Delaware gubernatorial election, 2020

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Delaware gubernatorial election, 2020
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Incumbent Governor

John Carney
Democratic


The 2020 Delaware gubernatorial election will be 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 is eligible to run for re-election to a second term in office, but has not yet announced whether he will do so.

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Democratic primary

Candidates

Potential

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.

Attorney General of Delaware attorney general of the U.S. state of Delaware

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Lieutenant Governor of Delaware

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Republican primary

Candidates

Potential

Ken Simpler American politician

Ken Simpler is an American politician. He was Delaware State Treasurer from 2014 to 2018.

Decided against running

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