2024 Delaware Senate election

Not to be confused with 2024 United States Senate election in Delaware.

The 2024 Delaware Senate election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.^[1]

2024 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 David Sokola Gerald Hocker Party Democratic Republican Leader since November 4, 2020 November 7, 2018 Leader's seat 8th - Newark 20th - Ocean View Last election 15 6 Seats won 15 6 Seat change Popular vote 115,338 69,818 Percentage 62.23% 37.67% Swing 10.05% 10.15%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election David Sokola Democratic Elected President pro tempore David Sokola Democratic

Background

State primaries were scheduled for September 10.^[2]

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[3]	Safe D	October 23, 2024

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected	Party
2nd	Darius J. Brown		Dem	Darius J. Brown		Dem
3rd	Elizabeth Lockman		Dem	Elizabeth Lockman		Dem
4th	Laura Sturgeon		Dem	Laura Sturgeon		Dem
6th	Russ Huxtable		Dem	Russ Huxtable		Dem
10th	Stephanie Hansen		Dem	Stephanie Hansen		Dem
11th	Bryan Townsend		Dem	Bryan Townsend		Dem
16th	Eric Buckson		Rep	Eric Buckson		Rep
17th	W. Charles Paradee		Dem	W. Charles Paradee		Dem
18th	David L. Wilson		Rep	David L. Wilson		Rep
21st	Bryant Richardson		Rep	Bryant Richardson		Rep

Statewide

Party		Candi- dates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	7	115,338	62.23%	7
	Republican	5	69,818	37.67%	3
	Non-Partisan Delaware	1	181	0.10%	0
Total		13	185,337	100%	10

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

1. District 6, 8.70%

Results

Delaware's 2nd Senate district

Delaware Senate 2nd district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darius J. Brown (incumbent)	14,273	92.97
	Republican	Jon Roe	1,080	7.03%
Total votes			15,353	100%
	Democratic hold

Delaware's 3rd Senate district

Delaware Senate 3rd district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Elizabeth Lockman (incumbent)	11,831	100%
Total votes			11,831	100%
	Democratic hold

Delaware's 4th Senate district

Delaware Senate 4th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Laura Sturgeon (incumbent)	18,984	100%
Total votes			18,984	100%
	Democratic hold

Delaware's 6th Senate district

Delaware Senate 6th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Russ Huxtable (incumbent)	20,212	54.35%
	Republican	Kim Stevenson	16,976	45.65%
Total votes			37,188	100%
	Democratic hold

Delaware's 10th Senate district

Delaware Senate 10th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Hansen (incumbent)	19,510	100%
Total votes			19,510	100%
	Democratic hold

Delaware's 11th Senate district

Delaware Senate 11th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryan Townsend (incumbent)	15,898	100%
Total votes			15,898	100%
	Democratic hold

Delaware's 16th Senate district

Delaware Senate 16th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Eric Buckson (incumbent)	16,094	98.89%
	Non-Partisan Delaware	Will McVay	181	1.11%
Total votes			16,275	100%
	Republican hold

Delaware's 17th Senate district

Delaware Senate 17th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	W. Charles Paradee (incumbent)	14,630	100%
Total votes			14,630	100%
	Democratic hold

Delaware's 18th Senate district

Delaware Senate 10th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David L. Wilson (incumbent)	18,563	100%
Total votes			18,563	100%
	Republican hold

Delaware's 21st Senate district

Delaware Senate 10th district general election, 2024

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryant Richardson (incumbent)	17,105	100%
Total votes			17,105	100%
	Republican hold