2004 Delaware Senate election

The 2004 Delaware Senate election was held on November 2, 2004, to elect 10 of the 21 members to Delaware's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and state house. The primary election was held on September 11, 2004.^[1]

2004 Delaware Senate election

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10 of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Thurman Adams Jr. John Still III Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 2003 January 2003 Leader's seat 19th - Bridgeville 17th - Dover Last election 13 8 Seats before 13 8 Seats won 4 6 Seats after 13 8 Seat change Popular vote 71,101 77,609 Percentage 47.74% 52.11%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election Thurman Adams Jr. Democratic Elected President pro tempore Thurman Adams Jr. Democratic

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[2]	Safe D	October 1, 2004

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2	Margaret Rose Henry		Dem	Margaret Rose Henry		Dem
3	Robert Marshall		Dem	Robert Marshall		Dem
4	Charlie Copeland		Rep	Charlie Copeland		Rep
6	Liane Sorenson		Rep	Liane Sorenson		Rep
10	Steven Amick		Rep	Steven Amick		Rep
11	Tony DeLuca		Dem	Tony DeLuca		Dem
16	Colin Bonini		Rep	Colin Bonini		Rep
17	John Still III		Rep	John Still III		Rep
18	Gary Simpson		Rep	Gary Simpson		Rep
21	Robert Venables Sr.		Dem	Robert Venables Sr.		Dem

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	8	71,101	47.74%	16		61.90%
	Republican	7	77,609	52.11%	5		38.10%
	Independent	1	214	0.14%	0		0.00%
Total		16	148,924	100%	21		100%

Popular vote Republican   52.11% Democratic   47.74% Independent   0.14%

Senate seats Democratic   61.90% Republican   38.10%

Detailed results

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District 2

Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Margaret Rose Henry has represented the 2nd district since 1994.

Delaware Senate 2nd district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Margaret Rose Henry (incumbent)	10,398	100%
Total votes			10,398	100%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Robert Marshall has represented the 3rd district since 1979.

Delaware Senate 3rd district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Marshall (incumbent)	9,343	100%
Total votes			9,343	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Republican Charlie Copeland has represented the 4th district since 2003.

Delaware Senate 4th district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Charlie Copeland (incumbent)	16,289	100%
Total votes			16,289	100%
	Republican hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Liane Sorenson has represented the 6th district since 1995.

Delaware Senate 6th district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Liane Sorenson (incumbent)	9,972	100%
Total votes			9,972	100%
	Republican hold

District 10

Incumbent Republican Steven Amick has represented the 10th district since 1995.

Delaware Senate 10th district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Steven Amick (incumbent)	10,775	55.11%
	Democratic	Julia Dugan	8,777	44.89%
Total votes			19,552	100%
	Republican hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Tony DeLuca has represented the 11th district since 1999.

Delaware Senate 11th district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tony DeLuca (incumbent)	12,010	100%
Total votes			12,010	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Republican Colin Bonini has represented the 16th district since 1995.

Delaware Senate 16th district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Colin Bonini (incumbent)	11,570	69.28%
	Democratic	James Testerman	5,131	30.72%
Total votes			16,701	100%
	Republican hold

District 17

Incumbent Republican Minority Leader John Still III has represented the 17th district since 1988.

Delaware Senate 17th district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Still III (incumbent)	8,290	51.01%
	Democratic	Brian Bushweller	7,749	47.68%
	Independent Party	Karen Hartley-Nagle	214	1.32%
Total votes			16,253	100%
	Republican hold

District 18

Incumbent Republican Gary Simpson has represented the 18th district since 1999.

Delaware Senate 18th district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Simpson (incumbent)	14,392	63.29%
	Democratic	F. Thomas Savage	8,349	36.71%
Total votes			22,741	100%
	Republican hold

District 21

Incumbent Democrat Robert Venables Sr. has represented the 21st district since 1989.

Delaware Senate 21st district general election, 2004

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Venables Sr. (incumbent)	9,344	59.65%
	Republican	Daniel Short	6,321	40.35%
Total votes			15,665	100%
	Democratic hold