The Green Papers: Delaware 2020 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 15 September 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Tuesday 14 July 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
Tuesday 1 September 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent (including President) .
Tuesday 15 September 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC).
Tuesday 3 November 2020 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EST (1200-0100 UTC).
 
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

Delaware 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats   Republicans


15 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, election officials have reminded voters that they may vote by absentee ballot.

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


2020 Candidate List from the Delaware Department of Elections.

2020 Calendars from the Delaware Department of Elections.


15 September 2020: Primary results and results from media sources.

15 September 2020: Primary returns from the Delaware Department of Elections.

15 November 2020 returns and write-ins from the Delaware Department of Elections.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2020
 Candidate list (4, 25 write-ins)
  Elected Democratic 296,268 58.74% former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris
(3 Electoral Votes)
FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521
  Candidate Republican 200,603 39.77% President Donald John Trump
for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence
FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436
  Candidate Libertarian 5,000 0.99% Jo Jorgensen
for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen
FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521
  Candidate Green 2,139 0.42% Howie Gresham Hawkins
for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker
FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 169 0.03% Kanye "Deez Nutz" West
FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
  Candidate Write-in 87 0.02% Brian T. Carroll
FEC P00013771
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 28 0.01% Jade Simmons
for Vice President: Claudeliah J. Roze
FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
  Candidate Write-in; (Peace And Freedom) 14 0.00% Gloria Estela La Riva
FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 8 0.00% Mark Robert Charles
FEC P00012039; 23 Nov 20; Tot $157,733; Dsb $155,506
  Candidate Write-in; (Republican) 7 0.00% Barbara Ruth Bellar
FEC P00012799; 30 Sep 20; Tot $5,051; Dsb $729
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated) 5 0.00% Brock Jeffrey Pierce
for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard
FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 4 0.00% Shawn W. Howard
FEC P00011189; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,386; Dsb $3,281
  Candidate Write-in 3 0.00% Dennis Andrew Ball
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Todd Cella
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 2 0.00% Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro
FEC P20004768
  Candidate Write-in 2 0.00% Mitchell Williams
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% President R19 Boddie
Write-in for President Boddie.

FEC P00017202
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Kathryn Gibson
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated) 1 0.00% Thomas "Tom" Hoefling
for Vice President: Andy Prior
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Deborah Ann "Debbie" Rouse
FEC P00005207
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Kasey J. Wells
FEC P00007864; 14 Oct 20; Tot $10,625; Dsb $10,578
  Candidate Write-in; (Green)     Susan Maude Buchser-Lochocki
Filed as Susan B. Lochocki

FEC P00014357; 30 Nov 20; Tot $12,794; Dsb $12,652
  Candidate Write-in     Randall Patrick Foltyniewicz
  Candidate Write-in     Lee Christopher "Chris" Franklin
FEC P00015867; 30 Jun 20; Tot $104; Dsb $66
  Candidate Write-in; (Unaffiliated)     Albert L. Raley
  Candidate Write-in     Mary Ruth Caro Simmons
  Candidate Write-in     Ajay Sood
FEC P60020963; 30 Sep 20; Tot $6,365; Dsb $6,304
  Candidate Write-in     Christopher Stried
FEC P00009084
  Candidate Write-in     Marcus Errellius Sykes
FEC P00013417; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,310; Dsb $1,310
Total 504,346 100.00%  

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 116th 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
 Candidate list (1)
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
FEC S8DE00079

Class 2
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
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
Renominated
 Candidate list (4)
  Elected Democratic 291,804 59.44% Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
FEC S0DE00092; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,055,223; Dsb $4,589,280
  Candidate Republican 186,054 37.90% Lauren Elena Witzke
FEC S0DE00183; 31 Dec 20; Tot $479,515; Dsb $476,182
  Candidate Independent Party Of Delaware 7,833 1.60% Mark William Turley
FEC S0DE00167
  Candidate Libertarian 5,244 1.07% Nadine M. Frost
FEC S8DE00160
Total 490,935 100.00%  

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

Chair up for regular election Democratic Governor John Charles Carney, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
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.
Renominated
 Candidate list (4)
  Elected Democratic 292,903 59.46% Governor John Charles Carney, Jr.
  Candidate Republican 190,312 38.63% Julianne E. Murray
  Candidate Independent Party Of Delaware 6,150 1.25% Kathy S. DeMatteis
  Candidate Libertarian 3,270 0.66% John J. Machurek
Total 492,635 100.00%  

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

Seat up for regular election Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Democratic 285,638 59.14% Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long
  Candidate Republican 197,343 40.86% Donyale Hall
Total 482,981 100.00%  

116th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
At-Large
Seat up for regular election
Democratic Member of Congress Lisa Blunt Rochester
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress
  Elected Democratic 281,382 57.63% Member of Congress Lisa Blunt Rochester
FEC H6DE00206; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,026,826; Dsb $1,286,686
  Candidate Republican 196,392 40.22% Lee Murphy
FEC H8DE01044; 03 Dec 20; Tot $131,394; Dsb $131,862
  Candidate Independent 6,682 1.37% Catherine Stonestreet Purcell
FEC H0DE01082; 25 Nov 20; Tot $5,344; Dsb $5,103
  Candidate Libertarian 3,814 0.78% David L. Rogers
FEC H0DE00159
Total 488,270 100.00%  

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Attorney General Kathleen "Kathy" Jennings
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Treasurer Colleen C. Davis
First elected: 2018
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

  Democratic Auditor Kathleen K. "Kathy" McGuiness
First elected: 2018.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

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

Seat up for regular election Democratic Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
• Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020
First elected: 2016
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
Renominated
 Candidate list (2)
  Elected Democratic 286,743 59.48% Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro
  Candidate Republican 195,305 40.52% Julia M. Pillsbury
Total 482,048 100.00%  
 

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, 7 candidates
  Republican: 7 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.
  Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
  Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
  Blue Enigma Party
  Independent Party Of Delaware: 2 candidates
  Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 6 candidates
  Unaffiliated: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 25 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
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Democratic
  Delaware Democratic Party
Republican
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Third Party
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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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