2020 Delaware gubernatorial election

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2020 Delaware gubernatorial election
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Nominee John Carney Julianne Murray
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote292,903190,312
Percentage59.46%38.63%
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Carney:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Murray:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
     No data
Governor before election

John Carney
Democratic

Elected Governor

John Carney
Democratic

The 2020 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor John Carney was re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican Julianne Murray in a landslide. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in the primary

  • David Lamar Williams Jr., accountant and community activist [2] [3]

Results

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Results by county:
  Carney—80–90%
Democratic primary results [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic John Carney (incumbent) 101,142 84.77%
Democratic David Lamar Williams, Jr.18,16915.23%
Total votes119,311 100.00%

Results by county

County [5] John Carney%David Lamar Williams Jr.%Total
Kent 13,39681.95%2,95018.05%16,346
New Castle 67,06384.17%12,61515.83%79,678
Sussex 20,68388.82%2,60411.18%23,287
Total101,14284.77%18,16915.23%119,311

Republican primary

The Republican primary was hotly contested between Julianne Murray, an attorney from Georgetown, and Colin Bonini, a Delaware state senator from the 16th district and the Republican nominee for the governor of Delaware in 2016. Murray ended up winning the nomination. Although Bonini won Kent and New Castle counties, the latter of which is home to Wilmington and is the most populous county in the state, Murray won Sussex County, which is the most Republican county in the state and overall had the most votes, allowing her to carry the nomination.

Candidates

Nominee

  • Julianne Murray, attorney [2]

Eliminated in the primary

Withdrawn

  • Kevin Baron, veteran [8] [9]
  • Neil Shea, brewer, U.S. Marine Corps veteran [2]

Results

Results by county: Bonini--40-50% Murray--40-50% Delaware Governor Republican primary, 2020.svg
Results by county:
  Bonini—40–50%
  Murray—40–50%
Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Julianne Murray 22,819 41.15%
Republican Colin Bonini 19,16134.56%
Republican Bryant Richardson 4,2627.69%
Republican Scott Walker3,9987.21%
Republican David Bosco3,6606.60%
Republican David Graham1,5472.79%
Total votes55,447 100.00%

Results by county

County [5] Julianne Murray%Colin Bonini%Bryant L. Richardson%R.E. Scott Walker%David Bosco%Dave Graham%Total
Kent 3,87635.75%4,91045.29%5565.13%5064.67%6906.36%3042.80%10,842
New Castle 7,20434.55%8,52940.90%1,0064.82%1,9599.39%1,3986.70%7563.63%20,852
Sussex 11,73949.42%5,72224.09%2,70011.37%1,5336.45%1,5726.62%4872.05%23,753
Total22,81941.15%19,16134.56%4,2627.69%3,9987.21%3,6606.60%1,5472.79%55,447

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

  • John Machurek [2]

Independent Party of Delaware

Nominee

  • Kathy DeMatteis [2]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [10] Safe DOctober 23, 2020
Inside Elections [11] Safe DOctober 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [12] Safe DNovember 2, 2020
Politico [13] Safe DNovember 2, 2020
Daily Kos [14] Safe DOctober 28, 2020
RCP [15] Safe DNovember 2, 2020
270towin [16] Safe DNovember 2, 2020

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		John
Carney (D)		Julianne
Murray (R)		Other/
Undecided
University of Delaware [17] September 21–27, 2020847 (LV)–55%26%19% [b]

Results

Delaware gubernatorial election, 2020 [18] [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Carney (incumbent) 292,903 59.46% +1.12%
Republican Julianne Murray190,31238.63%−0.55%
Independent Party Kathy DeMatteis6,1501.25%N/A
Libertarian John Machurek3,2700.66%−0.43%
Total votes492,635 100.00% N/A
Turnout 507,80568.66%
Registered electors 739,570
Democratic hold

By county

By county
County John Carney
Democratic 		Julianne Murray
Republican 		Kathy DeMatteis
IPoD 		John Machurek
Libertarian 		MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%#%#%
Kent 44,35251.9339,33246.051,1151.306160.725,0205.8885,415
New Castle 191,67868.4582,54529.483,7851.352,0310.72109,13338.97280,039
Sussex 56,87344.7268,43553.811,2500.986230.49-11,562-9.09127,181
Totals292,90359.46190,31238.636,1501.253,2700.66102,59120.83492,635

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "None/other/undecided" with 13%; DeMatteis (DI) with 4%; Machurek (L) with 2%

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