Delaware 2017 General Election

The Green Papers: Delaware 2017 General Election

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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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

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

22 March 2017: HB 89 was introduced which would move the non-Presidential primary from 2nd Tuesday in September to the 4th Tuesday in April. The Presidential primary would remain on the 4th Tuesday in April.



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 115^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 (3)

		*Democratic*		*Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper* • FEC S8DE00079; 30 Sep 17; Tot $513,256; Dsb $415,175

		Republican		Henry Charles "Chuck" Boyce, Jr. • FEC S8DE00103; 30 Sep 17; Tot $188,513; Dsb $110,477
		Republican		Eugene J. "Gene" Truono, Jr. • FEC S8DE00129

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: 2016, 2020. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

		Democratic	Governor John Charles Carney, Jr. • Previously served in the U.S. House 2011-2017. First elected to the Governor's Chair: 2016. • Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020. Elected separately from Governor

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

115^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2018, 2020. No Term Limit. 115^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 115th Congress
At-Large		Democratic	Congressman Lisa Blunt Rochester • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 6 November 2018
	Candidate list (2) - 116th Congress

		*Democratic*		*Congressman Lisa Blunt Rochester* • FEC H6DE00206; 30 Sep 17; Tot $389,969; Dsb $266,888

		Independent		Christopher William Mockerman • FEC H8DE01036; 30 Sep 17; Tot $0; Dsb $0

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 • Open Seat - 4 September 2017: Attorney General Denn will not seek re-election.
	Candidate list (1)

		Republican		Chuck Boyce • ?

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: 2016, 2020

		Democratic	Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

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 Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents, 3 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 3 candidates
Independents
	• Independent: 1 candidate
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.