Delaware Democratic Delegation 2024

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2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions

Delaware Democrat
Presidential Nominating Process
Deadline for political parties to certify participation in primary: Monday 4 December 2023
Candidate filing deadline: Friday 2 February 2024
Primary (cancelled because uncontested): Tuesday 2 April 2024¹
Delegate Selection Caucus: Saturday 13 April 2024

Candidate	Delegate Votes
Candidate	Hard Total	Virtual Roll Call
Harris, Kamala Devi		`34 100.00%`
Biden, Joseph Robinette "Joe", Jr.	`19 55.88%`
Uncommitted	`15 44.12%`
Total	`34 100.00%`	`34 100.00%`

Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

34 total delegate votes - 12 district / 5 at large; 2 Pledged PLEOs; 15 Unpledged PLEOs

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Delaware Primaries for Statewide offices and Congress

Delaware State and Local Government

There will not be a Democratic Presidential Primary in Delaware in 2024. Only 1 Democratic Party candidate filed to appear on Delaware's 2024 Democratic Presidential Primary ballot, and, therefore, no Democratic Party Presidential Primary Election will be held, pursuant to 15 Del. C. §3183 (c).

Delegate Selection Plan from the Delaware Democratic Party.

28 July 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Meeting Committee Meeting found this plan in conditional compliance.

6 October 2023: DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee found this plan to be in full compliance.

Candidate List from the Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware.

Presidential candidates gain ballot by qualifying for federal matching funds or by submitting a petition to the state Elections Commissioner by 2 February 2024. [Delaware Code Title 15, Chapter 31, Subsection V, § 3183 and § 3184].

Participation in Delaware's delegate selection process is open to all voters who are registered to vote as Democrats.

"Pursuant to Delaware State Law, if the Delaware Democratic Party submits the name of only one Presidential Candidate, and no other candidates file for the ballot, the state run Presidential Primary shall be cancelled. Write-in candidates are not permitted.

Tuesday 2 April 2024: Delaware Primary (cancelled because uncontested). Hours 7:00a-8:00p EDT (1100-0000 UTC). Delegate Pledging: Proportional Primary. Voter Eligibility: Closed Primary.

Primary (cancelled because uncontested) (preliminary)
Included in Nationwide vote.

Candidate	Pop Vote	%
Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.
Total		100.00%

19 of 34 delegates to the Democratic National Convention are pledged to presidential contenders based on the results of the voting in today's Delaware Presidential Primary. A mandatory 15 percent threshold is required in order for a presidential contender to be allocated National Convention delegates at either the "subdivision" or statewide level. Here is how the Democratic Proportional Delegate Allocation Math works.

Delaware, having only 1 Congressional District, has chosen to allocate their "District" delegates by City and County: 12 "subdivision level delegates" are allocated proportionally to presidential contenders based on the primary results in four "subdivisions": Kent County, Sussex County, New Castle County (portions of the county within the state's largest city Wilmington), and New Castle County (portions of the county outside of Wilmington).
7 delegates are to be allocated to presidential contenders based on the primary vote statewide.
- 5 at-large National Convention delegates
- 2 Pledged PLEOs

Primary (cancelled because uncontested)

Contest
	Pop Vote	Qual Vote	Del
City of Wilmington			2
Rural New Castle County (except Wilmington)			6
Kent County			2
Sussex County			2
PLEO			2
At-Large			5
Total Delegates			19

Saturday 13 April 2024: Delegate Selection Caucus in Dover. These delegates are elected by the Representative District level caucuses.

National Convention Subdivision ("District") level are elected according to the results of the primary. Pledged PLEO and At-Large delegates are elected by a quorum of subdivision-level National Convention delegates according to the results of the primary.

The remaining 15 National Convention delegates consist of

15 Unpledged PLEO delegates:

10 Democratic National Committee members.
3 Members of Congress (2 Senators and 1 Representative).
1 Governor.
1 Distinguished Party Leader (President and former Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.)

These 15 delegates and will go to the Democratic National Convention officially "Unpledged".

21 July 2023: (SB 140) SB 149 was signed on by Governor John Charles Carney, Jr. (Democratic). The Presidential Primary is moved from the 4th to the 1st Tuesday in April (2 April 2024) for 2024 only.

Notes

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.

¹ Democratic Party's "First Determining Step" of the delegate selection process.

Links Links to other web sites

Constitution Links to State Constitutions
	• The Delaware Constitution of 1897 as amended
Election Authority
	• Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware
Legislature Links to State Legislatures
	• Delaware General Assembly
Democratic
	• Delaware Democratic Party
Media & others
	• Cape Gazette - Lewes
	• Delaware Grapevine
	• Newark Post - Elkton
	• Politics1.com - Delaware
	• WBOC TV - CBS, UPN - Salisbury
	• WDEL AM - Wilmington
	• WDOV AM - FOX - Dover
	• WGMD FM - Lewes - Rehoboth
	• WILM AM - Wilmington
	• WMDT TV - ABC - Salisbury