Today was the filing deadline for Delaware elections. These are all the filed candidates for statewide office, State Senator, or State Representative. Some candidates who were not facing contestants for the General Election will now have opponents. As of this time, candidates running unopposed are 2 Democrats and 2 Republicans in the Delaware Senate, and 16 Democrats and 6 Republicans in the Delaware House of Representatives. That means we will have 14 of the same Delaware Senators and 22 of the same Delaware State Representatives in January of 2017, well over half the seats in each. For a state that wants change so much, we sure have a funny way of making sure the same people stay in power!
Delaware Election 2016: November 8th
Delaware Primary: September 13th (7am-8pn)
Deadline to Withdraw from Election and get filing fees back: July 15th
Deadline to Register to Vote for Primary Election: August 20th
Deadline to Register to Vote for General Election: October 15th
What’s At Stake:
President: The future of the country.
Delaware Senate: 11 out of 21 seats, Currently 12 Democrats, 9 Republicans. With no one running against some candidates, 8 Democrats and 7 Republicans will retain seats if the opposing party doesn’t select someone to run. Magic number for Democrats: 4, for Republicans: 5
Delaware House: All 41 Seats, Currently 26 Democrats, 15 Republicans. With no one running against some candidates, 16 Democrats and 7 Republicans will retain seats if the opposing party doesn’t select someone to run. Magic number for Democrats: 5, for Republicans: 14. These numbers don’t assume certain parties will win if a candidate is running against one of the Libertarians. Assuming the incumbents win in those elections, that would change the magic numbers for Democrats to 4 and the Republicans to 13.
President:
Hillary Clinton (D)
Donald Trump (R)
Governor:
John Carney (D)
Sean Goward (L)
Colin Bonini (R)
Lacey Lafferty (R)
Congress: US Representative
Sean Barney (D)
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
Michael Miller (D)
Bryan Townsend (D)
R.E. Walker (D)
Elias Weir (D)
Scott Gesty (L)
Hans Reigle (R)
Lieutenant Governor:
Sherry Dorsey-Walker (D)
Brad Eaby (D)
Greg Fuller (D)
Bethany Hall-Long (D)
Kathleen McGuiness (D)
Ciro Poppiti III (D)
La Mar Gunn (R)
Insurance Commissioner:
Paul Gallagher (D)
Trinidad Navarro (D)
Karen Weldin Stewart (D) (Incumbent)
Jeffrey Cragg (R)
George Parrish (R)
State Senate:
District 1:
Joseph McCole (D)
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)
Meredith Chapman (R)
District 9:
Caitlin Olsen (D)
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 Boulden (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:
Deb Heffernan (D) (Incumbent)
Lee Murphy (R)
District 7:
David Brady (D)
Bryon Short (D) (Incumbent)
Robert Wilson (L)
District 8: Winner
Quinton Johnson (D) (Incumbent)
District 9:
Richard Griffiths (D)
Monique Johns (D)
Kevin Hensley (R) (Incumbent)
District 10:
Sean Matthews (D) (Incumbent)
Dennis Williams (D)
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:
Don Peterson (D)
Peter Schwartzkopf (D) (Incumbent)
James DeMartino (R)
District 15:
James Burton (D)
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)
Stephen Smyk (R) Incumbent
District 21: Winner
Mike Ramone (R) (Incumbent)
District 22:
Lanette Edwards (D)
Joseph Miro (R) (Incumbent)
District 23: Winner
Paul Baumbach (D) (Incumbent)
District 24:
Edward Osienski (D) (Incumbent)
Timothy Conrad (R)
District 25: Winner
John Kowalko (D) (Incumbent)
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)
Janice Gallagher (R)
District 30: Winner
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)
Morgan Hudson (R)
Charles Postles (R)
Robert James Scott (R)
District 34:
David Henderson (D)
Lyndon Yearick (R) (Incumbent)
District 35:
Robert Mitchell (R)
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)
The current Senate seats NOT running for re-election are as follows:
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: Gary Simpson (R)
District 21: Bryant Richardson (R)
The Season Of Myths 