2004 New Castle County Executive election

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2004 New Castle County Executive election
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Nominee Chris Coons Chris Castagno
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote131,39793,424
Percentage58.45%41.55%
New Castle County Executive before election

Thomas P. Gordon
Democratic

Elected New Castle County Executive

Chris Coons
Democratic

The 2004 New Castle County Executive election was held on November 2, 2004. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Thomas P. Gordon was term-limited and unable to seek a third consecutive term. County Council President Chris Coons won the Democratic primary by a wide margin and faced New Castle City Council President Chris Castagno, the Republican nominee, [1] in the general election. Coons defeated Castagno by a wide margin, winning his first term with 58 percent of the vote to Castagno's 42 percent.

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Democratic primary results [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Coons 17,584 66.57%
Democratic Sherry Freebery4,70217.80%
Democratic Richard Korn4,13015.63%
Total votes26,416 100.00%

General election

Results

2004 New Castle County Executive election [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Coons 131,397 58.45%
Republican Chris Castagno93,42441.55%
Total votes224,821 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ↑ Hall, Charlotte (February 24, 2004). "Castagno seeks county exec post". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. p. 1B. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  2. ↑ Hall, Charlotte (April 20, 2004). "Coons enters race for NCCo executive". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. p. B1. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  3. ↑ Allen, Mary (February 21, 2004). "Freebery announces for NCCo executive". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. p. 1B. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  4. ↑ Hall, Charlotte (June 23, 2004). "Third Democrat in NCCo race". The News Journal . Wilmington, Delaware. p. B1. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  5. ↑ "2004 State Primary Election". Delaware Department of Elections. September 14, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
  6. ↑ "2004 General Election". Delaware Department of Elections. November 2, 2004. Retrieved July 7, 2025.
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