2025 Delaware Senate District 1 special election

2025 Delaware Senate District 1 special election

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Delaware Senate District 1
Candidate Dan Cruce Steve Washington Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 3,654 990 Percentage 77.15% 20.89%
Results by precinct Cruce:   60–70%   70–80%   80–90%   90–100%
Senator before election Sarah McBride Democratic Elected Senator Dan Cruce Democratic

Delaware's 1st Senate district

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Delaware to elect a new member for District 1 in the Delaware Senate, representing part of northern New Castle County on February 15. The election filled a vacancy caused by the election of incumbent Democrat Sarah McBride to the U.S. House of Representatives. The election took place concurrently with a special election in Senate District 5. ^[1] Dan Cruce was elected senator with 77.2 percent of the vote.

Background

In 2022, Democrat Sarah McBride was re-elected senator unopposed.

Candidates

The following candidates were certified for the ballot: ^[2]

• Dan Cruce, COO of United Way of Delaware (D) ^[3]
• Steve Washington, Wilmington Housing Authority commissioner (R)
• Liv Figliola (NP)

Results

2025 Delaware Senate District 1 special election (unofficial results) ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dan Cruce	3,654	77.15%
	Republican	Steve Washington	990	20.89%
	Nonpartisan	Liv Figliola	88	1.86%
	Write-in		7	0.15%
Total votes			4,739	100.00%

See also

• 2025 United States state legislative elections

References

1. Montes, Olivia (February 5, 2025). "Who's on the ticket for Delaware's special elections? Meet the candidates". Delaware Online. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
2. "Nominated Candidates". Delaware.gov. Retrieved February 14, 2025.
3. Petrowich, Sarah (December 11, 2024). "Dems nominate Seigfried, Cruce to run for open Delaware Senate seats". Delaware Public Media . Retrieved February 20, 2025.
4. "February 15, 2025 2025 Special Election – Senate District 1 Unofficial Results" (PDF). Delaware Elections. Retrieved February 16, 2025.