The Green Papers: Delaware 2017 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2017. Find 2018 elections here.

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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2010 Census:900,877 (0.29% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
Capital:Dover
 

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Delaware State and Local Government


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

22 March 2017: HB 89 was introduced which would move the non-Presidential primary from 2nd Tuesday in September to the 4th Tuesday in April. The Presidential primary would remain on the 4th Tuesday in April.

 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 115th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006, 2012
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990;
elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996]
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (3)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
FEC S8DE00079; 30 Sep 17; Tot $513,256; Dsb $415,175
  Candidate Republican     Henry Charles "Chuck" Boyce, Jr.
FEC S8DE00103; 30 Sep 17; Tot $188,513; Dsb $110,477
  Candidate Republican     Eugene J. "Gene" Truono, Jr.
FEC S8DE00129

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
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
FEC S0DE00092

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. 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.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Elected separately from Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

115th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
At-Large Democratic Congressman Lisa Blunt Rochester
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
 Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman Lisa Blunt Rochester
FEC H6DE00206; 30 Sep 17; Tot $389,969; Dsb $266,888
  Candidate Independent     Christopher William Mockerman
FEC H8DE01036; 30 Sep 17; Tot $0; Dsb $0

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Democratic Attorney General Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
First elected: 2014.
Previously served as Lieutenant Governor 2009-2015 and Commissioner of Insurance 2005-2009.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
Open Seat - 4 September 2017: Attorney General Denn will not seek re-election.
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Republican     Chuck Boyce
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Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Treasurer Kenneth "Ken" Simpler
First elected: 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

  Republican Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner, Jr.
Appointed: 1989 (by Governor Michael N. Castle); first elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

  Democratic Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
 

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): 7 incumbents, 3 candidates
  Republican: 2 incumbents, 3 candidates
Independents
  Independent: 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.


 


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