The 2008 Delaware gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2008, coinciding with the United States presidential election. Democratic state Treasurer Jack Markell defeated Republican William Swain Lee in a landslide, succeeding incumbent Ruth Ann Minner, also a Democrat, who was prevented from running for a third term.
Charles L. "Charlie" Copeland is an American politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served in the Delaware Senate as minority leader and also as chair of the Delaware Republican Party.
Velda Jones-Potter is an American businesswoman and politician. She was appointed by Jack Markell to finish out his term as Delaware State Treasurer when he was elected governor in 2008. She lost her bid for election in the 2010 Democratic primary to Chip Flowers. She is currently the Wilmington City Treasurer and a candidate for mayor in the 2024 election.
Elections were held in Delaware on Tuesday, November 2, 2010. Primary elections were held on September 14, 2010.
Chipman L. Flowers Jr. is an American politician, attorney and business owner who served as the treasurer of the state of Delaware from 2011 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, Flowers became the first African American to win a statewide election in Delaware when he was elected treasurer in November 2010 at the age of 35. At the time, he was Delaware's youngest statewide elected official. He is currently the President and Managing Member of The Flowers Counsel Group, LLC, a law firm he founded in 2006, and serves as Deputy Legal Counsel of the Massachusetts Democratic Party.
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 8, 2016, in 12 states and two territories. The last regular gubernatorial elections for nine of the 12 states took place in 2012. The last gubernatorial elections for New Hampshire, Oregon, and Vermont took place in 2014, as Oregon held a special election due to the resignation of Governor John Kitzhaber, while the governors of New Hampshire and Vermont both serve two-year terms. The 2016 gubernatorial elections took place concurrently with several other federal, state, and local elections, including the presidential election, Senate, and House elections.
Rebecca Walker is an American politician. In 2010, she was elected to represent the 9th district in the Delaware House of Representatives. In 2014, she declined to seek reelection to accept a director position at Widener University, and in 2015, she became deputy director of the Delaware Division of Forensic Science, which had been created months earlier through legislation she had sponsored in her final year in office. In 2021, Walker was indicted on corruption charges for falsifying records between 2015 and 2020 while deputy director.
David Lee Wilson is an American politician and a Republican member of the Delaware Senate, where he has represented the 18th district since 2019. He was previously a member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2008 to 2018.
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.
Bethany A. Hall-Long is an American politician has served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Delaware since 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Hall-Long previously served in the Delaware Senate from 2008 to 2016 and in the Delaware House of Representatives from 2002 to 2008.
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.
David P. Sokola is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate since 1991, representing District 8. He earned a BS from the University of Delaware.
The 2016 Delaware gubernatorial election took take place on November 8, 2016, to elect the Governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the U.S. representative from the state of Delaware from Delaware's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The primaries were held on September 13.
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 2020 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the Governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Governor John Carney was re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican Julianne Murray in a landslide.
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.
Bryant Richardson is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Delaware Senate, where he has represented the 21st District since 2015.
