Delaware Primary season is over! Now that the playing field has been seriously trimmed, this is the final list of Delaware candidates for the General Election on November 8th. Some candidates who I previously called winners after the deadline in July now face an opponent from party-nominated candidates who were put on the ballot by September 1st or members of the Green party who are in the game now. I will be coming out with my own endorsements in the weeks ahead.
Deadline to Register to Vote for General Election: October 15th
Delaware Election 2016: November 8th
What’s At Stake:
President: The future of the country.
Delaware Senate: 11 out of 21 seats up for re-election, 11 seats needed for party control. As of the 148th General Assembly, there were 12 Democrats and 9 Republicans in the Delaware Senate. With no one running against some candidates, 8 Democrats and 7 Republicans will retain seats. Magic number for party control in the Senate- Democrats: 3, Republicans: 4
*the only thing that could change this scenario is if Senator Bethany Hall-Long wins the Lieutenant Governor race and then a special election would take place after the General Election for her seat. The same would apply if Senator Colin Bonini wins the Governor race.
Delaware House: All 41 seats up for reelection, 21 seats for party control. As of the end of the 148th General Assembly, there were 26 Democrats and 15 Republicans in the House. With no one running against some candidates, 16 Democrats and 4 Republicans will retain seats. Magic number for Democrats: 5, for Republicans: 17. These numbers don’t assume certain parties will win if a candidate is running against one of the Libertarians, Greens, or Independents. Assuming the incumbents win in those elections, that would change the magic numbers for Democrats to 4 and the Republicans to 15.
As of tonight, we have a brand new Delaware Senator from the 9th Senate District: Jack Walsh. Congratulations Senator Walsh! As well, Wilmington will have a new Mayor. Congratulations to Mayor Michael Purzycki.
President:
Hillary Clinton (D)
Jill Stein (G)
Gary Johnson (L)
Donald Trump (R)
Governor:
John Carney (D)
Andrew Groff (G)
Sean Goward (L)
Colin Bonini (R)
Congress: US Representative
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
Mark Perri (G)
Scott Gesty (L)
Hans Reigle (R)
Lieutenant Governor:
Bethany Hall-Long (D)
La Mar Gunn (R)
Insurance Commissioner:
Trinidad Navarro (D)
Jeffrey Cragg (R)
State Senate:
District 1:
Harris McDowell III (D) (Incumbent)
James Spadola (R)
District 5:
Denise Bowers (D)
Catherine Cloutier (R) (Incumbent)
District 7:
Patricia Blevins (D) (Incumbent)
Anthony Delcollo (R)
District 8:
David Sokola (D) (Incumbent)
David Chandler (G)
Meredith Chapman (R)
District 9: Winner
John Walsh (D)
District 12: Winner
Nicole Poore (D) (Incumbent)
District 13: Winner
David McBride (D) (Incumbent)
District 14:
Bruce Ennis (D) (Incumbent)
Carl Pace (R)
District 15: Winner
Dave Lawson (R) (Incumbent)
District 19: Winner
Brian Pettyjohn (R) (Incumbent)
District 20:
Perry Mitchell (D)
Gerald Hocker (R) (Incumbent)
State Representative:
District 1: Winner
Charles Potter (D) (Incumbent)
District 2: Winner
Stephanie Bolden (D) (Incumbent)
District 3: Winner
Helene Keeley (D) (Incumbent)
District 4: Winner
Gerald Brady (D) (Incumbent)
District 5: Winner
Melanie George Smith (D) (Incumbent)
District 6: Winner
Deb Heffernan (D) (Incumbent)
District 7:
Bryon Short (D) (Incumbent)
Robert Wilson (L)
District 8: Winner
Quinton Johnson (D) (Incumbent)
District 9:
Monique Johns (D)
Kevin Hensley (R) (Incumbent)
District 10:
Sean Matthews (D) (Incumbent)
Judith Travis (R)
District 11:
David Neilson (D)
Jeffrey Spiegelman (R) (Incumbent)
District 12: Winner
Deb Hudson (R) (Incumbent)
District 13: Winner
John Mitchell (D) (Incumbent)
District 14:
Peter Schwartzkopf (D) (Incumbent)
James DeMartino (R)
District 15: Winner
Valerie Longhurst (D) (Incumbent)
District 16: Winner
James Johnson (D) (Incumbent)
District 17: Winner
Michael Mulrooney (D) (Incumbent)
District 18: Winner
David Bentz (D) (Incumbent)
District 19:
Kim Williams (D) (Incumbent)
James Startzman (R)
District 20:
Barbara Vaughn (D)
Don Ayotte (I)
Stephen Smyk (R) Incumbent
District 21:
David McCorquodale (G)
Mike Ramone (R) (Incumbent)
District 22:
Lanette Edwards (D)
Bernard August (G)
Joseph Miro (R) (Incumbent)
District 23: Winner
Paul Baumbach (D) (Incumbent)
District 24:
Edward Osienski (D) (Incumbent)
Timothy Conrad (R)
District 25:
John Kowalko (D) (Incumbent)
Mike Nagorski (R)
District 26: Winner
John Viola (D) (Incumbent)
District 27: Winner
Earl Jaques (D) (Incumbent)
District 28: Winner
William Carson (D) (Incumbent)
District 29:
Trey Paradee (D) (Incumbent)
Ruth James (G)
Janice Gallagher (R)
District 30:
Charles Groce (D)
William Outten (R) (Incumbent)
District 31:
Sean Lynn (D) (Incumbent)
Jean Dowding (R)
District 32:
Andria Bennett (D) (Incumbent)
Patricia Foltz (R)
District 33:
Karen Williams (D)
Charles Postles (R)
District 34:
David Henderson (D)
Lyndon Yearick (R) (Incumbent)
District 35:
Gary Wolfe (D)
David Wilson (R) (Incumbent)
District 36: Winner
Harvey Kenton (R) (Incumbent)
District 37:
Paulette Rappa (D)
Ruth Briggs-King (R) (Incumbent)
District 38: Winner
Ronald Gray (R) (Incumbent)
District 39:
James Brittingham (L)
Daniel Short (R) (Incumbent)
District 40: Winner
Timothy Dukes (R) (Incumbent)
District 41:
Bradley Connor (D)
Richard Collins (R) (Incumbent)
New Castle County Executive
Matt Meyer (D)
Matt Blake (R)
Mayor of Wilmington: Winner
Michael Purzycki (D)
The following Delaware Senate seats are not up for re-election this year:
District 2: Margaret-Rose Henry (D)
District 3: Robert Marshall (D)
District 4: Greg Lavelle (R)
District 6: Ernie Lopez (R)
District 10: Bethany Hall-Long (D)
District 11: Bryan Townsend (D)
District 16: Colin Bonini (R)
District 17: Brian Bushweller (D)
District 18: F. Gary Simpson (R)
District 21: Bryant Richardson (R)
The Season Of Myths 