2024 Delaware gubernatorial election

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2024 Delaware gubernatorial election
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Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent Governor

John Carney
Democratic



The 2024 Delaware gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Delaware, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Carney is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office. [lower-alpha 1] Primary elections will take place on September 3, 2024. [1]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Bethany Hall-Long
Statewide officials
Matt Meyer
State legislators

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 2] 		Margin
of error		Bethany
Hall-Long		Matt
Meyer		Undecided
Public Policy Polling (D) [upper-alpha 1] January 10–11, 2024643 (LV)± 3.9%30%23%47%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Jerry Price, retired police officer [10]

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [11] Solid DJuly 21, 2023
Inside Elections [12] Solid DJuly 14, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe DJuly 13, 2023
Elections Daily [14] Safe DJuly 12, 2023

Notes

  1. ↑ Delaware is one of the nine states and one territory of the United States that limit governors to two terms for life in their constitutions, along with Arkansas, California, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, North Dakota, the Northern Mariana Islands and Oklahoma.
  2. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Hall-Long's campaign

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References

  1. ↑ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved August 6, 2023.
  2. ↑ Newman, Meredith (September 12, 2023). "Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long announces 2024 run for governor. To face Matt Meyer in primary". Delaware Online . Retrieved September 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ Newman, Meredith (June 6, 2023). "New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer becomes first to enter 2024 governor's race". Delaware News-Journal .
  4. ↑ Petrowich, Sarah (March 14, 2024). "Former DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara officially joins 2024 governor's race". WDDE . Retrieved March 14, 2024.
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  6. ↑ Newman, Meredith (July 19, 2023). "State Treasurer Colleen Davis enters race for Delaware's US House seat". The News Journal . Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  7. ↑ Frazier, Kierra (June 21, 2023). "Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester launches bid for Senate seat in Delaware". POLITICO. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
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  12. ↑ "Gubernatorial Ratings". Inside Elections . Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  13. ↑ "2024 Gubernatorial race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball . Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  14. ↑ "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. July 22, 2023. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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