Elias Weir (Delaware)

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Elias Weir
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Elections and appointments
Last election

September 10, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

New York Institute of Technology, 1994

Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Finance
Contact

Elias Weir (Democratic Party) ran for election to the U.S. House to represent Delaware's At-Large Congressional District. He lost in the Democratic primary on September 10, 2024.

Biography

Elias Weir was born in Puerto Cortes, Honduras. He earned a bachelor's degree from the New York Institute of Technology in 1994. Weir's career experience includes working in the finance industry.[1]

Elections

2024

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2024

Delaware's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Republican primary)

Delaware's At-Large Congressional District election, 2024 (September 10 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Sarah McBride defeated John Whalen III in the general election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sarah McBride
Sarah McBride (D)
 
57.9
 
287,830
Image of John Whalen III
John Whalen III (R)
 
42.1
 
209,606

Total votes: 497,436
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Sarah McBride defeated Earl Cooper and Elias Weir in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Sarah McBride
Sarah McBride
 
79.9
 
66,764
Earl Cooper
 
16.2
 
13,557
Image of Elias Weir
Elias Weir
 
3.9
 
3,286

Total votes: 83,607
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

John Whalen III defeated Donyale Hall in the Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of John Whalen III
John Whalen III
 
55.8
 
19,880
Image of Donyale Hall
Donyale Hall
 
44.2
 
15,752

Total votes: 35,632
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Weir in this election.

2020

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 27

Eric Morrison defeated Donald Keister III, William Hinds, and Elias Weir in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 27 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison (D) Candidate Connection
 
61.4
 
7,847
Donald Keister III (R)
 
36.8
 
4,700
Image of William Hinds
William Hinds (L)
 
1.8
 
225
Image of Elias Weir
Elias Weir (Independent) (Write-in) Candidate Connection
 
0.1
 
7

Total votes: 12,779
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 27

Eric Morrison defeated incumbent Earl Jaques Jr. in the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 27 on September 15, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison Candidate Connection
 
61.1
 
2,137
Image of Earl Jaques Jr.
Earl Jaques Jr.
 
38.9
 
1,359

Total votes: 3,496
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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. Donald Keister III advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 27.

2016

See also: Delaware's At-Large Congressional District election, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Democratic. Incumbent John Carney Jr. (D) did not seek re-election, leaving the seat open. Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) defeated Hans Reigle (R), Scott Gesty (L), and Mark Joseph Perri (G) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Rochester defeated Bryan Townsend, Sean Barney, Michael Miller, Scott Walker, and Elias Weir in the Democratic primary on September 13, 2016.[2][3][4]

U.S. House, Delaware's At-Large District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Blunt Rochester 55.5% 233,554
     Republican Hans Reigle 41% 172,301
     Green Mark Joseph Perri 2% 8,326
     Libertarian Scott Gesty 1.5% 6,436
Total Votes 420,617
Source: Delaware Secretary of State


U.S. House, Delaware At-Large District Democratic Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Blunt Rochester 43.9% 26,613
Bryan Townsend 24.7% 14,950
Sean Barney 20.2% 12,274
Michael Miller 5.5% 3,319
Scott Walker 5% 3,008
Elias Weir 0.7% 449
Total Votes 60,613
Source: Delaware Department of Elections

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2020

Candidate Connection

Elias Weir completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weir's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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My name is Elias J. Weir and I reside in Glasgow which is a section of Newark, DE.

I am happily married to Beverly and we have one child, Elias Weir Jr. We are not originally from Delaware. The Big Apple, New York, is where we called home for quite sometime, until we decided it was time to move to Delaware. We both had plans to come to Delaware much earlier, but when our son was born, I felt it would be unfair to move our child away from his grandparents. Turns out it was the right decision.

I attended St. Ambrose Elementary School in Brooklyn, New York. Upon graduating, I attended Chelsea Vocational High School which is located in the Soho District of Manhattan. After graduating from High School, I attended New York Institute of Technology, New York and received my Bachelors degree in Business Administration with a minor in Finance. My passion is politics and helping others.
  • Focusing on bringing in good paying jobs into Delaware
  • Work closely with elected official on key issues concerning the well being of Delawareans.
  • Better funding for our school districts.
My good friend Krishna Harry.

Rudy Giuliana former Mayor of New York. Although he is not making good in the news these days, as the Mayor of New York, he brought the city from obscurity to prominence.
Transparency, Honesty and Integrity. I don't believe I have to elaborate any further.
Honesty, devotion, dedication and a strong commitment to see others achieve their goals. Also, transparency is very important to me. Voters elect candidates into office who will work for them and not their own personal agenda. It is wrong to make promises knowing that they cannot be kept. I am straight forward with what I have to say and a strong conviction to do what is right.
I saw Lindy McDaniel #40 pitch for the New York Yankees. I was 14 years old and I was thrilled.
I work on Wall Street at the stock firm of Donald Lufkin and Jenrette in the stock transfer department. I stayed there for one year.
It is very crucial to build strong working relationships with other legislators, because we should be working together for the improvement of the State of Delaware which would benefit the Constituents.
Yes. Many residents in the district feel that after the candidates are elected to office, they fail to keep their promises and do not deliver on what they spoke about. Because of this many voters become disfranchised and in turn ask the question why even bother to vote.

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Campaign finance summary


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Elias Weir campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* U.S. House Delaware At-large DistrictLost primary$0 N/A**
Grand total$0 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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