Delaware elections, 2014

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Delaware on November 4, 2014. Half of Delaware's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and Delaware's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014.

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

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Delaware State of the United States of America

Delaware is a state located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, north by Pennsylvania, and east by New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.

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Federal

Senate

Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Coons, who was elected in a 2010 special election, ran for re-election to a first full term in office. [1]

Chris Coons United States Senator from Delaware

Christopher Andrew Coons is an American politician serving as the Junior United States Senator from Delaware since 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, he won a special election to succeed Ted Kaufman, who had been appointed to the seat when Joe Biden resigned to become Vice President of the United States. Previously, Coons was the county executive of New Castle County. Coons is the 1983 Truman Scholar from Delaware, and the first recipient of the award to serve in the United States Senate.

He faced Republican businessman Kevin Wade [2] and Green Party computer science professor Andrew Groff in the general election, [3] both of whom were their respective parties nominees for Delaware's other U.S. Senate seat in 2012. Coons was re-elected with 56% of the vote to Wade's 42% and Groff's 2%

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2014 [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Chris Coons (incumbent)130,65555.83
Republican Kevin Wade98,82342.23
Green Andrew Groff4,5601.95
Total votes234,038100.0
Democratic hold

House of Representatives

Delaware has a single at-large congressional district. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative John Carney, who has represented the state in Congress since 2011, ran for re-election to a third term in office.

Delawares at-large congressional district

Delaware's at-large congressional district is a congressional district that includes the entire U.S. state of Delaware.

John Carney (politician) American politician

John Charles Carney Jr. is an American politician who is the 74th Governor of Delaware, serving since January 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and served as the U.S. Representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district from 2011 to 2017 prior to his governorship. Carney was also the 24th Lieutenant Governor of Delaware from 2001 to 2009 and served as Delaware's Secretary of Finance. He first unsuccessfully sought the Democratic nomination for Governor of Delaware in 2008, losing to Jack Markell. He ran for Governor of Delaware again in 2016 and won to succeed Markell, who was term-limited.

Carney faced Republican Rose Izzo, Green Bernie August and Libertarian Scott Gesty in the general election. [3] He was re-elected with 59% to Izzo's 37%, August's 2% and Gesty's 2%.

State

Constitutional officers

Attorney General

Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Beau Biden did not run for re-election to a third term in office. He was instead going to run for Governor of Delaware in the 2016 election to succeed term-limited Democratic Governor Jack Markell, but he died of brain cancer on May 30, 2015 at the age of 46. [5] [6]

Democratic Party (United States) political party in the United States

The Democratic Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. Tracing its heritage back to Thomas Jefferson and James Madison's Democratic-Republican Party, the modern-day Democratic Party was founded around 1828 by supporters of Andrew Jackson, making it the world's oldest active political party.

Beau Biden lawyer, politician; son of U.S. Vice President Joe Biden

Joseph Robinette "Beau" Biden III was an American attorney, officer in the Army Judge Advocate General's Corps, and politician from Wilmington, Delaware. He was the eldest of three children from the marriage of former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and his first wife, Neilia Biden. He served as the Attorney General of Delaware, a major in the Delaware Army National Guard, and a member of the Democratic Party.

Lieutenant Governor of Delaware Matthew P. Denn was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. State Prosecutor Kathleen Jennings had considered running, but decided not to and endorsed Denn. [7] [8]

The Republicans attempted to recruit former United States Attorney for the District of Delaware Colm Connolly. He considered running, but declined to do so. [9] The Republican nominee was corporate attorney Ted Kittila, who was unopposed for his party's nomination. [10]

Also running were Independent Party nominee David Graham, a tax auditor, former Republican candidate for Governor and Attorney General and the Independent Party-endorsed write-in candidate for Governor in 2012; [11] Green Party nominee Catherine Damavandi, who served as a Deputy Attorney General of Delaware from 2000 to 2014; [12] and Libertarian John Machurek, a candidate for the State House in 2012. [3]

Delaware Attorney General election, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Matthew P. Denn 121,41052.76
Republican Ted Kittila90,25739.22
Green Catherine Damavandi10,5994.61
Delaware Independent David Graham4,8792.12
Libertarian John Machurek2,9841.3
Total votes230,129100.0
Democratic hold

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Chipman L. Flowers, Jr. had planned to run for re-election to a second term in office, [14] but after being dogged by controversy through his term in office over his use of office credit cards and travel spending and his clashes with Governor Markell and the state Cash Management Policy Board, he announced his withdrawal from the race on August 15, 2014. [15] [16] However, he filed a withdrawal form that was postdated to withdraw him from the race on August 28, which meant that he couldn't be removed from the ballot until that date, a move which drew criticism. [17] [18] His failure to withdraw in time meant that his name appeared on absentee ballots and though his name was covered at polling places, he did still receive some votes. [19] The Democratic primary was won by Sean Barney, a former policy director for Governor Markell and former adviser to U.S. Senator Tom Carper, who had announced his candidacy before Flowers had attempted to run for re-election. [20] [21]

Democratic primary election results [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sean Barney2,02271.05
Democratic Chip Flowers82428.95
Total votes2,846100.0

Two individuals ran for the Republican party's nomination, money manager Ken Simpler and Sher Valenzuela, former Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2012. The Republican primary campaign was a bitter one, marked by infighting and with outside spending behind both candidates, who criticised each other frequently. [23]

Republican primary election results [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Simpler13,49153.88
Republican Sher Valenzuela11,54946.12
Total votes25,040100.0

Also running was Green Party nominee David Chandler, a mathematics professor at the University of Delaware. [24]

Delaware State Treasurer election, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Ken Simpler 123,10553.59
Democratic Sean Barney100,21843.63
Green David Chandler6,3732.77
Total votes229,696100.0
Republican gain from Democratic

Simpler's win meant that he became the first non-incumbent Republican to win a statewide election in Delaware since 1994. [25]

Auditor of Accounts

Results by county Wagner 60-69% Mayrack 50-59% Delaware State Auditor election, 2014 results by county.svg
Results by county Wagner
  60-69%
Mayrack
  50-59%

Incumbent Republican Auditor of Accounts R. Thomas Wagner, Jr. ran for re-election to a seventh full term in office. He was unopposed in the Republican primary. [26]

Two Democrats ran for their party's nomination: Certified Public Accountant and candidate for Auditor in 2010 Kenneth Matlusky; and businesswoman, attorney and former executive director of the Delaware Democratic Party Brenda Mayrack. [27] [28]

Democratic primary election results [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Brenda Mayrack12,09154.99
Democratic Kenneth Matlusky9,89645.01
Total votes21,987100.0
Delaware Auditor of Accounts election, 2014 [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican R. Thomas Wagner, Jr. (incumbent)123,10054.22
Democratic Brenda Mayrack103,93945.78
Total votes227,039100.0
Republican hold

General Assembly

House of Representatives

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  2. ↑ Byrne, Tom (July 8, 2014). "Late filings make two 2014 statewide races more competitive". WDDE. Retrieved July 8, 2014.
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  5. ↑ "Beau Biden says he plans to run for governor in Delaware". CNN. April 17, 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  6. ↑ FoxNews.com (May 31, 2015). "Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, dies of brain cancer". Fox News Network, LLC. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Denn enters AG's race; primary still possible". Delaware Online. April 21, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  8. ↑ "State prosecutor Jennings won't run for attorney general". Delaware Online. April 25, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  9. ↑ "Connolly not running for AG". Delaware Online. May 8, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  10. ↑ "Republican lawyer to enter AG race". Delaware Online. June 17, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  11. ↑ "Election 2014: Denn, Graham, Kittila face off in Attorney General race". Middletown Transcript. August 20, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Green Party's Damavandi running for attorney general". Delaware Online. September 15, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  13. 1 2 3 "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Election Commissioner. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
  14. ↑ "Treasurer Flowers announces re-election bid". Delaware Online. March 7, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Flowers to finish term, leave Delaware". Delaware Online. August 15, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Delaware State Treasurer Chip Flowers withdraws from election (video)". News Works. August 15, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Chip Flowers delays withdrawal from primary". Delaware Online. August 25, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Chip Flowers remains on Delaware primary ballot". News Works. August 26, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Even off ballot, Flowers earns some primary votes". WDDE. September 10, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  20. ↑ "Barney launches treasurer primary against Flowers". Delaware Online. February 18, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Smyrna resident Sean Barney launches campaign for state treasurer". Smyrna-Clacton Sun-Times. February 28, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  22. 1 2 3 "State of Delaware Primary Election (Official Results)". elections.delaware.gov. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
  23. ↑ "In treasury race, GOP also fighting itself". Delaware Online. September 3, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2014.
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  25. ↑ "Simpler: first non-incumbent statewide GOP win since '94". Delaware Online. November 6, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
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