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 vote279,585219,050
Percentage56.07%43.93%
2024 Delaware gubernatorial election results map by county.svg
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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 cannot 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]

Contents

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

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements

Bethany Hall-Long

Statewide officials

Political parties

Organizations

Labor unions

Matt Meyer

State legislators

Local officials

Organizations

Newspapers

Collin O'Mara

Organizations

Political parties

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Bethany
Hall-Long		Matt
Meyer		Collin
O'Mara		OtherUndecided
Trailblazer Opinion Strategies (D) [19] [A] August 27, 2024——19%33%17%—31%
Slingshot Strategies [20] [B] August 8–13, 2024500 (RV)± 4.4%23%27%11%7% [c] 31%
Concord Public Opinion Partners [21] [C] August 4–7, 2024453 (RV)± 4.6%23%30%8%—40%
Public Policy Polling (D) [22] [D] July 16–17, 2024661 (LV)± 3.8%31%19%9%—41%
Slingshot Strategies [23] [B] July 5–9, 2024446 (RV)± 4.6%27%27%7%5% [d] 34%
Public Policy Polling (D) [25] [E] January 10–11, 2024643 (LV)± 3.9%30%23%——47%

Results

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Results by county:
Meyer
  •   Meyer—50–60%
  •   Meyer—40–50%
Hall-Long
  •   Hall-Long—50–60%
Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Matt Meyer 40,518 47.0%
Democratic Bethany Hall-Long 31,58836.6%
Democratic Collin O'Mara14,14216.4%
Total votes86,248 100%

Results by county

County [26] Matt
Meyer		Bethany
Hall-Long		Collin
O'Mara
#%#%#%
Kent 3,88133.6%5,89151.0%1,77115.3%
New Castle 27,79050.4%18,29733.2%8,84716.1%
Sussex 9,04146.2%7,40037.8%3,33017.0%
Total40,51847.0%31,58836.6%14,14216.4%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Jerry Price, retired police officer [28]
  • Bobby Williamson, contractor [29]

Withdrawn

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Mike Ramone 26,414 72.3%
Republican Jerry Price5,97116.3%
Republican Bobby Williamson4,15311.4%
Total votes36,538 100%

Results by county

County [26] Mike
Ramone		Jerry
Price		Bobby
Williamson
#%#%#%
Kent 5,01270.0%1,21817.0%93213.0%
New Castle 9,06477.8%1,52113.1%1,0599.1%
Sussex 12,33869.6%3,23218.2%2,16212.2%
Total26,41472.3%5,97116.3%4,15311.4%

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [31] Solid DJune 13, 2024
Inside Elections [32] Solid DJuly 14, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [33] Safe DJune 4, 2024
RCP [34] Solid DJuly 13, 2024
Elections Daily [35] Safe DJuly 12, 2023

Post-primary endorsements

Matt Meyer (D)

U.S. Representatives

Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [b] 		Margin
of error		Matt
Meyer (D)		Mike
Ramone (R)		OtherUndecided
Slingshot Strategies [42] [F] September 19–21, 2024500 (RV)—52%25%5% [d] 18%
University of Delaware [43] September 11–19, 2024400 (RV)± 5.8%51%32%–17%

Results

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2024 Delaware gubernatorial election [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Matt Meyer 279,585 56.07% −3.39%
Republican Mike Ramone 219,05043.93%+5.30%
Total votes498,635 100.00%
Democratic hold

By county

By county
County Matt Meyer
Democratic 		Mike Ramone
Republican 		MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%
Kent 43,17950.2542,75049.754290.5085,929
New Castle 172,41264.3095,74635.7076,66628.60268,158
Sussex 63,99444.2780,55455.73-16,560-11.46144,548
Totals279,58556.07219,05043.9360,53512.14498,635

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. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. ↑ "Someone else" with 7%
  4. 1 2 "Someone else" with 5%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by O'Mara's campaign
  2. 1 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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