2024 United States presidential election in Delaware

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2024 United States presidential election in Delaware

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Nominee Joe Biden (presumptive) Donald Trump (presumptive) Party Democratic Republican Home state Delaware Florida Running mate Kamala Harris (presumptive) TBA

Incumbent President Joe Biden Democratic

The 2024 United States presidential election in Delaware is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, as part of the 2024 United States elections in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Delaware voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Delaware has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College, following reapportionment due to the 2020 United States census in which the state neither gained nor lost a seat. ^[1]

Incumbent Democratic president and Delaware native Joe Biden is running for reelection to a second term. ^[2]

Primary elections

Republican primary

The Delaware Republican primary was scheduled to be held on April 2, 2024, alongside primaries in Pennsylvania and Rhode Island. As all other primary candidates besides Donald Trump withdrew their names from the ballot, the primary was cancelled on March 19, ^[3] giving Trump all 16 pledged delegates. ^[4]

Winner (Presumptive)

• Donald Trump

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries

Donald Trump

Notable individual

• Lauren Witzke, far-right political activist and nominee for U.S. Senator in 2020 ^[5]

Democratic primary

The Delaware Democratic primary was originally scheduled to be held on April 2, 2024, alongside primaries in Connecticut, New York, Rhode Island, and Wisconsin. ^[6] In Delaware, candidates can make the primary ballot by submitting at least 500 valid signatures by the filing deadline of February 2, 2024. ^[7] Incumbent president Joe Biden was the only one who met the requirements to make the ballot. ^[8] Pursuant to Delaware state law, this means that the primary will be cancelled, with the delegates awarded to Biden. ^[9]

Delaware will send 34 delegates, 19 pledged and 15 superdelegates, to the 2024 Democratic National Convention. ^[6]

Winner (Presumptive)

• President Joe Biden

Endorsements

Main article: Endorsements in the 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries

Joe Biden

U.S. Senators

• Tom Carper, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Delaware (2001–present), 71st Governor of Delaware (1993–2001), U.S. Representative for DE-AL (1983–1993) ^[10]
• Chris Coons, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} Delaware (2010–present) ^{[11] [ better source needed ]}

U.S. Representatives

• Lisa Blunt Rochester, ^{[lower-alpha 2]} DE-AL (2017–present), candidate for U.S. Senator from Delaware in 2024 ^[12]

Governors

• John Carney, ^{[lower-alpha 1]} Governor of Delaware (2017–present); U.S. Representative for DE-AL (2011–2017); Lieutenant Governor of Delaware (2001–2009) ^[13]

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Cook Political Report [14]	Solid D	December 19, 2023
Inside Elections [15]	Solid D	April 26, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16]	Solid D	June 29, 2023
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill [17]	Solid D	December 14, 2023
CNalysis [18]	Solid D	December 30, 2023
CNN [19]	Solid D	January 14, 2024

See also

• United States presidential elections in Delaware
• 2024 United States presidential election
• 2024 Democratic Party presidential primaries
• 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries
• 2024 United States elections

Notes

1. Biden-Harris Campaign National Advisory Board member
2. Biden campaign national co-chair

References

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2. Kinery, Emma (April 25, 2023). "Biden launches 2024 reelection campaign, promising to fulfill economic policy vision". CNBC.
3. Chase, Randall (March 19, 2024). "Delaware calls off Republican presidential primary after Haley removes name from ballot". Associated Press . Retrieved March 22, 2024.
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6. "2024 Democratic Pledged and Unpledged Delegate Summary". www.thegreenpapers.com. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
7. "Ballot access for presidential candidates". Ballotpedia. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
8. "2024 Presidential Primary Election Candidate List - Department of Elections - State of Delaware". elections.delaware.gov. Retrieved February 8, 2024.
9. "DELEGATE SELECTION PLAN FOR THE 2024 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION" (PDF). Delaware Dems. Retrieved February 7, 2024. Pursuant to Delaware State Law, if the Delaware Democratic Party submits the name of only one Presidential Candidate, and no other candidates file for the ballot, the state run presidential primary shall be cancelled.
10. Edelen, Joseph (April 25, 2023). "President Joe Biden to run for reelection in 2024". Bay to Bay News.
11. Morris, Kyle (January 22, 2023). "10 Democrats who have vowed support for Biden in 2024 as voters await his official re-election decision". Fox News. Archived from the original on February 16, 2023. Retrieved February 16, 2023.
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19. "Electoral College map 2024: Road to 270". CNN . Retrieved January 14, 2024.