2016 Delaware House of Representatives election

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2016 Delaware House of Representatives election

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All 41 seats in the Delaware House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout65.35%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Peter Schwartzkopf Daniel Short
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat
Last election 25 16
Seats before 25 15
Seats won 25 16
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 226,083 149,871
Percentage 59.51% 39.45%

Speaker before election

Peter Schwartzkopf
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Peter Schwartzkopf
Democratic

An election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect all 41 members to Delaware's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives, state governor and state senate. The primary election was held on September 13, 2016.

There was no change in the composition of the House as both Democrats and Republicans held on to their seats, winning 25 and 16 seats respectively.[1]

Results[]

Statewide[]

Party Candi-
dates
Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party 35 228,083 59.51% 25
Republican Party 24 149,871 39.45% 16
Green Party 3 2,177 0.57% 0
Libertarian Party 2 1,546 0.41% 0
Independent Party 1 218 0.06% 0
Total 65 379,895 100.00% 41

District[]

Results of the 2016 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:[2]

District Democratic Republican Others Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes % Votes %
8,901 100.00% - - - - 8,901 100.00% Democratic Hold
6,256 100.00% - - - - 6,256 100.00% Democratic Hold
6,060 100.00% - - - - 6,060 100.00% Democratic Hold
9,565 100.00% - - - - 9,565 100.00% Democratic Hold
8,280 100.00% - - - - 8,280 100.00% Democratic Hold
9,545 100.00% - - - - 9,545 100.00% Democratic Hold
8,277 100.00% - - - - 8,277 100.00% Democratic Hold
8,703 90.54% - - 909 9.46% 9,612 100.00% Democratic Hold
5,130 38.94% 7,812 59.29% 233 1.77% 13,175 100.00% Republican Hold
6,654 60.74% 4,300 39.26% - - 10,954 100.00% Democratic Hold
2,985 30.44% 6,821 69.56% - - 9,806 100.00% Republican Hold
- - 9,866 100.00% - - 9,866 100.00% Republican Hold
7,287 100.00% - - - - 7,287 100.00% Democratic Hold
9,297 63.55% 5,332 36.45% - - 14,629 100.00% Democratic Hold
9,390 100.00% - - - - 9,390 100.00% Democratic Hold
7,536 100.00% - - - - 7,536 100.00% Democratic Hold
7,721 100.00% - - - - 7,721 100.00% Democratic Hold
7,348 100.00% - - - - 7,348 100.00% Democratic Hold
5,967 61.04% 3,503 35.83% 306 3.13% 9,776 100.00% Democratic Hold
5,529 37.52% 9,209 62.48% - - 14,738 100.00% Republican Hold
- - 7,574 82.22% 1,638 17.78% 9,212 100.00% Republican Hold
4,329 32.57% 8,964 67.43% - - 13,293 100.00% Republican Hold
6,550 100.00% - - - - 6,550 100.00% Democratic Hold
6,406 68.73% 2,915 31.27% - - 9,321 100.00% Democratic Hold
5,123 68.55% 2,350 31.45% - - 7,473 100.00% Democratic Hold
7,745 100.00% - - - - 7,745 100.00% Democratic Hold
9,182 100.00% - - - - 9,182 100.00% Democratic Hold
7,581 100.00% - - - - 7,581 100.00% Democratic Hold
6,777 63.37% 3,918 36.63% - - 10,695 100.00% Democratic Hold
2,623 29.27% 6,337 70.73% - - 8,960 100.00% Republican Hold
5,765 64.92% 2,897 32.62% 218 2.45% 8,880 100.00% Democratic Hold
4,241 60.48% 2,771 39.52% - - 7,012 100.00% Democratic Hold
4,271 42.49% 5,780 57.51% - - 10,051 100.00% Republican Hold
4,516 40.93% 6,518 59.07% - - 11,034 100.00% Republican Hold
2,435 27.09% 6,553 72.91% - - 8,988 100.00% Republican Hold
- - 7,175 100.00% - - 7,175 100.00% Republican Hold
4,038 37.53% 6,720 62.47% - - 10,758 100.00% Republican Hold
- - 12,188 95.03% 637 4.97% 12,825 100.00% Republican Hold
- - 6,643 100.00% - - 6,643 100.00% Republican Hold
- - 7,826 100.00% - - 7,826 100.00% Republican Hold
4,070 40.83% 5,899 59.17% - - 9,969 100.00% Republican Hold
Total 226,083 59.51% 149,871 39.45% 3,941 1.04% 379,895 100.00%

References[]

  1. ^ Albright, Matthew; Baker, Karl (November 9, 2016). "Blevins ousted, Legislature balance of power remains". The News Journal. New Castle, U.S.A. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "2016 General Election (Official Results)". Dover, U.S.A.: Office of the State Election Commissioner, Department of Elections, State of Delaware. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
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