2018 Delaware Senate election

Not to be confused with 2018 United States Senate election in Delaware.

The 2018 Delaware Senate election was held on November 6, 2018, to elect 10 of the 21 members to Delaware's State Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state house. The primary election was held on September 6, 2018.^[1]

2018 Delaware Senate election

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10 of the 21 seats in the Delaware State Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	52.20%
Majority party Minority party   Leader David McBride Gary Simpson (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 17, 2017 January 8, 2009 Leader's seat 13th - New Castle 18th - Milford Last election 11 10 Seats before 11 10 Seats won 6 4 Seats after 12 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 94,396 68,613 Percentage 57.91% 42.09%
Results:      Democratic gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election David McBride Democratic Elected President pro tempore David McBride Democratic

Delaware Republicans needed to have a net gain of one seat to flip the chamber from the Democrats, however, Democrats increased their majority in the Senate by gaining one seat (winning 12 seats, compared to nine seats for the Republicans).^[2]

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2	Margaret Rose Henry		Dem	Darius Brown		Dem
3	Robert Marshall		Dem	Elizabeth Lockman		Dem
4	Gregory Lavelle		Rep	Laura Sturgeon		Dem
6	Ernesto Lopez		Rep	Ernesto Lopez		Rep
10	Stephanie Hansen		Dem	Stephanie Hansen		Dem
11	Bryan Townsend		Dem	Bryan Townsend		Dem
16	Colin Bonini		Rep	Colin Bonini		Rep
17	Brian Bushweller		Dem	Charles Paradee		Dem
18	Gary Simpson		Rep	David Wilson		Rep
21	Bryant Richardson		Rep	Bryant Richardson		Rep

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	10	94,396	57.91%	12	1	57.14%
	Republican	8	68,613	42.09%	9	1	42.86%
Total		18	163,009	100%	21		100%

Popular vote Democratic   57.91% Republican   42.09%

Senate seats Democratic   57.14% Republican   42.86%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Governing[3]	Lean D	October 8, 2018

Detailed results

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District 2

Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Margaret Rose Henry had represented the 2nd district since 1994. Henry retired, and fellow Democrat Darius Brown won the open seat.

Delaware Senate 2nd district Democratic primary election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darius Brown	2,115	38.39%
	Democratic	Bobbie Cummings	1,387	25.17%
	Democratic	Samuel L. Guy	1,280	23.23%
	Democratic	Herman M. Holloway Jr.	727	13.21%
Total votes			5,509	100%

Delaware Senate 2nd district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darius Brown	11,783	100%
Total votes			11,783	100%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Robert Marshall had represented the 3rd district since 1979. Marshall retired, and fellow Democrat Elizabeth Lockman won the open seat.

Delaware Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Lockman	2,143	56.36%
	Democratic	Jordan Hines	1,660	43.64%
Total votes			3,803	100%

Delaware Senate 3rd district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Lockman	9,099	100%
Total votes			9,099	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Republican Gregory Lavelle had represented the 4th district since 2013. Lavelle lost re-election to Democrat Laura Sturgeon.

Delaware Senate 4th district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Sturgeon	11,251	53.13%
	Republican	Gregory Lavelle (incumbent)	9,924	46.87%
Total votes			21,175	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

District 6

Incumbent Republican Ernesto Lopez had represented the 6th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 6th district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernesto Lopez (incumbent)	14,781	52.67%
	Democratic	David B. Baker	13,283	47.33%
Total votes			28,064	100%
	Republican hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Hansen had represented the 10th district since 2017.

Delaware Senate 10th district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Hansen (incumbent)	11,665	62.06%
	Republican	Christine Metzing	7,129	37.94%
Total votes			18,794	100%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Bryan Townsend had represented the 11th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 11th district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryan Townsend (incumbent)	10,421	75.75%
	Republican	Daniel Kapitanic	3,335	24.25%
Total votes			13,756	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

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

Delaware Senate 16th district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Colin Bonini (incumbent)	8,618	55.09%
	Democratic	Louisa Phillips	7,027	44.91%
Total votes			15,645	100%
	Republican hold

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Brian Bushweller had represented the 17th district since 2009. Bushweller retired, and fellow Democrat Charles Paradee won the open seat.

Delaware Senate 17th district Republican primary election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Justin King	1,240	67.54%
	Republican	Donyale Hall	596	32.46%
Total votes			1,836	100%

Delaware Senate 17th district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Charles Paradee	9,343	64.27%
	Republican	Justin King	5,194	35.73%
Total votes			14,537	100%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Gary Simpson had represented the 18th district since 1999. Simpson retired, and fellow Republican David Wilson won the open seat.

Delaware Senate 18th district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Wilson	10,816	65.17%
	Democratic	James A. Purcell	5,783	34.83%
Total votes			16,599	100%
	Republican hold

District 21

Incumbent Republican Bryant Richardson had represented the 21st district since 2015.

Delaware Senate 21st district general election, 2018

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryant Richardson (incumbent)	8,816	65.03%
	Democratic	Robert C. Wheatley	4,741	34.97%
Total votes			13,557	100%
	Republican hold