Delaware State Senate elections, 2018
- General election: Nov. 6
- Voter registration deadline: Oct. 13
- Early voting: N/A
- Absentee voting deadline: Nov. 6
- Online registration: Yes
- Same-day registration: No
- Voter ID: Non-photo ID requested
- Poll times: 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.
| 2018 Delaware Senate elections | |
|---|---|
 | |
| General | November 6, 2018 |
| Primary | September 6, 2018 |
| Past election results |
| 2016・2014・2012・2010・2008 2006・2004・2002・2000 |
| 2018 elections | |
|---|---|
| Choose a chamber below: | |
Democrats expanded their majority in the 2018 elections for the Delaware State Senate, controlling 12 seats to Republicans' nine. Ten of the Senate's 21 seats were up for election. At the time of the election, Democrats held 11 seats to Republicans' 10.
Ballotpedia identified two of the races as battlegrounds—one Democratic-held seat and one Republican-held seat. Neither seat changed hands as a result of the election. Democrats gained the District 4 seat which had previously been held by Republican Gregory Lavelle.
The 2018 elections preserved Delaware's Democratic trifecta, which began in 2008 when Democrats took control of the Delaware House of Representatives and retained control of the governor's office and the state Senate. Had the Republican Party taken the chamber, it would have broken the Democratic trifecta.
Because state senators in Delaware serve 2-4-4 terms, some winning candidates in this election served through 2022 and played a role in Delaware's redistricting process. State legislative district lines are drawn by the state legislature and subject to gubernatorial veto. As Delaware is one of seven states to have only one seat in the U.S. House, congressional redistricting is not necessary.
The Delaware State Senate was one of 87 state legislative chambers with elections in 2018. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. The Delaware State Senate was one of 22 state legislative battleground chambers. Read more below.
Delaware state senators serve 2-4-4 terms, where senators serve one two-year term and two four-year terms each decade.
For more information about the Democratic primaries, click here.
For more information about the Republican primaries, click here.
Post-election analysis
- See also: State legislative elections, 2018
The Democratic Party maintained control of both chambers of the Delaware General Assembly in the 2018 election. The Delaware State Senate was identified as a battleground chamber. Ten out of 21 seats were up for election. Democrats increased their majority in the state Senate from 11-10 to 12-9. One Republican incumbent was defeated in the general election.
The Delaware House of Representatives held elections for all 41 seats. The Democratic supermajority in the House of Representatives increased from 25-16 to 26-15. One Democratic incumbent was defeated in the primary and one Republican incumbent was defeated in the general election.
National background
On November 6, 2018, 87 of the nation's 99 state legislative chambers held regularly scheduled elections for 6,073 of 7,383 total seats, meaning that nearly 82 percent of all state legislative seats were up for election.
- Entering the 2018 election, Democrats held 42.6 percent, Republicans held 56.8 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.6 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- Following the 2018 election, Democrats held 47.3 percent, Republicans held 52.3 percent, and independents and other parties held 0.4 percent of the seats up for regular election.
- A total of 469 incumbents were defeated over the course of the election cycle, with roughly one-third of them defeated in the primary.
Want more information?
- Incumbents defeated in 2018's state legislative elections
- 2018 election analysis: Partisan balance of state legislative chambers
- 2018 election analysis: Number of state legislators by party
- 2018 election analysis: State legislative supermajorities
Districts
- See also: Delaware state legislative districts
Use the interactive map below to find your district.
Candidates
General election candidates
Delaware State Senate General Election 2018 |
|||
|
|||
| Office | Other | ||
| District 2 |
|
||
| District 3 |
|
||
| District 4 |
Gregory Lavelle (i) |
|
|
| District 6 |
|
|
|
| District 10 |
|
|
|
| District 11 |
|
|
|
| District 16 |
|
|
|
| District 17 |
|
||
| District 18 |
|
||
| District 21 |
|
||
Primary candidates
Delaware State Senate Primary Election 2018 |
|||
|
|||
| Office | Other | ||
| District 2 |
|
||
| District 3 |
|
||
| District 4 |
|
|
|
| District 6 |
|
|
|
| District 10 |
|
|
|
| District 11 |
|
|
|
| District 16 |
|
|
|
| District 17 |
|
||
| District 18 |
|
||
| District 21 |
|
||
Margins of victory
A margin of victory (MOV) analysis for the 2018 Delaware State Senate races is presented in this section. MOV represents the percentage of total votes that separated the winner and the second-place finisher. For example, if the winner of a race received 47 percent of the vote and the second-place finisher received 45 percent of the vote, the MOV is 2 percent.
The table below presents the following figures for each party:
- Elections won
- Elections won by less than 10 percentage points
- Elections won without opposition
- Average margin of victory[1]
| Delaware State Senate: 2018 Margin of Victory Analysis | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Elections won | Elections won by less than 10% | Unopposed elections | Average margin of victory[1] |
| Total | ||||
The margin of victory in each race is presented below. The list is sorted from the closest MOV to the largest (including unopposed races).
| Delaware State Senate: 2018 Margin of Victory by District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Winning Party | Losing Party | Margin of Victory | |
Seats flipped
The below map displays each seat in the Delaware State Senate which changed partisan hands as a result of the 2018 elections, shaded according to the partisan affiliation of the winner in 2018. Hover over a shaded district for more information.
| State legislative seats flipped in 2018, Delaware State Senate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| District | Incumbent | 2018 winner | Direction of flip |
| Delaware State Senate District 4 | R to D | ||
Incumbents retiring
Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2018.[2] Those incumbents were:
| Name | Party | Current Office |
|---|---|---|
| Margaret Rose Henry | Senate District 2 | |
| Robert Marshall | Senate District 3 | |
| Brian Bushweller | Senate District 17 | |
| F. Gary Simpson | Senate District 18 |
2018 battleground chamber
Ballotpedia identified the Delaware State Senate as one of 22 battleground chambers in 2018. These were chambers that we anticipated to be, overall, more competitive than other chambers and had the potential to see significant shifts in party control.
The chamber was selected because it met the following conditions:
- Competitive seats: The seats were last up for election in 2014. Both parties had one victory that had a margin of less than 10 percent. See the 2018 races to watch here.
- Majority held less than 55 percent of seats: Democrats controlled 11 of 21 seats, which is 52.4 percent of the total.
- Partisan balance of seats up for election: Five of the 10 seats up in 2018 were controlled by Democrats and five were controlled by Republicans.
- Recent trends: The chamber shifted toward Republicans after the 2010 elections. The Democratic majority fell from 15-6 before the 2010 elections to 11-10 following the 2016 elections.
Battleground races
| Delaware State Senate Battleground races |
|---|
| Democratic seats |
| Republican seats |
Ballotpedia identified two battleground races in the Delaware State Senate 2018 elections: one Democratic seat and one Republican seat. Based on analysis of these districts' electoral histories, these races had the potential to be more competitive than other races and could possibly have led to shifts in a chamber's partisan balance.
To determine state legislative battleground races in 2018, Ballotpedia looked for races that fit one or more of the four factors listed below:
- If the incumbent won less than 55 percent of the vote in the most recent election prior to 2018
- If the presidential candidate opposite of the incumbent's party won the district in the 2016 elections and the incumbent’s margin of victory in the previous election was 10 percentage points or less
- If the presidential candidate opposite of the incumbent's party won the district in the 2016 elections and the incumbent did not file to run for re-election
- If the presidential candidate opposite of the incumbent's party won the district in the 2016 elections by 20 points or more
Other factors could also cause a race to be classified as a battleground. For example, Ballotpedia may have considered an election to be a battleground race if an outside group or a national or state party announced that they were targeting a specific seat in order to flip it. We may have also determined a race to be a battleground if it received an unusual amount of media attention. Two additional factors were open seats and districts impacted by redistricting.
District 10
Who won this race?
| Democratic incumbent Stephanie Hansen defeated Republican Christine Metzing. |
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Democratic Party |
Who were the candidates running?
|
|
What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 55 percent of the vote in 2014. In 2014, Bethany Hall-Long (D) received 51.1 percent of the vote and defeated Republican John Marino by a 2.2 point margin. Hall-Long was elected as lieutenant governor in 2016, opening up her seat for a special election in early 2017. Democrat Stephanie Hansen won the special election, defeating Marino in his second bid for the seat. Hansen received 58.1 percent of the vote and won by over 18 points. |
District 21
Who won this race?
| Republican incumbent Bryant Richardson defeated Democrat Bob Wheatley. |
What party controlled the seat heading into the election?
| The Republican Party |
Who were the candidates running?
|
|
What made this a battleground race?
| This was a district where the incumbent won less than 55 percent of the vote in 2014. Incumbent Bryant L. Richardson (R) was first elected in 2014. He received 53.0 percent of the vote, defeating Democratic incumbent Robert Venables by 7.1 points. A Libertarian candidate received 1.1 percent of the vote. |
Battleground races map
Delaware political history
Party control
2018
In the 2018 elections, Democrats increased their majority in the Delaware State Senate from 11-10 to 12-9.
| Delaware State Senate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 6, 2018 | After November 7, 2018 | |
| Democratic Party | 11 | 12 | |
| Republican Party | 10 | 9 | |
| Total | 21 | 21 | |
2016
In the 2016 elections, Republicans picked up one seat in the Delaware State Senate, shrinking the Democratic majority from 12-9 to 11-10. Democrats' advantage temporarily shrank to 10-10 when state Sen. Bethany Hall-Long (D) vacated her seat in January 2017 following her election as lieutenant governor in 2016. A special election to fill Hall-Long's seat was held on February 25, and, with the 10-10 split, partisan control of the chamber was on the line. Democrat Stephanie Hansen defeated Republican John Marino in the special election, restoring Democrats' 11-10 advantage.
In 2014, Hall-Long also defeated John Marino. She won the seat by a 2.2 percent margin. Hansen won the seat by a 17.3 percent margin, meaning the seat swung toward the Democrats by 15.1 percent in 2017. It was one of 10 seats up for election in 2018.
| Delaware State Senate | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | As of November 7, 2016 | After November 8, 2016 | |
| Democratic Party | 12 | 11[3] | |
| Republican Party | 9 | 10 | |
| Vacancy | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 21 | 21 | |
Trifectas
A state government trifecta is a term that describes single-party government, when one political party holds the governor's office and has majorities in both chambers of the legislature in a state government. Democrats in Delaware gained a state government trifecta as a result of the 2008 elections, when they took control of the state House.
Delaware Party Control: 1992-2025
Seventeen years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| Senate | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
Political context of the 2018 elections
Key issues
2017 budget conflict
- See also: State budget conflicts, 2017
Delaware faced a potential government shutdown due to the budget conflict before the start of the 2018 fiscal year, which began on July 1, 2017.
- On the morning of July 3, 2017, Delaware Gov. John Carney (D) signed into law a budget passed by the Legislature on July 2, 2017. The state began the 2018 fiscal year without an annual budget in place and was one of six states Ballotpedia tracked in 2017 that were on the verge of a partial government shutdown or the implementation of spending cuts to nonessential government services. The Legislature passed a temporary funding package on July 1, 2017, in order to avoid a partial government shutdown. Delaware’s budget debate throughout the 2017 regular session centered largely on Democratic proposals to raise the personal income tax rate and Republican proposals to alter the state’s prevailing wage laws—neither of which ultimately made it into the final budget. Lawmakers agreed to a series of tax increases on real estate sales, alcohol, and cigarettes in order to address a projected $390 million shortfall.[4][5]
Wave election analysis
- See also: Wave elections (1918-2016)
The term wave election is frequently used to describe an election cycle in which one party makes significant electoral gains. How many seats would Republicans have had to lose for the 2018 midterm election to be considered a wave election?
Ballotpedia examined the results of the 50 election cycles that occurred between 1918 and 2016—spanning from President Woodrow Wilson's (D) second midterm in 1918 to Donald Trump's (R) first presidential election in 2016. We define wave elections as the 20 percent of elections in that period resulting in the greatest seat swings against the president's party.
Applying this definition to state legislative elections, we found that Republicans needed to lose 494 seats for 2018 to qualify as a wave election.
The chart below shows the number of seats the president's party lost in the 10 state legislative waves from 1918 to 2016. Click here to read the full report.
| State legislative wave elections | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | President | Party | Election type | State legislative seats change | Elections analyzed[6] | |
| 1932 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -1,022 | 7,365 | |
| 1922 | Harding | R | First midterm | -907 | 6,907 | |
| 1966 | Johnson | D | First midterm[7] | -782 | 7,561 | |
| 1938 | Roosevelt | D | Second midterm | -769 | 7,179 | |
| 1958 | Eisenhower | R | Second midterm | -702 | 7,627 | |
| 2010 | Obama | D | First midterm | -702 | 7,306 | |
| 1974 | Ford | R | Second midterm[8] | -695 | 7,481 | |
| 1920 | Wilson | D | Presidential | -654 | 6,835 | |
| 1930 | Hoover | R | Presidential | -640 | 7,361 | |
| 1954 | Eisenhower | R | First midterm | -494 | 7,513 | |
Candidate and office information
Process to become a candidate
See statutes: Title 15 of the Delaware Code
Major party candidates
A major party candidate may be nominated in one of two ways: by filing a notice of candidacy or by being nominated at convention.[9]
Filing a notice of candidacy
To be nominated at the primary election, a major party candidate must file by this method. The candidate must first file a notice of candidacy. If filing for a statewide office, the candidate must file this form with the chair of the state committee of his or her party. If seeking district office, the candidate must file this form with the chair of the county committee of his or her party. The notice of candidacy must include the signature, printed name, and address of the candidate. A candidate must be a registered member of the party he or she is seeking to represent in the election.[10][11]
A major party candidate must file a copy of the original notice of candidacy with the state election commissioner and pay the party filing fee by noon on the second Tuesday in July. Filing fees are determined by the political parties but cannot be greater than 1 percent of the total salary for the entire term of the office being sought by the candidate.[11][12][13][14]
A candidate may file an in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition if he or she is considered indigent by the state. To be considered indigent by the state, the candidate must be receiving benefits under the Supplemental Security Income Program for Aged, Blind, and Disabled, or the state election commissioner must determine that the candidate meets the income and resources test to receive such benefits. In order to determine indigent status, the candidate must provide copies of his or her income tax returns and must authorize the state election commissioner to receive any other information that might be needed from banks, credit reporting services, etc.[13]
The in-lieu-of-filing-fee petition must be signed by a number of registered voters equal to 1 percent of all registered voters in the election district(s) in which the candidate will appear on the ballot. These petitions cannot be circulated until after January 1 of the year of the election in which the candidate is running.[13]
Nomination at a party convention
A major party candidate may be nominated at a state convention only for offices for which no candidate has filed or for offices for which minor party candidates have been selected. A candidate nominated at a convention must be registered with the party he or she seeks to represent at the time of the convention. Conventions to nominate such candidates must be held before August 1 of the year of the election. If any candidates are nominated by convention, the presiding officer and secretary of the convention must submit a certificate of nomination to the state election commissioner by September 1 in the year of the election. If September 1 falls on a weekend or holiday, this certificate must be filed by the next business day.[9][15]
Minor party candidates
Minor party candidates are selected by conventions. To be nominated at a convention, a candidate must be a registered member of the minor party. These nominating conventions must be held on or before August 1 in the year of the election. For a candidate for statewide office, the party must file a nominating resolution with the state election commissioner by 4:30 p.m. on August 15 in the year of the election. For a candidate for a district office, the party must file a nominating resolution with the appropriate local election official by 4:30 p.m. on August 15 in the year of the election. A nominating resolution must contain the candidate's name and address and the office for which he or she was nominated. Certificates of nomination for each candidate must be filed by September 1 in the year of the election.[15]
Unaffiliated candidates
Unaffiliated candidates petition to gain access to the general election ballot. An unaffiliated candidate must collect signatures equal to 1 percent of all eligible voters as of December 31 of the year prior to the election. The petition can be circulated between January 1 and July 15 of the election year and must be filed with the department of elections in each county in which the petition was circulated. An unaffiliated candidate must also file a sworn declaration stating that he or she has not been affiliated with any political party for at least three months prior to filing as an unaffiliated candidate. This form is filed with the state election commissioner.[16]
Write-in candidates
Write-in candidates are only permitted to run in general or special elections. To have his or her votes counted, a write-in candidate must file a declaration form. If running for statewide office, the candidate must file this form with the state election commissioner. If running for a district office, the form must be filed with the appropriate local department of elections.[17][18]
A candidate cannot run as a write-in if he or she has already been placed on the general election ballot. Additionally, a candidate cannot run as a write-in if he or she withdrew as a candidate in the same election year.[18]
Residency requirements
A candidate for elective office must provide the state election commissioner with proof of residency. Proof of residency must show that the candidate lives in the district or area that the candidate seeks to represent.[19]
Qualifications
Article II, Section 3 of the Delaware Constitution states: No person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained the age of twenty-seven years and have been a citizen and inhabitant of the State three years next preceding the day of his election and the last year of that term an inhabitant of the Senatorial District in which he shall be chosen, unless he shall have been absent on the public business of the United States or of this State.
Salaries and per diem
- See also: Comparison of state legislative salaries
| State legislative salaries, 2024[20] | |
|---|---|
| Salary | Per diem |
| $50,678/year | No per diem is paid. |
When sworn in
Delaware legislators assume office the first Wednesday after the first Monday in November (the day after election day).[21][22]
Competitiveness
Every year, Ballotpedia uses official candidate lists from each state to examine the competitiveness of every state legislative race in the country. Nationally, there has been a steady decline in electoral competitiveness since 2010. Most notable is that the number of districts with general election competition has dropped by more than 10 percent.
Results from 2016
Click here to read the full study »
Historical context
Uncontested elections: In 2014, 32.8 percent of Americans lived in states with an uncontested state senate election. Similarly, 40.4 percent of Americans lived in states with uncontested house elections. Primary elections were uncontested even more frequently, with 61 percent of people living in states with no contested primaries. Uncontested elections often occur in locations that are so politically one-sided that the result of an election would be a foregone conclusion regardless of whether it was contested or not.
Open seats: In most cases, an incumbent will run for re-election, which decreases the number of open seats available. In 2014, 83 percent of the 6,057 seats up for election saw the incumbent running for re-election. The states that impose term limits on their legislatures typically see a higher percentage of open seats in a given year because a portion of incumbents in each election are forced to leave office. Overall, the number of open seats decreased from 2012 to 2014, dropping from 21.2 percent in 2012 to 17.0 percent in 2014.
Incumbent win rates: Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of elections between 1972 and 2014 documented the high propensity for incumbents to win re-election in state legislative elections. In fact, since 1972, the win rate for incumbents had not dropped below 90 percent—with the exception of 1974, when 88 percent of incumbents were re-elected to their seats. Perhaps most importantly, the win rate for incumbents generally increased over time. In 2014, 96.5 percent of incumbents were able to retain their seats. Common convention holds that incumbents are able to leverage their office to maintain their seat. However, the high incumbent win rate may actually be a result of incumbents being more likely to hold seats in districts that are considered safe for their party.
Marginal primaries: Often, competitiveness is measured by examining the rate of elections that have been won by amounts that are considered marginal (5 percent or less). During the 2014 election, 90.1 percent of primary and general election races were won by margins higher than 5 percent. Interestingly, it is usually the case that only one of the two races—primary or general—will be competitive at a time. This means that if a district's general election is competitive, typically one or more of the district's primaries were won by more than 5 percent. The reverse is also true: If a district sees a competitive primary, it is unlikely that the general election for that district will be won by less than 5 percent. Primaries often see very low voter turnout in comparison to general elections. In 2014, there were only 27 million voters for state legislative primaries, but approximately 107 million voters for the state legislative general elections.
Pivot Counties
- See also: Pivot Counties by state
One of three Delaware counties—33.33 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.
| Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County | Trump margin of victory in 2016 | Obama margin of victory in 2012 | Obama margin of victory in 2008 | ||||
| Kent County, Delaware | 4.87% | 4.94% | 9.81% | ||||
In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Delaware with 53.4 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 41.9 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Delaware voted Republican 53.33 percent of the time and Democratic 46.67 percent of the time. In the five presidential elections between 2000 and 2016, Delaware voted Democratic all five times.
Presidential results by legislative district
The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Senate districts in Delaware. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[23][24]
| In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won 14 out of 21 state Senate districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 35.1 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 14 out of 21 state Senate districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 30.6 points. Clinton won three districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections. |
| In 2012, Mitt Romney (R) won seven out of 21 state Senate districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 10.8 points. In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won seven out of 21 state Senate districts in Delaware with an average margin of victory of 21.2 points. |
| 2016 presidential results by state Senate District | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District | Obama | Romney | 2012 Margin | Clinton | Trump | 2016 Margin | Party Control |
| 1 | 70.44% | 27.84% | D+42.6 | 68.04% | 26.67% | D+41.4 | D |
| 2 | 91.79% | 7.61% | D+84.2 | 86.97% | 10.33% | D+76.6 | D |
| 3 | 87.20% | 11.76% | D+75.4 | 83.54% | 13.06% | D+70.5 | D |
| 4 | 49.92% | 48.61% | D+1.3 | 53.50% | 41.14% | D+12.4 | R |
| 5 | 57.47% | 40.86% | D+16.6 | 57.67% | 36.89% | D+20.8 | R |
| 6 | 48.58% | 50.35% | R+1.8 | 46.70% | 49.67% | R+3 | R |
| 7 | 63.65% | 34.57% | D+29.1 | 55.34% | 39.06% | D+16.3 | R |
| 8 | 55.13% | 42.80% | D+12.3 | 56.58% | 37.22% | D+19.4 | D |
| 9 | 64.57% | 33.85% | D+30.7 | 57.37% | 37.04% | D+20.3 | D |
| 10 | 58.63% | 39.91% | D+18.7 | 53.96% | 40.53% | D+13.4 | D |
| 11 | 72.90% | 25.66% | D+47.2 | 66.49% | 28.09% | D+38.4 | D |
| 12 | 68.04% | 30.60% | D+37.4 | 62.31% | 33.39% | D+28.9 | D |
| 13 | 77.33% | 21.50% | D+55.8 | 70.59% | 25.20% | D+45.4 | D |
| 14 | 56.36% | 42.16% | D+14.2 | 48.50% | 46.27% | D+2.2 | D |
| 15 | 46.55% | 51.87% | R+5.3 | 38.83% | 56.33% | R+17.5 | R |
| 16 | 48.50% | 50.23% | R+1.7 | 42.42% | 51.96% | R+9.5 | R |
| 17 | 61.86% | 36.72% | D+25.1 | 58.11% | 36.24% | D+21.9 | D |
| 18 | 41.84% | 56.70% | R+14.9 | 33.92% | 61.56% | R+27.6 | R |
| 19 | 43.15% | 55.43% | R+12.3 | 35.03% | 61.43% | R+26.4 | R |
| 20 | 40.50% | 58.38% | R+17.9 | 34.59% | 62.23% | R+27.6 | R |
| 21 | 38.58% | 60.18% | R+21.6 | 29.62% | 66.30% | R+36.7 | R |
| Total | 58.61% | 39.98% | D+18.6 | 53.35% | 41.92% | D+11.4 | - |
| Source: Daily Kos | |||||||
See also
- Delaware State Senate
- Delaware State Legislature
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Delaware state legislative Democratic primaries, 2018
- Delaware state legislative Republican primaries, 2018
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Excludes unopposed elections
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ In the November 2016 elections, Sen. Bethany Hall-Long (D) won election for lieutenant governor of Delaware. She remained in office until shortly before being sworn in on January 17, 2017. The Delaware State Senate began its 2017 legislative session on January 10, 2017.
- ↑ Delaware State News, "It’s official: Carney signs $4.11 billion budget," July 3, 2017
- ↑ Delaware State News, "Legislature compromises, passes budget," July 3, 2017
- ↑ The number of state legislative seats available for analysis varied, with as many as 7,795 and as few as 6,835.
- ↑ Lyndon Johnson's (D) first term began in November 1963 after the death of President John F. Kennedy (D), who was first elected in 1960. Before Johnson had his first midterm in 1966, he was re-elected president in 1964.
- ↑ Gerald Ford's (R) first term began in August 1974 following the resignation of President Richard Nixon (R), who was first elected in 1968 and was re-elected in 1972. Because Ford only served for two full months before facing the electorate, this election is classified as Nixon's second midterm.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 33, Section 3301," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 31, Subchapter I, Section 3101A," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 31, Subchapter I, Section 3106," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 31, Subchapter I, Section 3101," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 31, Subchapter I, Section 3103," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Delaware Elections, "Candidate Filing Fees," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 33, Section 3303," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 30, Section 3002," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 34, Section 3401," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Delaware Code, "Title 15, Chapter 34, Section 3402," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ Delaware General Assembly, "House Bill 183," accessed March 6, 2025
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "2024 Legislator Compensation," August 21, 2024
- ↑ Delaware Constitution, "Article II, Section 3," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ Delaware Constitution, "Article II, Section 4," accessed November 1, 2021
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
- ↑ Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017
