Delaware 2016 General Election

The Green Papers: Delaware 2016 General Election

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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 13 September 2016
✓ General Election: Tuesday 8 November 2016

✓ Tuesday 13 September 2016 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC).
✓ Tuesday 8 November 2016 - General Election . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EST (1200-0100 UTC).

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	900,877	(0.29% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
Capital:	Dover

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Delaware State and Local Government

Delaware 2016 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

Only registered voters from participating parties may vote in the Primary Election.

Source: Candidate List from the Delaware Department of Elections.

STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS PRIMARY ELECTION 09/13/2016 FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE.

STATE OF DELAWARE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTIONS GENERAL ELECTION 11/08/2016 FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE.

13 September 2016 primary returns from
State Of Delaware Department of Elections.
Results from
AP.

General Candidate Listing from the State Of Delaware Department of Elections.

8 November 2016 returns from the Delaware Election Commissioner.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2024. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates by State, List of Presidential Candidates.

	Candidate list (4, 32 write-ins)

		Democratic	235,603	53.09%	former Secretary of State Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton • for Vice President: Virginia Senator Timothy Michael "Tim" Kaine (3 Electoral Votes) • FEC P00003392; 28 Nov 16; Tot $583,217,328; Dsb $582,378,679

		Republican	185,127	41.71%	Donald John Trump, Sr. • for Vice President: Indiana Governor Michael R. "Mike" Pence • FEC P80001571; 28 Nov 16; Tot $341,062,859; Dsb $333,457,857

		Libertarian	14,757	3.33%	former Governor New Mexico Gary Earl Johnson • for Vice President: former Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts William F. "Bill" Weld • FEC P20002671; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,670,597; Dsb $11,505,633

		Green	6,103	1.38%	Jill E. Stein • for Vice President: Ajamu Baraka • FEC P20003984; 28 Nov 16; Tot $9,485,845; Dsb $5,315,546

		Scattering	1,407	0.32%	Other

		Write-in; (Independent)	706	0.16%	David Evan "Evan" McMullin • for Vice President: Nathan Daniel Johnson • FEC P60022654; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,634,839; Dsb $1,618,074
		Write-in; (Constitution)	74	0.02%	Darrell Lane Castle • for Vice President: Scott N. Bradley • FEC P60021102; 28 Nov 16; Tot $71,876; Dsb $67,084
		Write-in; (America's Party)	7	0.00%	Thomas Conrad "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Steven Bernard "Steve" Schulin • FEC P20005260
		Write-in; (Independent)	4	0.00%	Robert Lewis "Bob" Buchanan • for Vice President: Jason Alexander Washington • FEC P60020757
		Write-in; (Democratic)	3	0.00%	Roque "Rocky" De La Fuente Guerra • for Vice President: Michael Alan Steinberg • FEC P60016342; 31 Dec 16; Tot $8,075,960; Dsb $8,074,914
		Write-in	3	0.00%	Benjamin "Ben" Hartnell • for Vice President: Dave Marshall
		Write-in; (Socialism and Liberation)	3	0.00%	Gloria Estela La Riva • for Vice President: Eugene Puryear • FEC P80005572; 28 Nov 16; Tot $30,851; Dsb $36,030
		Write-in	3	0.00%	David Limbaugh • for Vice President: Bo Ginsrich
		Write-in; (Independent)	3	0.00%	Michael Lynn "Mike" Smith • for Vice President: Daniel Lee White • FEC P60020781
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	2	0.00%	Ryan Alan Scott • for Vice President: Bruce Kendall Barnard • FEC P60023512
		Write-in; (Socialist Equality)	2	0.00%	Jerome S. "Jerry" White • for Vice President: Niles Niemuth • FEC P20004677; 28 Nov 16; Tot $11,357; Dsb $11,356
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Richard A. Duncan • for Vice President: Ricky Johnson
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Lynn Sandra Kahn • for Vice President: Kathy Monahan • FEC P60005808
		Write-in; (Democratic)	1	0.00%	Star Locke
		Write-in; (Independent)	1	0.00%	Joseph Allen "Joe Exotic" Maldonado • for Vice President: Douglas K. Terranova • FEC P60018249; 30 Sep 16; Tot $12,032; Dsb $4,926
		Write-in; (Libertarian)	1	0.00%	Darryl W. Perry • for Vice President: Conan Salada • FEC P60004868
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Ajay Sood • FEC P60020963; 30 Jun 16; Tot $10,347; Dsb $10,189
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Matthew Water Stout
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Shelia Mariah Bolar
		Write-in; (Republican)	0	0.00%	Paij Jean "Page" Boring • FEC P60016888
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	William Ernest Bowhall, Jr. • FEC P60005899
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Cherunda Lynn Fox • for Vice President: Roger Matthew Kushner • FEC P60005303; 28 Oct 16; Tot $36,288; Dsb $36,288
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Alan "Al-J" Jacquemotte • for Vice President: Ronalee Evelyn "Ronnie" Mueller
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	David Librace • for Vice President: David L. Friedeberg • FEC P60008638; 08 Dec 16; Tot $0; Dsb $0
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	William Roger "Roger" Smith • FEC P60018769; 30 Sep 16; Tot $686; Dsb $3
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Delano Aimes Steinacker, II • for Vice President: Ronald K. Crider • FEC P60021631
		Write-in; (Libertarian)	0	0.00%	Shawna Joy Sterling • for Vice President: Jack Robinson, Jr. • FEC P60007929
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	Anthony "Tony" Joseph Valdivia • for Vice President: Aaron Roy Barriere
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Jennifer J. "JJ" Vogel-Walcutt • for Vice President: Christopher "Chris" Walcutt
		Write-in; (Independent)	0	0.00%	William Leonard Wallace • FEC P00003897
		Write-in	0	0.00%	Demetra Jefferson Wysinger • for Vice President: Cedric D'Wayne Jefferson • FEC P60020484
Total			443,814	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 114^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper • First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006, 2012 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper* • FEC S8DE00079

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons • First elected in a special election: 2010 (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Joe Biden [Democrat] in January 2009 in order to accede to the Vice-Presidency of the United States; he replaces Senator Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman [Democrat] who had been appointed by the Governor of DELAWARE to temporarily fill the vacancy.). Re-elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020
	Candidate list (1)

		*Democratic*			*Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons* • FEC S0DE00092

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

Open		Democratic	Governor Jack A. Markell • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election. • Open Chair
			Open Chair (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (4, 2 write-ins)

		Democratic	248,404	58.34%	Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr. • 16 September 2015: Announced his run for Governor.

		Republican	166,852	39.18%	state Senator Colin R. J. Bonini • 7 November 2014: Announced his candidacy.

		Green	5,951	1.40%	Andrew R. Groff

		Libertarian	4,577	1.07%	Sean Louis Goward

		Scattering	28	0.01%	Other

		Write-in			Benjamin Hollinger, Sr.
Total			425,812	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Elected separately from Governor

Vacant		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Matthew P. "Matt" Denn • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Vacant Office
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)

		Democratic	248,141	59.44%	state Senator Bethany Hall-Long

		Republican	169,291	40.55%	La Mar T. Gunn

		Scattering	57	0.01%	Other
Total			417,489	100.00%
	4 November 2014: Lieutenant Governor Matthew P. "Matt" Denn, who was first elected in 2008 and re-elected: 2012, is elected as Attorney General. The Delaware Constitution does not specify a method of filling the position of Lieutenant Governor in this situation. A new Lieutenant Governor will be elected in 2016.

114^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2016, 2018. No Term Limit. 114^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 114th Congress
At-Large Open		Democratic	Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr. • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Open Seat - 16 September 2015: Announced he will run for Governor in 2016.
			Open Seat (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (4, 5 write-ins) - 115th Congress

		Democratic	233,554	55.52%	former state Secretary of Labor Lisa Blunt Rochester • FEC H6DE00206; 28 Nov 16; Tot $1,554,207; Dsb $1,389,213

		Republican	172,301	40.96%	former Wyoming Mayor Hans Reigle • FEC H6DE01071; 31 Dec 16; Tot $221,666; Dsb $221,666

		Green	8,326	1.98%	Mark J. Perri • FEC H6DE00255

		Libertarian	6,436	1.53%	Scott A. Gesty • FEC H2DE00148

		Scattering	42	0.01%	Other

		Write-in; (Democratic)	14	0.00%	Scott Walker • 13 September 2016: Lost the Democratic Primary • FEC H6DE00214
		Write-in	4	0.00%	Robert Nelson Franz, III • FEC H6DE00230
		Write-in	4	0.00%	Campbell Smith • FEC H6DE00263
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Rachelle Lee Linney • FEC H6DE00248
Total			420,682	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Democratic	Attorney General Matthew P. "Matt" Denn • First elected: 2014. Previously served as Lieutenant Governor 2009-2015 and Commissioner of Insurance 2005-2009. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Treasurer Kenneth "Ken" Simpler • First elected: 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2014, 2018

		Republican	Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner, Jr. • Appointed: 1989 (by Governor Michael N. Castle); first elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016

Lost		Democratic	Commissioner of Insurance Karen Weldin Stewart • First elected: 2008; re-elected: 2012 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2016 • Lost Primary / No Longer Running - defeated in 13 September 2016 Primary
			Open Office (no incumbent)
	Candidate list (2, 1 write-in)

		Democratic	246,428	59.28%	New Castle County Sheriff Trinidad Navarro

		Republican	169,228	40.71%	Jeffrey E. "Jeff" Cragg

		Scattering	34	0.01%	Other
Total			415,690	100.00%

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents, 10 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Green (affiliates): 3 candidates
	• Libertarian: 5 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• America's Party: 1 candidate
	• Socialism and Liberation: 1 candidate
	• Socialist Equality: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 13 candidates
	• Unaffiliated: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Scattering: 5 candidates
	• Write-in: 36 candidates
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.