Delaware 2020 General Election

The Green Papers: Delaware 2020 General Election

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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
✓ Primary: Tuesday 15 September 2020
✓ General Election: Tuesday 3 November 2020

✓ Tuesday 14 July 2020 - Filing Deadline - Primary .
✓ Tuesday 1 September 2020 - Filing Deadline - Independent (including President) .
✓ Tuesday 15 September 2020 - Primary . Polling hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC).
✓ Tuesday 3 November 2020 - 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 2020 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats Republicans

15 March 2020: Due to the COVID-19 virus, election officials have reminded voters that they may vote by absentee ballot.

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

2020 Candidate List from the Delaware Department of Elections.

2020 Calendars from the Delaware Department of Elections.

15 September 2020: Primary results and results from media sources.

15 September 2020: Primary returns from the Delaware Department of Elections.

15 November 2020 returns and write-ins from the Delaware Department of Elections.



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, 25 write-ins)

		Democratic	296,268	58.74%	former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • for Vice President: California Senator Kamala D. Harris (3 Electoral Votes) • FEC P80000722; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,064,613,463; Dsb $1,063,053,521

		Republican	200,603	39.77%	President Donald John Trump • for Vice President: Vice President Michael R. "Mike" Pence • FEC P80001571; 23 Nov 20; Tot $717,303,371; Dsb $718,174,436

		Libertarian	5,000	0.99%	Jo Jorgensen • for Vice President: Jeremy "Spike" Cohen • FEC P00013524; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,405,357; Dsb $3,373,521

		Green	2,139	0.42%	Howie Gresham Hawkins • for Vice President: Angela Nichole Walker • FEC P00012211; 23 Nov 20; Tot $495,566; Dsb $476,095

		Write-in; (Independent)	169	0.03%	Kanye "Deez Nutz" West • FEC P00016741; 23 Nov 20; Tot $14,442,390; Dsb $12,135,513
		Write-in	87	0.02%	Brian T. Carroll • FEC P00013771
		Write-in; (Independent)	28	0.01%	Jade Simmons • for Vice President: Claudeliah J. Roze • FEC P00015537; 23 Nov 20; Tot $125,500; Dsb $72,644
		Write-in; (Peace And Freedom)	14	0.00%	Gloria Estela La Riva • FEC P80005572; 23 Nov 20; Tot $43,674; Dsb $39,726
		Write-in; (Independent)	8	0.00%	Mark Robert Charles • FEC P00012039; 23 Nov 20; Tot $157,733; Dsb $155,506
		Write-in; (Republican)	7	0.00%	Barbara Ruth Bellar • FEC P00012799; 30 Sep 20; Tot $5,051; Dsb $729
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	5	0.00%	Brock Jeffrey Pierce • for Vice President: Karla Marie Ballard • FEC P00016550; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,347,587; Dsb $6,315,486
		Write-in; (Independent)	4	0.00%	Shawn W. Howard • FEC P00011189; 23 Nov 20; Tot $3,386; Dsb $3,281
		Write-in	3	0.00%	Dennis Andrew Ball
		Write-in	2	0.00%	Todd Cella
		Write-in; (Independent)	2	0.00%	Princess Khadijah Maryam Jacob-Fambro • FEC P20004768
		Write-in	2	0.00%	Mitchell Williams
		Write-in	1	0.00%	President R19 Boddie • Write-in for President Boddie. • FEC P00017202
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Kathryn Gibson
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)	1	0.00%	Thomas "Tom" Hoefling • for Vice President: Andy Prior
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Deborah Ann "Debbie" Rouse • FEC P00005207
		Write-in	1	0.00%	Kasey J. Wells • FEC P00007864; 14 Oct 20; Tot $10,625; Dsb $10,578
		Write-in; (Green)			Susan Maude Buchser-Lochocki • Filed as Susan B. Lochocki • FEC P00014357; 30 Nov 20; Tot $12,794; Dsb $12,652
		Write-in			Randall Patrick Foltyniewicz
		Write-in			Lee Christopher "Chris" Franklin • FEC P00015867; 30 Jun 20; Tot $104; Dsb $66
		Write-in; (Unaffiliated)			Albert L. Raley
		Write-in			Mary Ruth Caro Simmons
		Write-in			Ajay Sood • FEC P60020963; 30 Sep 20; Tot $6,365; Dsb $6,304
		Write-in			Christopher Stried • FEC P00009084
		Write-in			Marcus Errellius Sykes • FEC P00013417; 23 Nov 20; Tot $1,310; Dsb $1,310
Total			504,346	100.00%

U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 116^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1		Democratic	Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper • First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006, 2012, 2018; [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024
	Candidate list (1)

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

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • 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 • Renominated
	Candidate list (4)

		Democratic	291,804	59.44%	Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons • FEC S0DE00092; 23 Nov 20; Tot $6,055,223; Dsb $4,589,280

		Republican	186,054	37.90%	Lauren Elena Witzke • FEC S0DE00183; 31 Dec 20; Tot $479,515; Dsb $476,182

		Independent Party Of Delaware	7,833	1.60%	Mark William Turley • FEC S0DE00167

		Libertarian	5,244	1.07%	Nadine M. Frost • FEC S8DE00160
Total			490,935	100.00%

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. • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • 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. • Renominated
	Candidate list (4)

		Democratic	292,903	59.46%	Governor John Charles Carney, Jr.

		Republican	190,312	38.63%	Julianne E. Murray

		Independent Party Of Delaware	6,150	1.25%	Kathy S. DeMatteis

		Libertarian	3,270	0.66%	John J. Machurek
Total			492,635	100.00%

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

		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Democratic	285,638	59.14%	Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long

		Republican	197,343	40.86%	Donyale Hall
Total			482,981	100.00%

116^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2021. No Term Limit. 116^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Renominated)

Incumbent - 116th Congress
At-Large		Democratic	Member of Congress Lisa Blunt Rochester • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (4) - 117th Congress

		Democratic	281,382	57.63%	Member of Congress Lisa Blunt Rochester • FEC H6DE00206; 23 Nov 20; Tot $2,026,826; Dsb $1,286,686

		Republican	196,392	40.22%	Lee Murphy • FEC H8DE01044; 03 Dec 20; Tot $131,394; Dsb $131,862

		Independent	6,682	1.37%	Catherine Stonestreet Purcell • FEC H0DE01082; 25 Nov 20; Tot $5,344; Dsb $5,103

		Libertarian	3,814	0.78%	David L. Rogers • FEC H0DE00159
Total			488,270	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Attorney General Kathleen "Kathy" Jennings • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Treasurer Colleen C. Davis • First elected: 2018 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2018, 2022

		Democratic	Auditor Kathleen K. "Kathy" McGuiness • First elected: 2018. • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2016, 2020

		Democratic	Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro • Re-elected Tuesday 3 November 2020 • First elected: 2016 • Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2020 • Renominated
	Candidate list (2)

		Democratic	286,743	59.48%	Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro

		Republican	195,305	40.52%	Julia M. Pillsbury
Total			482,048	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 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): 9 incumbents, 7 candidates
	• Republican: 7 candidates
Major Third Parties Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
	• Green (affiliates): 2 candidates
	• Libertarian: 4 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Independent Party Of Delaware: 2 candidates
	• Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
Independents
	• Independent: 6 candidates
	• Unaffiliated: 3 candidates
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 25 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.