2016 Delaware Senate election

The 2016 Delaware Senate election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect 11 of the 21 members to Delaware's Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including the Presidency, U.S. House of Representatives, and state house. The primary election was held on September 13, 2016.^[1]

2016 Delaware Senate election

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11 of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.35%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Patti Blevins (lost re-election) Gary Simpson Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 8, 2013 January 8, 2009 Leader's seat 7th - Elsmere 18th - Milford Last election 12 9 Seats before 12 9 Seats won 6 5 Seats after 11 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 106,963 97,082 Percentage 52.30% 47.47%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election Patti Blevins Democratic Elected President pro tempore David McBride Democratic

Delaware Republicans needed to have a net gain of two seats to flip the chamber from the Democrats. However, they gained only one seat (winning 10 seats compared to 11 seats for the Democrats).

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1	Harris McDowell III		Dem	Harris McDowell III		Dem
5	Catherine Cloutier		Rep	Catherine Cloutier		Rep
7	Patti Blevins		Dem	Anthony Delcollo		Rep
8	David Sokola		Dem	David Sokola		Dem
9	Karen Peterson		Dem	Jack Walsh		Dem
12	Nicole Poore		Dem	Nicole Poore		Dem
13	David McBride		Dem	David McBride		Dem
14	Bruce Ennis		Dem	Bruce Ennis		Dem
15	David Lawson		Rep	David Lawson		Rep
19	Brian Pettyjohn		Rep	Brian Pettyjohn		Rep
20	Gerald Hocker		Rep	Gerald Hocker		Rep

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	9	106,963	52.30%	11	1	52.38%
	Republican	8	97,082	47.47%	10	1	47.62%
	Green	1	462	0.23%	0		0.00%
Total		18	204,507	100%	21		100%

Popular vote Democratic   52.30% Republican   47.47% Green   0.23%

Senate seats Democratic   52.38% Republican   47.62%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[2]	Safe D	October 12, 2016

Detailed results

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District 1

Incumbent Democrat Harris McDowell III had represented the 1st district since 1977.

Delaware Senate 1st district Democratic primary election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harris McDowell III (incumbent)	3,876	70.84%
	Democratic	Joseph D. McCole	1,596	29.16%
Total votes			5,472	100%

Delaware Senate 1st district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harris McDowell III (incumbent)	11,858	56.32%
	Republican	James Spadola	9,195	43.68%
Total votes			21,053	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Catherine Cloutier had represented the 5th district since 2001.

Delaware Senate 5th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Cloutier (incumbent)	14,083	59.48%
	Democratic	Denise Bowers	9,596	40.52%
Total votes			23,679	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Democrat President pro tempore Patti Blevins had represented the 7th district since 1991. She lost re-election to Republican Anthony Delcollo.

Delaware Senate 7th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Anthony Delcollo	9,604	50.55%
	Democratic	Patti Blevins (incumbent)	9,398	49.45%
Total votes			19,002	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 8

Incumbent Democrat David Sokola had represented the 8th district since 1991.

Delaware Senate 8th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Sokola (incumbent)	8,862	50.81%
	Republican	Meredith Chapman	8,115	46.53%
	Green	David B. Chandler	462	2.66%
Total votes			17,439	100%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Karen Peterson had represented the 9th district since 2003. Peterson retired and fellow Democrat Jack Walsh won the open seat.

Delaware Senate 9th district Democratic primary election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Walsh	1,364	57.17%
	Democratic	Caitlin M. Olsen	1,022	42.83%
Total votes			2,386	100%

Delaware Senate 9th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jack Walsh	13,500	100%
Total votes			13,500	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Democrat Nicole Poore had represented the 12th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 12th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nicole Poore (incumbent)	18,961	100%
Total votes			18,961	100%
	Democratic hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Majority Leader David McBride had represented the 13th district since 1979.

Delaware Senate 13th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David McBride (incumbent)	14,503	100%
Total votes			14,503	100%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Bruce Ennis had represented the 14th district since 2007.

Delaware Senate 14th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bruce Ennis (incumbent)	13,454	59.55%
	Republican	Carl Pace	9,138	40.45%
Total votes			22,592	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Republican David Lawson had represented the 15th district since 2011.

Delaware Senate 15th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Lawson (incumbent)	15,036	100%
Total votes			15,036	100%
	Republican hold

District 19

Incumbent Republican Brian Pettyjohn had represented the 19th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 19th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Pettyjohn (incumbent)	14,003	100%
Total votes			14,003	100%
	Republican hold

District 20

Incumbent Republican Gerald Hocker had represented the 20th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 20th district general election, 2016

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Hocker (incumbent)	17,908	72.39%
	Democratic	Perry J. Mitchell	6,831	27.61%
Total votes			24,739	100%
	Republican hold