.2 million in funding from the Delaware Department of Health and Social Services for the first in-patient addiction treatment facility for pregnant and parenting women in Delaware.^[7] She was reelected in 2020 over Republican Donyale Hall.

She served as Chair of the National Lieutenant Governor's Association from 2020 to 2021.^[8]

• In 2000, Hall-Long initially challenged incumbent Republican Representative Richard C. Cathcart for the District 9 seat, but lost in the general election.^[9]
• In 2002, Hall-Long was redistricted to District 8 and won the general election with 3,591 votes (60.7%) against Republican nominee William Hutchinson.^[10]
• In 2004, Hall-Long won the general election unopposed with 8,228 votes.^[11]
• In 2006, Hall-Long won the general election with 5,864 votes (77.0%) against Republican nominee Edward Colaprete.^[12]
• In 2008, Republican Senator Steven H. Amick retired and left the District 10 seat open. Hall-Long won the general election with 13,965 votes (64.9%) against Republican nominee James Weldin for the senate seat.^[13]
• In 2012, Hall-Long won the general election unopposed with 16,498 votes.^[14]

Hall-Long met her husband Dana while in high school and they married in 1987. Dana served in the U.S. Navy from 1982 to 1991 as a data systems technician. On October 30, 2014, he was arrested after being caught on video taking down political signs erected by Republicans.^[15]

• List of female lieutenant governors in the United States