The lieutenant governor of Delaware is the second ranking executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. Lieutenant governors are elected for a term of four years in the same general election as the U.S. president and take office the following January.
Colin Rafferty Marie Jude Bonini is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Delaware Senate,where he represented the 16th District from 1994 to 2022.
The Delaware Democratic Party (DelDems) is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Delaware. It is headquartered in New Castle County and chaired by Erik Raser-Schramm.
Paul S. Baumbach is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives,representing District 23. He was elected in 2012 after the retirement of Democrat Teresa Schooley.
S. Quinton "Quinn" Johnson IV is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives,representing District 8. He was elected in 2008 to replace Bethany Hall-Long,who had resigned to run for a seat in the Delaware Senate.
Michael A. Barbieri is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from January 2009 until August 2015.
John A. Kowalko Jr. is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2006 to 2022. He represents District 25,which covers parts of Newark,Delaware. He was described as one of the first progressive members of the state legislature,which had grown to around 12 progressives by 2018.
Gerald W. Hocker is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Delaware Senate,where he has represented the 20th district since 2012. Hocker previously served in the Delaware House of Representatives where he represented the 38th District from 2002 to 2012. Hocker has been the Senate Minority Leader since 2019.
David G. Lawson is an American politician and a Republican member of the Delaware Senate,where he has represented the 15th District since 2011.
Bruce C. Ennis is an American politician and a former Democratic member of the Delaware Senate representing District 14 until 2022. Ennis previously served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. He is a retired member of the Delaware State Police.
Catherine A. Labonte Cloutier is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Delaware Senate from January 9,2001,to January 12,2021,representing District 5. Cloutier served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 1999 to 2001,after taking over the seat when her husband,former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware candidate Philip D. Cloutier,died in office in 1998. Senator Cloutier served as the minority whip in the 150th General Assembly.
Margaret Rose Henry is an American politician. She was a member of the Delaware Senate from 1994 to 2018. In September 2017,Henry announced she would not seek reelection to her District 2 seat. Senator Henry earned her BA from Texas Southern University and her MA from Springfield College.
The 2016 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8,2016,coinciding with the Delaware gubernatorial election. The office had been vacant since former Democratic lieutenant governor Matthew Denn was inaugurated as attorney general on January 6,2015.
The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 6,2018,to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district,who will represent the state of Delaware in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the election of a U.S. Senator from Delaware and other federal and state offices. Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester,the incumbent,won re-election.
Stephanie Leigh Hansen is an American politician. She is a Democrat member of the Delaware Senate,representing District 10. She was elected in 2017 after winning a special election to fill the seat of Bethany Hall-Long,who had resigned to take office as the state's lieutenant governor. Prior to being elected to the state senate,Hansen served as president of the New Castle County Council.
On February 25,2017,voters in the 10th district of the Delaware Senate voted in a special election to fill the seat left vacant by Democrat Bethany Hall-Long,the previous incumbent,who had resigned at the beginning of the year after having been elected lieutenant governor the preceding November. Democrat Stephanie Hansen,an environmental lawyer from Middletown who had in the past served a term as New Castle County Council President,won with 58.1 percent of the vote,defeating Republican opponent John Marino,who finished with 40.8 percent. Libertarian John Lanzendorfer,the only other candidate in the race,claimed the other 1.1 percent.
Karen Lewis Young is an American politician who has served in the Maryland Senate from District 3 since 2023. She previously served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates from District 3A from 2015 to 2023.
Laura Viviana Sturgeon is an American politician. She is a member of the Delaware Senate for District 4 and the first Latina to serve in the Delaware General Assembly.
Kathleen Kramedas McGuiness is an American politician who was the Delaware state auditor,from January 2019 until October 2022. In July 2022,she was found guilty on multiple corruption charges.
Sarah Elizabeth "Tizzy" Lockman is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party. She serves in the Delaware Senate representing District 3,which covers parts of Wilmington,including the downtown and Riverfront areas.
