2016 Delaware gubernatorial election

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2016 Delaware gubernatorial election
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Nominee John Carney Colin Bonini
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote248,404166,852
Percentage58.3%39.2%
Delaware Governor Election Results by County, 2016.svg
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Carney:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Bonini:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
     No votes
Governor before election

Jack Markell
Democratic

Elected Governor

John Carney
Democratic

The 2016 Delaware gubernatorial election took take 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.

Contents

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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Deceased

Withdrew

  • Kevin Tinsley [3]

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		John
Carney		OtherUndecided
Fairleigh Dickinson/Delaware News Journal July 20–24, 2016344± 5.3%67%9%23%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Lacey Lafferty, retired state trooper [9]

Declined

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Colin
Bonini		Lacey
Lafferty		OtherUndecided
Fairleigh Dickinson/Delaware News Journal July 20–24, 2016224± 6.6%29%22%3%42%

Results

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Results by county:
  Bonini—70–80%
  Bonini—60–70%
Republican primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Colin Bonini 21,150 69.88
Republican Lacey Lafferty9,11530.12
Total votes30,265 100.00

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared

  • Sean Louis Goward [13]

General election

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [14] Safe DAugust 12, 2016
Daily Kos [15] Safe DNovember 8, 2016
Rothenberg Political Report [16] Safe DNovember 3, 2016
Sabato's Crystal Ball [17] Safe DNovember 7, 2016
Real Clear Politics [18] Safe DNovember 1, 2016
Governing [19] Safe DOctober 27, 2016

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		John
Carney (D)		Colin
Bonini (R)		OtherUndecided
SurveyMonkey November 1–7, 2016367± 4.6%56%40%—4%
SurveyMonkey October 31–November 6, 2016383± 4.6%54%42%—4%
SurveyMonkey October 28–November 3, 2016405± 4.6%56%40%—4%
SurveyMonkey October 27–November 2, 2016397± 4.6%56%39%—5%
SurveyMonkey October 26–November 1, 2016413± 4.6%58%37%—5%
SurveyMonkey October 25–31, 2016458± 4.6%60%36%—4%
University of Delaware September 16–28, 2016900± 3.8%57%25%7%11%

Results

Delaware gubernatorial election, 2016 [20]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Carney 248,404 58.34% -10.99%
Republican Colin Bonini 166,85239.18%+10.59%
Green Andrew Groff5,9511.39%+0.24%
Libertarian Sean Louis Goward4,5771.09%+0.17%
Total votes425,784 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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  15. ↑ "Elections 2015-16". Daily Kos. Retrieved October 15, 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
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