Delaware 2020 Election Results

Delaware held its general election on November 3, 2020, deciding 52 legislative seats and 3 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Two Senate pickups carried Democrats past the three-fifths mark in the Senate, where they already stood in the House, giving them a supermajority in both chambers heading into the 2021 session.
• Both flips came in tight New Castle County races. Kyle Evans Gay (D) unseated Senate Minority Whip Catherine Cloutier (R) in Senate District 5 (Brandywine Hundred) by about 5 points, and Spiros Mantzavinos (D) ousted Sen. Anthony Delcollo (R) in Senate District 7 (Elsmere and Mill Creek) by fewer than 550 votes.
• Three Democrats made history:
  • Sarah McBride (D) won Senate District 1, held by Harris McDowell since 1976, and became the first transgender state senator in the nation.
  • Madinah Wilson-Anton (D) won House District 26 to become the first practicing Muslim elected to the General Assembly.
  • Sherae'a Moore (D) won House District 8, the first Black woman elected to the General Assembly south of the C&D Canal.
• All 3 statewide incumbents were re-elected by roughly 20 points. Gov. John Carney (D) beat Julianne Murray (R) and called the result an affirmation of his COVID-19 approach; Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long (D) and Insurance Commissioner Trinidad Navarro (D) also won new terms.
• Overall, the 2 Senate flips were the only seats to change party and the only races an incumbent lost. No race finished within 2 points, and 24 seats went without a contest between the two major parties.

Legislature

• House (41 seats): 26 D, 15 R before the election, 26 D, 15 R after; control stayed with Democrats.
• Senate (21 seats): 12 D, 9 R before the election, 14 D, 7 R after; control stayed with Democrats.

Statewide races

Legislative races