Brent Burdge
Brent Burdge (Republican Party) ran in a special election to the Delaware State Senate to represent District 5. He lost in the special general election on February 15, 2025.
Biography
Brent Burdge was born in Wichita, Kansas. He earned a high school diploma from Goddard High School, and a bachelor's degree from Kansas State University in 1979. His career experience includes working as a chemical engineer.[1]
Elections
2025
See also: Delaware state legislative special elections, 2025
General election
Special general election for Delaware State Senate District 5
Raymond Seigfried defeated Brent Burdge in the special general election for Delaware State Senate District 5 on February 15, 2025.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Raymond Seigfried (D) | 64.9 | 3,780 |
 | Brent Burdge (R) | 34.6 | 2,015 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 28 | ||
| Total votes: 5,823 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Burdge in this election.
2024
See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 10
Melanie Ross Levin defeated Brent Burdge in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 10 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Melanie Ross Levin (D) | 60.4 | 7,953 |
| Brent Burdge (R) | 39.6 | 5,208 | |
| Total votes: 13,161 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 10
Melanie Ross Levin defeated Dennis E. Williams and Stephen Jankovic in the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 10 on September 10, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Melanie Ross Levin | 68.5 | 1,839 |
 | Dennis E. Williams | 24.2 | 650 | |
| Stephen Jankovic | 7.3 | 197 | ||
| Total votes: 2,686 | |||
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Republican primary election
The Republican primary election was canceled. Brent Burdge advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 10.
Endorsements
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2022
See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 10
Incumbent Sean Matthews defeated Brent Burdge in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 10 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sean Matthews (D) | 65.3 | 5,867 |
| Brent Burdge (R) | 34.7 | 3,119 | |
| Total votes: 8,986 | |||
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Democratic primary election
The Democratic primary election was canceled. Incumbent Sean Matthews advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 10.
Campaign themes
2025
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2024
Brent Burdge completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Burdge's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’ve been married for 35 years, a member of this community for 34 years and my wife, Carole, and I have 2 adult daughters and 3 grandchildren.
I’m active in my church and community with a history of stepping into leadership roles when that is called for. I have the ability to work well with a broad range of personalities and skill sets.- We need to bring greater accountability and balance to the actions of our General Assembly. The current state of our legislature - essentially single-party rule - is unhealthy for our state and is leading to increasingly extreme actions that are detrimental to our state.
- Our education system is broken. While we spend among the top 10 states, our children’s performance currently ranks 46th. I place responsibility for this on an ineffective and burdensome administration. We need to focus funds on recruiting and retaining the very best teachers and holding the local school leadership accountable for tailoring their processes to the local needs of their student population. Principals need both authority and accountability to make meaningful change. The current state of our education system is driving good businesses out of Delaware and preventing businesses from bringing their operations - and families - to Delaware.
- We need to rein in spending at the state level. State budgets have grown dramatically in recent years - fueled by COVID funds that have all but dried up. Spending has increased by nearly 10%/yr, yet our future projections show a slowing of future revenue. The actions of the General Assembly and Governor have ignored the reality that past actions are slowing our growth and failing our citizens. Delaware was the only state to show negative growth in their economy last year. While we had dramatic surpluses in recent years, they were spent. All efforts to constrain spending and/or provide tax relief were consistently bottled up in committees by the majority party. That reinforces the need for greater balance and responsiveness.
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2022
Brent Burdge did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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See also
2025 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on October 7, 2024
