2018 Delaware State Senate election

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2018 Delaware State Senate election

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10 of the 21 seats in the Delaware State Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout52.20%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Margaret Rose Henry
(retired)
F. Gary Simpson
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat District 2 District 18
Last election 11 10
Seats before 11 10
Seats won 12 9
Seat change Increase1 Decrease1
Popular vote 94,396 68,413
Percentage 57.98% 42.02%

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Senate results by district
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold
     No election

Majority Leader before election

Margaret Rose Henry
Democratic

Elected Majority Leader

Nicole Poore
Democratic

An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect 10 of the 21 members to Delaware's State Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State House. The primary election was held on September 6, 2018.

Democrats increased their majority in the Senate by gaining one seat, winning 12 seats compared to 9 seats for the Republicans.[1]

Results[]

Statewide[]

Party Candi-
dates
Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic Party 10 94,396 57.98% 12 Increase1
Republican Party 8 68,413 42.02% 9 Decrease1
Total 18 162,809 100.00% 21

District[]

Results of the 2018 Delaware State Senate election by district:[2]

District Democratic Republican Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes %
District 2 11,783 100.00% - - 11,783 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 3 9,099 100.00% - - 9,099 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 4 11,251 53.13% 9,924 46.87% 21,175 100.00% Democratic GAIN
District 6 13,283 47.33% 14,781 52.67% 28,064 100.00% Republican Hold
District 10 11,665 62.06% 7,129 37.94% 18,794 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 11 10,421 75.75% 3,335 24.25% 13,756 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 16 7,027 44.91% 8,618 55.09% 15,645 100.00% Republican Hold
District 17 9,343 64.27% 5,194 35.73% 14,537 100.00% Democratic Hold
District 18 5,783 34.83% 10,816 65.17% 16,599 100.00% Republican Hold
District 21 4,741 34.97% 8,616 65.03% 13,357 100.00% Republican Hold
Total 94,396 57.98% 68,413 42.02% 162,809 100.00%

References[]

  1. ^ Goss, Scott (November 7, 2018). "Democrats hold onto Delaware Senate, pick up seat in House". The News Journal. New Castle, U.S.A. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 General Election (Official Results)". Dover, Delaware: Office of the State Election Commissioner, Department of Elections, State of Delaware. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.
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