2024 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2024 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election
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  2020 November 5, 20242028 
  (02-19-2025) Kyle Evans Gay.jpg RuthBriggs (cropped).JPG
Nominee Kyle Evans Gay Ruth Briggs King
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote272,828221,256
Percentage55.22%44.78%

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Gay:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
King:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
     No votes

Lieutenant Governor before election

Bethany Hall-Long
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Kyle Evans Gay
Democratic

The 2024 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the lieutenant governor 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 other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office; she instead unsuccessfully ran for governor. The Democratic primary was held on September 10, in which state senator Kyle Evans Gay won the nomination. [1] As Ruth Briggs King was the only Republican candidate who qualified, the Republican primary was cancelled. [2]

Contents

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Failed to file

  • David Lamar Williams Jr., contract specialist and candidate for governor in 2020 [4]

Endorsements

Kyle Evans Gay

Political parties

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Kyle
Evans Gay
Debbie
Harrington
Sherry
Dorsey Walker
David
Lamar Williams Jr.
OtherUndecided
Slingshot Strategies [6] [A] August 8–13, 2024500 (RV)± 4.4%10%12%14%6%6% [b] 52%
Slingshot Strategies [7] [A] July 5–9, 2024446 (RV)± 4.6%9%8%16%9%5% [c] 53%

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Kyle Evans Gay 40,638 48.2%
Democratic Sherry Dorsey Walker 31,03536.8%
Democratic Debbie Harrington12,64015.0%
Total votes84,313 100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

Endorsements

Ruth Briggs King

Political parties

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [9] Safe DJuly 25, 2024

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size [a]
Margin
of error
Kyle
Evans Gay (D)
Ruth
Briggs King (R)
OtherUndecided
Slingshot Strategies [10] [B] September 19–21, 2024500 (RV)37%29%4%30%

Results

Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024 [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Kyle Evans Gay 272,828 55.22% −3.92%
Republican Ruth Briggs King 221,25644.78%+3.92%
Total votes494,084 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

By county
County Kyle Evans Gay
Democratic
Ruth Briggs King
Republican
MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%
Kent 41,80048.9643,58051.04-1,780-2.0885,380
New Castle 171,95864.8493,26435.1678,69429.68265,222
Sussex 59,07041.1784,41258.83-25,342-16.66143,482
Totals272,82855.22221,25644.7851,57210.44494,084
Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. "Someone else" with 6%
  3. "Someone else" with 5%

Partisan clients

  1. 1 2 Poll sponsored by Citizens for a New Delaware Way PAC
  2. Poll sponsored by Citizens for Judicial Fairness

References

  1. "Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024". Ballotpedia . Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "2024 General Election Candidate List - Department of Elections - State of Delaware". elections.delaware.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 Fries, Amanda; McVety, Molly; Newman, Meredith (October 17, 2023). "Who is running for office in 2024? Our updated list of Delaware candidates, announcements". Delaware Online . Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  4. Sawicki, Rachel (September 10, 2023). "Another Democrat joins the 2024 race for Lt. Governor". WDDE . Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  5. Phillips, Matt (July 11, 2024). "State Democratic leaders pick BHL over Meyer, O'Mara in race for Gov". WDEL . Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  6. Slingshot Strategies
  7. Slingshot Strategies
  8. 1 2 Petrowich, Sarah (May 20, 2024). "Former State Rep. Ruth Briggs King launches bid for Delaware Lt. Governor". WDDE . Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  9. Jacobson, Louis (July 25, 2024). "2024's Races for Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Lieutenant Governor: An Update". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved October 3, 2024.
  10. Slingshot Strategies
  11. "2024 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.

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