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Delaware state legislative election results, 2024
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The sections below contain analysis of election results in the state legislative elections for Delaware in 2024.
General election results
Senate
- See also: Delaware State Senate elections, 2024
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House
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Retiring incumbents
Senate
There were no retiring incumbents in 2024.[1] An average of 1.0 incumbents retired per year from 2010-2022.
House
Four incumbents did not file for re-election in 2024.[2] That is more than the average number of incumbents who did not run for re-election from 2010-2022 (2.4). Those incumbents were:
Primary election competitiveness
This section contains data on state legislative primary election competitiveness in Delaware. These totals include data from all regularly-scheduled House and Senate elections. For more information about Ballotpedia's competitiveness analysis of state legislative elections, please click here.
Post-filing deadline analysis
The following analysis covers all state legislative districts up for election in Delaware in 2024. Information below was calculated on July 24, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.
Delaware had 13 contested state legislative primaries this year, one less than in 2022 when 14 state legislative primaries were contested.
Of the 13 contested primaries, 10 were for Democrats and three were for Republicans. For Democrats, this was one less than in 2022 when there were 11 Democratic primaries. The three Republican primaries are the same number as in 2022.
Seven incumbents faced primary challenges, representing 15.2% of all 46 incumbents who ran for re-election. This was nearly equivalent to the average number (7.29) and percentage (14.6%) of contested incumbents from 2010-2022. The average number of incumbents running across all state legislative elections from 2010-2022 was 48.86.
Of the 7 incumbents in contested primaries, five were Democrats and two were Republicans.
Overall, 81 major party candidates—52 Democrats and 32 Republicans—filed to run. All 41 House seats and 10 of 21 Senate seats were up for election.
Five of those seats (8.1%) were open, meaning no incumbents filed, and newcomers won election to those seats. This was slightly below 5.7 (9.2%), the average number of incumbents who retired each election year from 2010-2022.
Delaware had a Democratic trifecta since the party won control of the House in 2008. Democrats had a 26-15 majority in the House and a 15-6 majority in the Senate. As of July 24, 2024, there were 23 Republican trifectas, 17 Democratic trifectas, and 10 divided governments where neither party held trifecta control.
Senate
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Delaware State Senate from 2010 to 2024.[3]
| Open Seats in Delaware State Senate elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 (0 percent) | 10 (100 percent) |
| 2022 | 21 | 2 (10 percent) | 19 (90 percent) |
| 2020 | 11 | 1 (9 percent) | 10 (91 percent) |
| 2018 | 10 | 4 (40 percent) | 6 (60 percent) |
| 2016 | 11 | 1 (9 percent) | 10 (91 percent) |
| 2014 | 10 | 0 (0 percent) | 10 (100 percent) |
| 2012 | 21 | 2 (10 percent) | 19 (90 percent) |
| 2010 | 11 | 0 (0 percent) | 10 (100 percent) |
House
The table below shows the number and percentage of open seats in the Delaware House of Representatives from 2010 to 2024.[4]
| Open Seats in Delaware House of Representatives elections: 2010 - 2024 | |||
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| Year | Total seats | Open seats | Seats with incumbents running for re-election |
| 2024 | 41 | 5 (12 percent) | 46 (88 percent) |
| 2022 | 41 | 4 (10 percent) | 37 (90 percent) |
| 2020 | 41 | 1 (2 percent) | 40 (98 percent) |
| 2018 | 41 | 10 (24 percent) | 31 (76 percent) |
| 2016 | 41 | 1 (2 percent) | 40 (98 percent) |
| 2014 | 41 | 2 (5 percent) | 39 (95 percent) |
| 2012 | 41 | 7 (17 percent) | 34 (83 percent) |
| 2010 | 41 | 5 (12 percent) | 36 (88 percent) |
See also
- Elections
- Elections calendar
- Elections by state and year
- State Poll Opening and Closing Times
- State legislative elections, 2024
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines an incumbent as retiring if the incumbent did not file for office or filed for office but withdrew, was disqualified, or otherwise left a race in a manner other than losing the primary, primary runoff, or convention. If an incumbent runs as a write-in candidate, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring. If an incumbent runs in the same chamber for a different seat, Ballotpedia does not consider them to be retiring.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
- ↑ Ballotpedia defines a seat as open if the incumbent did not file to run for re-election or filed but withdrew and did not appear on any ballot for his or her seat. If the incumbent withdrew from or did not participate in the primary but later chose to seek re-election to his or her seat as a third party or independent candidate, the seat would not be counted as open. If the incumbent retired or ran for a different seat in the same chamber, his or her original seat would be counted as open unless another incumbent from the same chamber filed to run for that seat, in which case it would not be counted as open due to the presence of an incumbent.
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