2024 Delaware gubernatorial election

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2024 Delaware gubernatorial election

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Nominee Matt Meyer Mike Ramone Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 279,585 219,050 Percentage 56.07% 43.93%

County results Precinct results Meyer:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Ramone:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Tie:     50%     No votes

Governor before election John Carney Democratic Elected Governor Matt Meyer Democratic

The 2024 Delaware gubernatorial election was 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 could not seek re-election to a third term in office. ^[a] Primary elections took place on September 10, 2024, in which Democratic New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer and Republican state representative Mike Ramone won their parties' nominations. ^[1]

Meyer comfortably won the election, albeit by the closest margin since 2004. Meyer's 56.07% of the vote is the lowest for the Democrats since that election, while Ramone's 43.93% is the highest since 2004.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Matt Meyer, New Castle County Executive ^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Bethany Hall-Long, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware ^[3]
• Collin O'Mara, president of the National Wildlife Federation and former secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control ^[4]

Declined

• Colleen Davis, Delaware State Treasurer ^[5] (ran for U.S. House) ^[6]
• Lisa Blunt Rochester, U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district (ran for U.S. Senate) ^[7]

Endorsements

Bethany Hall-Long

Statewide officials

• John Carney, Governor of Delaware and former U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district ^[8]

Political parties

• Delaware Democratic Party ^[9]

Organizations

• EMILY's List ^[10]

Labor unions

• Delaware State Education Association ^[11]

Matt Meyer

State legislators

• Nnamdi Chukwuocha, state representative from the 1st district ^[12]

Local officials

• Polly Sierer, former mayor of Newark ^[13]

Organizations

• Delaware Democratic Party PRIDE Caucus ^[14]

Newspapers

• The Philadelphia Inquirer ^[15]

Collin O'Mara

Organizations

• Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund ^[16]
• Friends of the Earth Action ^[17]

Political parties

• Working Families Party ^[18]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [b]	Margin of error	Bethany Hall-Long	Matt Meyer	Collin O'Mara	Other	Undecided
Trailblazer Opinion Strategies (D) [19] [A]	August 27, 2024	—	—	19%	33%	17%	—	31%
Slingshot Strategies [20] [B]	August 8–13, 2024	500 (RV)	± 4.4%	23%	27%	11%	7% [c]	31%
Concord Public Opinion Partners [21] [C]	August 4–7, 2024	453 (RV)	± 4.6%	23%	30%	8%	—	40%
Public Policy Polling (D) [22] [D]	July 16–17, 2024	661 (LV)	± 3.8%	31%	19%	9%	—	41%
Slingshot Strategies [23] [B]	July 5–9, 2024	446 (RV)	± 4.6%	27%	27%	7%	5% [d]	34%
Public Policy Polling (D) [25] [E]	January 10–11, 2024	643 (LV)	± 3.9%	30%	23%	—	—	47%

Results

Results by county:

  Meyer—50–60%

  Meyer—40–50%

  Hall-Long—50–60%

Democratic primary results ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Meyer	40,518	46.98%
	Democratic	Bethany Hall-Long	31,588	36.62%
	Democratic	Collin O'Mara	14,142	16.40%
Total votes			86,248	100.0%

Results by county

County [27]	Matt Meyer		Bethany Hall-Long		Collin O'Mara
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Kent	3,881	33.6%	5,891	51.0%	1,771	15.3%
New Castle	27,790	50.4%	18,297	33.2%	8,847	16.1%
Sussex	9,041	46.2%	7,400	37.8%	3,330	17.0%
Total	40,518	47.0%	31,588	36.6%	14,142	16.4%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mike Ramone, Minority Leader of the Delaware House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 21st district (2008–present) ^[28]

Eliminated in primary

• Jerry Price, retired police officer ^[29]
• Bobby Williamson, contractor ^[30]

Withdrawn

• Julianne Murray, chair of the Delaware Republican Party, nominee for governor in 2020, and nominee for attorney general in 2022 ^[31]

Results

Republican primary results ^[26]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Mike Ramone	26,414	72.29%
	Republican	Jerry Price	5,971	16.34%
	Republican	Bobby Williamson	4,153	11.37%
Total votes			36,538	100.0%

Results by county

County [27]	Mike Ramone		Jerry Price		Bobby Williamson
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Kent	5,012	70.0%	1,218	17.0%	932	13.0%
New Castle	9,064	77.8%	1,521	13.1%	1,059	9.1%
Sussex	12,338	69.6%	3,232	18.2%	2,162	12.2%
Total	26,414	72.3%	5,971	16.3%	4,153	11.4%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [32]	Solid D	June 13, 2024
Inside Elections [33]	Solid D	July 14, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [34]	Safe D	June 4, 2024
RCP [35]	Solid D	July 13, 2024
Elections Daily [36]	Safe D	July 12, 2023

Post-primary endorsements

Matt Meyer (D)

U.S. Representatives

• Maxwell Frost, U.S. representative for FL-10 ^[37]

Organizations

• 314 Action ^[38]
• Democratic Governors Association ^[39]
• Giffords ^[40]
• Planned Parenthood ^[41]
• Sierra Club ^[42]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [b]	Margin of error	Matt Meyer (D)	Mike Ramone (R)	Other	Undecided
Slingshot Strategies [43] [F]	September 19–21, 2024	500 (RV)	—	52%	25%	5% [d]	18%
University of Delaware [44]	September 11–19, 2024	400 (RV)	± 5.8%	51%	32%	–	17%

Results

Swing by county ^{[45] [46]}

Legend

•   Republican — +0–2.5%
•   Republican — +5–7.5%
•   Republican — +10–12.5%

2024 Delaware gubernatorial election ^[47]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Matt Meyer	279,585	56.07%	−3.39%
	Republican	Mike Ramone	219,050	43.93%	+5.30%
Total votes			498,635	100.00%
	Democratic hold

By county

By county
County Matt Meyer Democratic Mike Ramone Republican Margin Total votes # % # % # % Kent 43,179 50.25 42,750 49.75 429 0.50 85,929 New Castle 172,412 64.30 95,746 35.70 76,666 28.60 268,158 Sussex 63,994 44.27 80,554 55.73 -16,560 -11.46 144,548 Totals 279,585 56.07 219,050 43.93 60,535 12.14 498,635

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
3. "Someone else" with 7%
4. "Someone else" with 5%

Partisan clients

1. Poll sponsored by O'Mara's campaign
2. Poll sponsored by Citizens for a New Delaware Way PAC, which opposes Hall-Long ^[24]
3. Poll sponsored by Education Reform Now Advocacy
4. Poll sponsored by the Democratic Lieutenant Governors Association, which supports Hall-Long
5. Poll sponsored by Hall-Long's campaign
6. Poll sponsored by Citizens for Judicial Fairness

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External links

Official campaign websites

• Matt Meyer (D) for Governor
• Mike Ramone (R) for Governor