2016 Delaware elections

Delaware's state elections were held on November 8, 2016.

All 41 seats of the Delaware House of Representatives, 11 seats (out of 21) of the Delaware Senate, as well as the offices of Governor of Delaware, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware, and the State Insurance commissioner, were up for election.

Federal

President

Main article: 2016 United States presidential election in Delaware

Main article: 2016 Delaware Democratic presidential primary

U.S. presidential election in Delaware, 2016 ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Hillary Clinton	235,581	53.4
	Republican	Donald Trump	185,103	41.9
	Libertarian	Gary Johnson	14,751	3.3
	Green	Jill Stein	6,100	1.4
Total votes			441,535	100.0

House of Representatives

Main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

Delaware's at-large congressional district election, 2016 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Lisa Blunt Rochester	219,887	55.52
	Republican	Hans Reigle	172,290	40.96
	Green	Mark J Perri	7,990	1.97
	Libertarian	Scott Gesty	6,152	1.55
Total votes			406,319	100.0
	Democratic hold

State

Constitutional officers

Governor

Main article: 2016 Delaware gubernatorial election

Delaware's gubernatorial election, 2016 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Carney	234,341	58.34
	Republican	Colin Bonini	157,442	39.18
	Green	Andrew Groff	5,702	1.39
	Libertarian	Sean Louis Goward	4,371	1.09
Total votes			401,856	100
	Democratic hold

Lieutenant governor

Main article: 2016 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election

Delaware's lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bethany Hall-Long	248,141	59.44
	Delaware Republican Party	La Mar Gunn	169,291	40.56
Total votes			417,432	100.0
	Democratic hold

Insurance Commissioner

Insurance Commissioner results by county:

  Navarro

•   50–60%
•   60–70%

  Cragg

•   50–60%

Delaware's Insurance Commissioner election, 2016 ^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Trinidad Navarro	246,428	59.29
	Republican	Jeff Cragg	169,228	40.71
Total votes			415,656	100.0
	Democratic hold

General Assembly

Summary

Senate

Affiliation		Candidates	Votes	Vote %	Seats Won	Seats After
	Democratic	9	106,963	52.30%	6 ( 1)	11
	Republican	8	97,080	47.47%	5 ( 1)	10
	Green	1	462	0.23%	0	0
Total		18	204,505	100%	11

House of Representatives

Affiliation		Candidates	Votes	Vote %	Seats Won
	Democratic	35	226,082	59.51%	25 ( 1)
	Republican	24	149,867	39.45%	16 ( 1)
	Green	3	2,177	0.57%	0
	Libertarian	2	1,546	0.41%	0
	Delaware Independent	1	218	0.06%	0
Total		65	379,890	100%	41

Senate

Main article: 2016 Delaware Senate election

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Democratic	Harris McDowell III	Won		Democratic	Harris McDowell III	11,858	56.32%
						Republican	James Spadola	9,195	43.68%
5		Republican	Catherine Cloutier	Won		Republican	Catherine Cloutier	14,083	59.48%
						Democratic	Denise Bowers	9,596	40.52%
7		Democratic	Patti Blevins	Defeated		Republican	Anthony Delcollo	9,604	50.55%
						Democratic	Patricia Blevins	9,398	49.45%
8		Democratic	David Sokola	Won		Democratic	David Sokola	8,862	50.82%
						Republican	Meredith Chapman	8,113	46.52%
						Green	David Chandler	462	2.66%
9		Democratic	Karen Peterson	Retired		Democratic	John Walsh	13,500	100.00%
12		Democratic	Nicole Poore	Won		Democratic	Nicole Poore	18,961	100.00%
13		Democratic	David McBride	Won		Democratic	David McBride	14,503	100.00%
14		Democratic	Bruce Ennis	Won		Democratic	Bruce Ennis	13,454	59.55%
						Republican	Carl Pace	9,138	40.45%
15		Republican	David G. Lawson	Won		Republican	David G. Lawson	15,036	100.00%
19		Republican	Brian Pettyjohn	Won		Republican	Brian Pettyjohn	14,003	100.00%
20		Republican	Gerald Hocker	Won		Republican	Gerald Hocker	17,908	72.39%
						Democratic	Perry J. Mitchell	6,831	27.61%

House of Representatives

Main article: 2016 Delaware House of Representatives election

District	Party		Incumbent	Status	Party		Candidate	Votes	%
1		Democratic	Charles Potter Jr.	Won		Democratic	Charles Potter Jr.	8,901	100.00%
2		Democratic	Stephanie Bolden	Won		Democratic	Stephanie Bolden	6,256	100.00%
3		Democratic	Helene Keeley	Won		Democratic	Helene Keeley	6,060	100.00%
4		Democratic	Gerald Brady	Won		Democratic	Gerald Brady	9,565	100.00%
5		Democratic	Melanie George Smith	Won		Democratic	Melanie George Smith	8,280	100.00%
6		Democratic	Debra Heffernan	Won		Democratic	Debra Heffernan	9,545	100.00%
7		Democratic	Bryon Short	Won		Democratic	Bryon Short	8,277	90.10%
						Libertarian	Robert Wilson	909	9.90%
8		Democratic	S. Quinton Johnson	Won		Democratic	S. Quinton Johnson	8,703	100.00%
9		Democratic	Rebecca Walker	Retired		Republican	Kevin S. Hensley	7,812	60.37%
						Democratic	Monique Johns	5,130	39.63%
10		Democratic	Dennis E. Williams	Defeated in primary		Democratic	Sean Matthews	6,654	60.74%
						Republican	Judith Travis	4,300	39.26%
11		Republican	Jeffrey Spiegelman	Won		Republican	Jeffrey Spiegelman	6,821	69.56%
						Democratic	David L. Neilson	2,985	30.44%
12		Republican	Deborah Hudson	Won		Republican	Deborah Hudson	9,866	100.00%
13		Democratic	John Mitchell, Jr.	Won		Democratic	John Mitchell, Jr.	7,287	100.00%
14		Democratic	Peter Schwartzkopf	Won		Democratic	Peter Schwartzkopf	9,297	63.55%
						Republican	James Louis Demartino	5,332	36.45%
15		Democratic	Valerie Longhurst	Won		Democratic	Valerie Longhurst	9,390	100.00%
16		Democratic	James Johnson	Won		Democratic	James Johnson	7,536	100.00%
17		Democratic	Michael Mulrooney	Won		Democratic	Michael Mulrooney	7,721	100.00%
18		Democratic	David Bentz	Won		Democratic	David Bentz	7,348	100.00%
19		Democratic	Kimberly Williams	Won		Democratic	Kimberly Williams	5,967	63.00%
						Republican	James Startzman	3,503	37.00%
20		Republican	Stephen Smyk	Won		Republican	Stephen Smyk	9,209	61.57%
						Democratic	Barbara Vaughan	5,529	36.96%
						Independent Party	Donald R. Ayotte	218	1.47%
21		Republican	Michael Ramone	Won		Republican	Michael Ramone	7,574	82.21%
						Green	David Mccorquodale	1,638	17.79%
22		Republican	Joseph Miro	Won		Republican	Joseph Miro	8,962	65.91%
						Democratic	Lanette Edwards	4,329	31.83%
						Green	Bernard August	306	2.26%
23		Democratic	Paul Baumbach	Won		Democratic	Paul Baumbach	6,550	100.00%
24		Democratic	Edward Osienski	Won		Democratic	Edward Osienski	6,406	68.72%
						Republican	Timothy Conrad	2,915	31.28%
25		Democratic	John A. Kowalko Jr.	Won		Democratic	John A. Kowalko Jr.	5,123	68.55%
						Republican	Michael Nagorski	2,350	31.45%
26		Democratic	John Viola	Won		Democratic	John Viola	7,745	100.00%
27		Democratic	Earl Jaques, Jr.	Won		Democratic	Earl Jaques, Jr.	9,182	100.00%
28		Democratic	William Carson	Won		Democratic	William Carson	7,581	100.00%
29		Democratic	W. Charles Paradee III	Won		Democratic	W. Charles Paradee III	6,776	62.01%
						Republican	Janice Gallagher	3,918	35.85%
						Green	Ruth A. James	233	2.14%
30		Republican	William Outten	Won		Republican	William Outten	6,337	70.73%
						Democratic	Charles Groce	2,623	29.27%
31		Democratic	Darryl Scott	Retired		Democratic	Sean M. Lynn	5,765	66.55%
						Republican	M. Jean Dowding	2,897	33.45%
32		Democratic	Andria Bennett	Won		Democratic	Andria Bennett	4,241	60.48%
						Republican	Patricia McDaniel Foltz	2,771	39.52%
33		Republican	Charles S. Postles, Jr.	Won		Republican	Charles S. Postles, Jr.	5,780	57.51%
						Democratic	Karen Williams	4,271	42.49%
34		Republican	Donald A. Blakey	Defeated in primary		Republican	Lyndon D. Yearick	6,518	59.08%
						Democratic	David Henderson	4,516	40.92%
35		Republican	David Wilson	Won		Republican	David Wilson	6,552	72.91%
						Democratic	Gary M. Wolfe	2,435	27.09%
36		Republican	Harvey Kenton	Won		Republican	Harvey Kenton	7,174	100.00%
37		Republican	Ruth Briggs King	Won		Republican	Ruth Briggs King	6,720	62.47%
						Democratic	Paulette Rappa	4,038	37.53%
38		Republican	Ronald Gray	Won		Republican	Ronald Gray	12,188	100.00%
39		Republican	Daniel Short	Won		Republican	Daniel Short	6,643	91.25%
						Libertarian	James Brittingham	637	8.75%
40		Republican	Timothy Dukes	Won		Republican	Timothy Dukes	7,826	100.00%
41		Republican	Richard Collins	Won		Republican	Richard Collins	5,899	59.18%
						Democratic	S. Bradley Connor	4,070	40.82%

Source: Delaware Department of Elections, ^[3] Ballotpedia ^{[4] [5]}

References

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2. "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Election Commissioner. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
3. "State of Delaware - Department of Elections". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Archived from the original on May 30, 2012. Retrieved November 18, 2016.
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5. "Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2016 - Ballotpedia" . Retrieved November 19, 2016.