S. Elizabeth Lockman
Majority Whip
District 3
Sen. S. Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman represents the Third Senate District, which encompasses communities in central and west Wilmington and reaches into New Castle County to the South, including portions of Newport.
Raised in Wilmington’s Cool Spring neighborhood, Lockman graduated from Alexis I. duPont High School. She later earned a bachelor’s degree from New York University and a master’s degree in urban affairs and public policy from the University of Delaware.
Lockman entered community service in 2004 through Public Allies Delaware, where she served as program manager for Serviam Media’s Hearts & Minds Film Initiative. When her daughter enrolled in kindergarten at Joseph E. Johnson Elementary (formerly Highlands Elementary,) Lockman joined the Parent Teacher Association and served as the group’s president from 2010-2013.
From there, she was appointed to the Wilmington Education Advisory Committee by then Gov. Jack Markell and later served as vice chair of the Wilmington Education Improvement Commission, while also working as director of the Parent Advisory Council on Education (PACE) initiative at the Christiana Cultural Arts Center.
Lockman was elected to the Delaware Senate in 2018, becoming just the second African American woman elected to the General Assembly’s upper chamber. Sen. Lockman has served as Majority Whip since 2020.
Sen. Lockman currently serves as chair of the Senate Housing Committee, chair of the Senate Rules & Ethics Committee, vice chair of the Senate Education Committee, and a member of the Senate Environment, Energy & Transportation, Executive, and Legislative Council committees.
She also serves as co-chair of the Redding Consortium for Education Equity, which is tasked with spearheading the search for ways the Delaware Department of Education and the General Assembly can work together to improve outcomes for students in Wilmington and Northern New Castle County.
Sen. Lockman lives in Wilmington with her husband John, her infant son Jack and her daughter Sophie (when she comes home from college).
Family
Spouse: John; Children: Sophie and Jack
Education
Alexis I. duPont High School, Class of 1997; Bachelor’s degree, Film and Linguistics, New York University, 2006; Master’s degree, Urban Affairs and Public Policy, University of Delaware, 2015
Occupation
Adjunct professor, University of Delaware
Legislative Service:
Senate: 2018 - present; Senate Majority Whip: 2020 - present
Committees:
- Housing & Land Use, Chair
- Rules & Ethics, Chair
- Education, Vice-Chair
- Environment, Energy & Transportation, Member
- Executive, Member
- Legislative Council, Member
Legislative Highlights
Senate Bill 2 (S)
Sponsored by the two highest ranking Black legislators in the Delaware General Assembly, Senate Bill 2 marked the latest effort to add Delaware to a growing list of state that require residents to complete a firearm training course and obtain […]
House Bill 182
In the past year, there has been a 165% increase in administrative Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests of undocumented immigrants. The increased presence of ICE and other federal agents in communities across the country have sparked understandable fear for […]
Senate Bill 115 (S)
Senator Tizzy Lockman, chair of the Housing and Land Use committee, introduced a package of bills this year aimed at tackling the rising housing crisis affecting Delawareans across the state. One of these bills, Senate Bill 115, will give tenants […]
House Bill 119
Libraries, schools, and bookstores across the country are the targets of the federal administration banning certain reading materials. Books and libraries have always served as a powerful outlet for expression and a conduit of critical thinking, and protecting the right […]
