The Green Papers: Delaware 2023 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2023. Find 2024 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:990,837 (0.32% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:3(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
Capital:Dover
 

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Delaware State and Local Government

Delaware Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


Only registered voters from participating parties may vote in the Primary Election.

Uncontested offices do not appear on the primary ballot.


8 June 2023: HB 215 would move the state's primary from the 2nd Tuesday after the 1st Monday in September to the 4th Tuesday in April. Hence, the state and Presidential primary would be held concurrently. The bill would apply after 2024.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 118th 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
Open Seat - 22 May 2023: Announced retirement. "As last year came to a close ... Martha and I began to focus on what I should do next. If I ran for a 5th term in the Senate and won, it would be a record 15 statewide elections. After a good deal of prayer and introspection, and more than a few heart-to-heart conversations, we’ve decided we should run through the tape over the next 20 months and finish the important work that my staff and I have begun ..."
 Candidate list (5)
  Candidate Democratic     Pamela Brown
FEC S4DE00102 or S4DE00110

FEC S4DE00102
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress  Lisa Blunt Rochester
21 June 2023: "I'm running to represent Delaware in the United States Senate."

FEC S4DE00060; 30 Sep 23; Tot $2,927,849; Dsb $908,129
  Candidate Republican     Eric Hansen
FEC S4DE00094
  Candidate Republican     William Joseph "Bill" Taylor
FEC S4DE00086
  Candidate Independent Party Of Delaware     former state Senator Michael "Mike" Katz

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
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator  Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
FEC S0DE00092

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
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor  Bethany Hall-Long
12 September 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
  Candidate Democratic     New Castle County Executive  Matt Meyer
  Candidate Democratic     Collin O'Mara
  Candidate Republican     Jerrold A. Price

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
Open Seat - 12 September 2023: Candidate for Governor in 2024.
 Candidate list (4)
  Candidate Democratic     state Representative  Sherry Dorsey-Walker
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Kyle Evans Gay
  Candidate Democratic     Debbie Harrington
  Candidate Democratic     David Lamar Williams, Jr.

118th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2024, 2026. No Term Limit. 118th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 118th Congress
At-Large Democratic Member of Congress  Lisa Blunt Rochester
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
Open Seat - 21 June 2023: "I'm running to represent Delaware in the United States Senate."
 Candidate list (6) - 119th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Curtis Morris Aiken, III
FEC H4DE01084
  Candidate Democratic     Treasurer  Colleen C. Davis
19 July 2023: Candidate for the U.S. House At-Large Seat.

FEC H4DE00052; 30 Sep 23; Tot $104,426; Dsb $20,657
  Candidate Democratic     Alexander Nevin "Alex" Geise
FEC H4DE01068
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator  Sarah Elizabeth McBride
FEC H4DE00045; 30 Sep 23; Tot $778,847; Dsb $211,347
  Candidate Democratic     Eugene Robert Young, Jr.
FEC H4DE01076; 30 Sep 23; Tot $183,194; Dsb $46,633
  Candidate Republican     Donyale London Hall
FEC H4DE00060

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Attorney General  Kathleen "Kathy" Jennings
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Treasurer  Colleen C. Davis
First elected: 2018; re-elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
19 July 2023: Candidate for the U.S. House At-Large Seat in 2024.

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

  Democratic Auditor  Lydia York
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

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
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Kayode "Kay" Abegunde
 

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, 16 candidates
  Republican: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Blue Enigma Party
  Independent Party Of Delaware: 1 candidate
 
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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