| The Green Papers: Delaware 2022 General Election |
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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress ✓ Primary: Tuesday 13 September 2022 ✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 |
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Only registered voters from participating parties may vote in the Primary Election. Uncontested offices do not appear on the primary ballot. 2022 Election Calendar from the Delaware Department of Elections. 2022 candidate list from the Delaware Department of Elections. 13 September primary returns from an official source and results from a media source. 8 November 2022 returns from the Delaware Department of Elections. Vote totals last updated 3 February 2023 per the certified vote and write-in vote. |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 117th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper • First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006, 2012, 2018; [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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| Candidate list (1) | |||||
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Democratic | Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper • FEC S8DE00079 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons • First elected in a special election: 2010 (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Joe Biden [Democrat] in January 2009 in order to accede to the Vice-Presidency of the United States; he replaces Senator Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman [Democrat] who had been appointed by the Governor of DELAWARE to temporarily fill the vacancy.). Re-elected: 2014, 2020. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026 |
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| Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors | |||||
| Democratic | Governor John Charles Carney, Jr. • Previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2017. First elected to the Governor's Chair: 2016, 2020. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Elected separately from Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long • First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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| 117th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2022, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Renominated) | |||||
| Incumbent - 117th Congress | |||||
At-Large |
Democratic | Member of Congress Lisa Blunt Rochester • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated |
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| Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins) - 118th Congress | |||||
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Democratic | 178,416 | 55.47% | Member of Congress Lisa Blunt Rochester • FEC H6DE00206; 31 Dec 22; Tot $2,899,175; Dsb $3,280,496 |
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Republican | 138,201 | 42.96% | Lee Murphy • FEC H8DE01044; 28 Nov 22; Tot $349,933; Dsb $355,132 |
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Libertarian | 3,074 | 0.96% | Cody R. McNutt • FEC H2DE00163 |
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Non-Partisan Delaware | 1,958 | 0.61% | David L. Rogers • FEC H0DE00159 |
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Write-in | 15 | 0.00% | Scott Walker • FEC H6DE00214 |
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Write-in | 3 | 0.00% | Edward Shlikas • FEC H2DE00171 |
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| Total | 321,667 | 100.00% | |||
| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
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Democratic | Attorney General Kathleen "Kathy" Jennings • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated |
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Democratic | 171,837 | 53.83% | Attorney General Kathleen "Kathy" Jennings | |
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Republican | 147,369 | 46.17% | Julianne E. Murray | |
| Total | 319,206 | 100.00% | |||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
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Democratic | Treasurer Colleen C. Davis • Re-elected Tuesday 8 November 2022 • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Renominated |
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Democratic | 170,438 | 53.64% | Treasurer Colleen C. Davis | |
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Republican | 147,307 | 46.36% | Greg Coverdale | |
| Total | 317,745 | 100.00% | |||
| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022 | |||||
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Democratic | Auditor Dennis Greenhouse • Appointed 27 October 2022 [re: resignation of Kathleen K. "Kathy" McGuiness (Democratic)] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022 • Open Seat - Not running in 2022. |
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| ** Open Office (no incumbent) ** | |||||
| Candidate list (2) | |||||
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Democratic | 171,764 | 54.20% | Lydia York | |
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Republican | 145,161 | 45.80% | Janice Lorrah | |
| Total | 316,925 | 100.00% | |||
| 19 October 2022: Auditor Kathleen K. "Kathy" McGuiness (Democratic), who was first elected in 2018, resigned. Auditor McGuiness had been convicted of misdemeanor official misconduct and conflict of interest. She had previously lost the 13 September 2022 Primary. 27 October 2022: Governor John Charles Carney, Jr. (Democratic) appointed Dennis Greenhouse (Democratic) to fill the remainder of the term which expires in January 2023. Mr. Greenhouse previously served as Auditor in 1982. | |||||
| Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024 | |||||
| Democratic | Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro • First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2020. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024 |
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| Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such. |
| Major Parties Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Democratic (affiliates): 9 incumbents, 5 candidates | |
| • Republican: 4 candidates | |
| Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties. | |
| • Libertarian: 1 candidate | |
| Other Third Parties | |
| • Blue Enigma Party | |
| • Independent Party Of Delaware | |
| • Non-Partisan Delaware: 1 candidate | |
| Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable | |
| • Write-in: 2 candidates | |
| Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted. | |
| Notes |
| Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot. |
| Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary. When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details. If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements. |
| Links Links to other web sites |
| Constitution Links to State Constitutions | |
| • The Delaware Constitution of 1897 as amended | |
| Election Authority | |
| • Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware | |
| Legislature Links to State Legislatures | |
| • Delaware General Assembly | |
| Democratic | |
| • Delaware Democratic Party | |
| Republican | |
| • The Republican State Committee of Delaware | |
| Third Party | |
| • Independent Party of Delaware | |
| • Independent Party of Delaware | |
| • The Blue Enigma Party | |
| Media & others | |
| • Cape Gazette - Lewes | |
| • Delaware Grapevine | |
| • delaware online | |
| • Delaware State News - Dover | |
| • Newark Post - Elkton | |
| • Politics1.com - Delaware | |
| • WBOC TV - CBS, UPN - Salisbury | |
| • WDEL AM - Wilmington | |
| • WDOV AM - FOX - Dover | |
| • WGMD FM - Lewes - Rehoboth | |
| • WILM AM - Wilmington | |
| • WMDT TV - ABC - Salisbury | |
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