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The 2016 Delaware gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Democratic governor Jack Markell was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. Democratic congressman John Carney defeated Republican state senator Colin Bonini in a landslide.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | John Carney | Other | Undecided |
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Fairleigh Dickinson/Delaware News Journal [9] | July 20–24, 2016 | 344 | ± 5.3% | 67% | 9% | 23% |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Colin Bonini | Lacey Lafferty | Other | Undecided |
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Fairleigh Dickinson/Delaware News Journal [9] | July 20–24, 2016 | 224 | ± 6.6% | 29% | 22% | 3% | 42% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Colin Bonini | 21,150 | 69.88 | |
Republican | Lacey Lafferty | 9,115 | 30.12 | |
Total votes | 30,265 | 100.00 |
Source | Ranking | As of |
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The Cook Political Report [15] | Safe D | August 12, 2016 |
Daily Kos [16] | Safe D | November 8, 2016 |
Rothenberg Political Report [17] | Safe D | November 3, 2016 |
Sabato's Crystal Ball [18] | Safe D | November 7, 2016 |
Real Clear Politics [19] | Safe D | November 1, 2016 |
Governing [20] | Safe D | October 27, 2016 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | John Carney (D) | Colin Bonini (R) | Other | Undecided |
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SurveyMonkey [21] | November 1–7, 2016 | 367 | ± 4.6% | 56% | 40% | — | 4% |
SurveyMonkey [22] | October 31–November 6, 2016 | 383 | ± 4.6% | 54% | 42% | — | 4% |
SurveyMonkey [23] | October 28–November 3, 2016 | 405 | ± 4.6% | 56% | 40% | — | 4% |
SurveyMonkey [24] | October 27–November 2, 2016 | 397 | ± 4.6% | 56% | 39% | — | 5% |
SurveyMonkey [25] | October 26–November 1, 2016 | 413 | ± 4.6% | 58% | 37% | — | 5% |
SurveyMonkey [26] | October 25–31, 2016 | 458 | ± 4.6% | 60% | 36% | — | 4% |
University of Delaware [27] | September 16–28, 2016 | 900 | ± 3.8% | 57% | 25% | 7% | 11% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | John Carney | 248,404 | 58.34% | −10.99% | |
Republican | Colin Bonini | 166,852 | 39.18% | +10.59% | |
Green | Andrew Groff | 5,951 | 1.39% | +0.24% | |
Libertarian | Sean Louis Goward | 4,577 | 1.09% | +0.17% | |
Total votes | 425,784 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Democratic hold |
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