2025 Delaware Senate District 5 special election

2025 Delaware Senate District 5 special election

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Delaware Senate District 5
Candidate Ray Seigfried Brent Burdge Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 3,780 2,015 Percentage 65.09% 34.70%
Results by precinct Seigfried:   50–60%   60–70%   70–80%
Senator before election Kyle Evans Gay Democratic Elected Senator Ray Seigfried Democratic

Delaware's 5th Senate district

A special election was held in the U.S. state of Delaware to elect a new member for District 5 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 Kyle Evans Gay as Lieutenant Governor of Delaware. The election took place concurrently with a special election in Senate District 1. ^[1] Ray Seigfried was elected senator with 65.1 percent of the vote.

Background

In 2022, Democrat Kyle Evans Gay was re-elected senator with 66.3 percent of the vote.

Candidates

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

• Ray Seigfried, member of the Delaware House of Representatives from the 7th district (2018–2020) (Democratic)
• Brent Burdge, candidate for House District 10 in 2022 and 2024 (Republican)

Results

2025 Delaware Senate District 5 special election (unofficial results) ^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ray Seigfried	3,780	65.09%
	Republican	Brent Burdge	2,015	34.70%
	Write-in		12	0.21%
Total votes			5,807	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. "February 15, 2025 2025 Special Election – Senate District 5 Unofficial Results" (PDF). State of Delaware Department of Elections. Retrieved February 16, 2025.