General Election Preview

By Tyler Micik
 
The General Election is on Tuesday, November 5th. Below is an overview of the statewide and State House and Senate races, which you’ll see on the ballot. All Delaware’s statewide races have two or more candidates running for office.
 
As for the State House and Senate races, only two Senate Districts (2 and 6), are ones in which the incumbents have an opponent. They are Democratic Senators Brown and Huxtable. In the House there are 21 seats up for grabs. Six incumbent Republicans are facing a Democrat opponent, twelve incumbent Democrats are facing a Republican opponent, and there’s three open seats (10, 14, and 21).
 
It’s important to note that if all incumbents in the House of Representatives, on both sides of the aisle, hold onto their seats and Democrats pick up the three open seats, that would bring their total to 27. This would be an increase in one seat from their current count of 26. Therefore, this increases their decision-making power, which is important for bills or actions that require a specific number of votes.
 
For example, a 3/5 bill requires 25 votes. Those bills include things like overriding a Governor’s veto and imposing or increasing a tax. A 2/3 bill requires 28 votes and includes actions like amending the Constitution or enacting corporation law and municipal charters. A 3/4 bill requires 31 votes and usually includes things like creating debts and appropriations outside the government.
 
Seats marked with an asterisk represent an open seat. Seats up for grabs are marked in red. 
 
STATEWIDE
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U.S. Senate*

• Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) - Incumbent
• Eric Hansen (R)
• Michael Katz (I)

 
U.S. House At-Large*

• Sarah McBride (D)
• John Whalen III (R)

 
Governor*

• Matt Meyer (D)
• Michael Ramone (R)

Lt. Governor*

• Ruth Briggs-King (R)
• Kyle Evans Gay (D)

  
Insurance Commissioner

• Trinidad Navarro (D) - Incumbent
• Ralph Taylor (R)

​STATE SENATE
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Senate District 2

• Darius Brown (D) - Incumbent
• Jon Roe (C)

 
Senate District 3

• Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
Senate District 4

• Laura Sturgeon (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
Senate District 6

• Russ Huxtable (D) - Incumbent
• Kimberly Hoey Stevenson (R)

 
Senate District 10

• Stephanie Hansen (D) - Incumbent  (No opponent)

Senate District 11

• Bryan Townsend (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
Senate District 16

• Eric Buckson (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
Senate District 17

• Trey Paradee (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
Senate District 18

• David Wilson (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
Senate District 21

• Bryant Richardson (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

​STATE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE
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House District 1

• Nnamdi Chukwuocha (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 2

• Stephanie Bolden (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 3*

• Josue Ortega (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 4

• Jeff Hilovsky (R) - Incumbent
• Gregg Lindner (D)

 
House District 5

• Kendra Johnson (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 6

• Debra Heffernan (D) - Incumbent
• Michael Krawczuk (R)

 
House District 7

• Larry Lambert (D) - Incumbent

• Shane Stoneman (R)

 
House District 8

• Sherae’a Moore (D) - Incumbent
• Chris Beronio (R)

 
House District 9

• Kevin Hensley (R) - Incumbent

• Terrell Williams (D)

 
House District 10*

• Brent Burdge (R)

• Melanie Ross Levine (D)

 
House District 11

• Jeffrey Spiegelman (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 12

• Krista Griffith (D) - Incumbent
• Steve Pickering (R)

 
House District 13

• DeShanna Neal (D) - Incumbent
• Danny Rappa (R)

House District 14*

• Mike Simpler (R)
• Claire Snyder-Hall (D)

 
House District 15

• Kamela Smith (D) – Won Democratic Primary and has no opponent

 
House District 16

• Frank Cooke (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 17

• Melissa Minor-Brown (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 18

• Sophie Phillips (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 19

• Kimberly Williams (D) - Incumbent
• Alexander Homich (R)

 
House District 20

• Stell Selby (D) - Incumbent
• Nikki Miller (R)

House District 21*

• Frank Burns (D)
• Brenda Mennella (R)

​House District 22

• Michael Smith (R) - Incumbent
• Monica Beard (D)

 
House District 23*

• Mara Gorman (D)  (No opponent)

 
House District 24

• Edward Osienski (D) - Incumbent
• Joan Godwin (R)

 
House District 25

• Cyndie Romer (D) - Incumbent
• David Hansberger (R)

 
House District 26

• Madinah Wilson-Anton (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 27

• Eric Morrison (D) - Incumbent
• Kristina Griffing (R)

 
House District 28

• Bill Carson (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 29

• Bill Bush (D) - Incumbent
• Anthony Egipciaco Jr. (R)

 
House District 30

• Shannon Morris (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 31

• Sean Lynn (D) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 32

• Kerri Evelyn Harris (D) - Incumbent

• Amy Spampinato (R)

 
House District 33

• Charles Postles (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 34

• Lyndon Yearick (R) - Incumbent
• Tracey Miller (D)

 
House District 35

• Jesse Vanderwende (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 36

• Bryan Shupe (R) - Incumbent

• Rony Baltazar-Lopez (D)

 
House District 37

• Valerie Jones Giltner (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 38

• Ronald Gray (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

House District 39

• Daniel Short (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 40

• Timothy Dukes (R) - Incumbent (No opponent)

 
House District 41

• Richard Collins (R) - Incumbent
• Tom Brett (D)

NEW CASTLE COUNTY

New Castle County Executive*

• Marcus Henry (D) – Won Democratic Primary and has no opponent

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