Delaware filing deadline report: 10 candidates file for 3 state executive positions
July 16, 2014
DOVER, Delaware: Three state executive positions - attorney general, state auditor and state treasurer - are up for election in 2014 in the state of Delaware. On July 8, the filing period for Republican and Democratic candidates came to a close, with the filing deadline for all other candidates passing one week later. In total, ten candidates filed for the three seats, including five Democrats, four Republicans and one Green Party candidate.[1][2]
- Incumbent Attorney General of Delaware Beau Biden (D) opted not to run for re-election in 2014, instead declaring his candidacy for governor in 2016. Vying to replace Biden as the state's chief law officer is current Delaware Lieutenant Governor Matthew Denn. Denn is term-limited from seeking a third term as lieutenant governor in 2016. No other Democrats filed for the upcoming attorney general primary. Denn will face Republican attorney Ted Kittila, likewise unopposed for his party's primary nomination, in the general election. The general election took place on November 4, 2014.
The remaining two incumbents are running for re-election to their current posts:
- First term Democratic state treasurer Chip Flowers drew one primary challenger, Sean Barney.
- Republican R. Thomas Wagner, Jr. is running for a possible seventh consecutive four-year term as Delaware State Auditor. He is uncontested for the party's nomination in the primary.
The primary election is scheduled for September 9, 2014. A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Delaware utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[3][4][5]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Attorney General
General election
Matthew Denn - Current Delaware Lieutenant Governor[6] 
Ted Kittila - Attorney[7]
Catherine Damavandi - Attorney, former deputy attorney general
John Machurek - 2012 Libertarian Party candidate for Delaware House of Representatives
David Graham - Accountant, Delaware Department of Finance
Auditor
General election
R. Thomas Wagner, Jr. - Incumbent[8]
Brenda Mayrack[9][10]
Lost in the primary
Treasurer
General election
Ken Simpler
Sean Barney
David Chandler[12]
Lost in the primary
Withdrawn
Chip Flowers - Incumbent[11][13]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ State of Delaware Department of Elections, "GENERAL ELECTION 11/04/2014 FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE," July 16, 2014
- ↑ State of Delaware Department of Elections, "PRIMARY ELECTION 9/09/2014 FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE," July 16, 2014
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ State of Delaware, "Primary Election," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Delaware.gov, "TITLE 15 Elections, CHAPTER 49. Conduct of Election § 3110 Qualifications of voters," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Matt Denn for Attorney General 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed July 7, 2014
- ↑ Ted Kittila for Attorney General 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed July 7, 2014
- ↑ State of Delaware Department of Elections, "GENERAL ELECTION 11/04/2014 FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE," July 16, 2014
- ↑ Associated Press via WBOC.com, "Brenda Mayrack to Run for Del. State Auditor," December 9, 2013
- ↑ Brenda Mayrack for State Auditor 2014 Official campaign website, "Homepage," accessed December 23, 2013
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 State of Delaware Department of Elections, "PRIMARY ELECTION 09/09/2014 FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE," July 16, 2014 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "primarycand" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ State of Delaware Department of Elections, "GENERAL ELECTION 11/04/2014 FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE," July 9, 2014
- ↑ Delaware.newszap.com, "UPDATE: Delaware treasurer Flowers not running for re-election," August 16, 2014
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