2020 Delaware House of Representatives election

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2020 Delaware House of Representatives election

 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 

All 41 seats in the Delaware House
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Peter Schwartzkopf Daniel Short
Party Democratic Republican
Leader's seat 14th-Rehoboth Beach 39th-Seaford
Last election 26 15
Seats after 26 15
Seat change Steady Steady
Popular vote 247,294 179,698
Percentage 57.83% 42.02%

Results by district
     Democratic hold
     Republican hold

Speaker of the House before election

Peter Schwartzkopf
Democratic

Elected Speaker of the House

Peter Schwartzkopf
Democratic

The 2020 Delaware House of Representatives elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Delaware voters elected state representatives in all 41 districts. State representatives serve two-year terms in the Delaware House of Representatives. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including the presidency, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, governor, and state senate. The primary election was held on September 15, 2020.[1]

Following the previous election in 2018, Democrats retained control of the Delaware House with 26 seats to Republicans' 15 seats. To reclaim control of the chamber from Democrats, Republicans needed to net six House seats. Democrats retained control of the Delaware House following the 2020 general election, with the balance of power remaining unchanged: 26 Democrats to 15 Republicans.

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[2] Safe D October 21, 2020

Results summary

District Incumbent Party Elected Representative Party
1st Nnamdi Chukwuocha Dem Nnamdi Chukwuocha Dem
2nd Stephanie Bolden Dem Stephanie Bolden Dem
3rd Sherry Dorsey Walker Dem Sherry Dorsey Walker Dem
4th Gerald Brady Dem Gerald Brady Dem
5th Kendra Johnson Dem Kendra Johnson Dem
6th Debra Heffernan Dem Debra Heffernan Dem
7th Ray Seigfried Dem Larry Lambert Dem
8th Quinn Johnson Dem Sherae'a Moore Dem
9th Kevin Hensley Rep Kevin Hensley Rep
10th Sean Matthews Dem Sean Matthews Dem
11th Jeffrey Spiegelman Rep Jeffrey Spiegelman Rep
12th Krista Griffith Dem Krista Griffith Dem
13th Larry Mitchell Dem Larry Mitchell Dem
14th Peter Schwartzkopf Dem Peter Schwartzkopf Dem
15th Valerie Longhurst Dem Valerie Longhurst Dem
16th Franklin Cooke Jr. Dem Franklin Cooke Jr. Dem
17th Melissa Minor-Brown Dem Melissa Minor-Brown Dem
18th David Bentz Dem David Bentz Dem
19th Kimberly Williams Dem Kimberly Williams Dem
20th Stephen Smyk Rep Stephen Smyk Rep
21st Michael Ramone Rep Michael Ramone Rep
22nd Michael Smith Rep Michael Smith Rep
23rd Paul Baumbach Dem Paul Baumbach Dem
24th Edward Osienski Dem Edward Osienski Dem
25th John Kowlako Jr. Dem John Kowalko Jr. Dem
26th John Viola Dem Madinah Wilson-Anton Dem
27th Earl Jaques Jr. Dem Eric Morrison Dem
28th William Carson Jr. Dem William Carson Jr. Dem
29th William Bush IV Dem William Bush IV Dem
30th Shannon Morris Rep Shannon Morris Rep
31st Sean Lynn Dem Sean Lynn Dem
32nd Andria Bennett Dem Andria Bennett Dem
33rd Charles Postles Jr. Rep Charles Postles Jr. Rep
34th Lyndon Yearick Rep Lyndon Yearick Rep
35th Jesse Vanderwende Rep Jesse Vanderwende Rep
36th Bryan Shupe Rep Bryan Shupe Rep
37th Ruth Briggs King Rep Ruth Briggs King Rep
38th Ronald Gray Rep Ronald Gray Rep
39th Daniel Short Rep Daniel Short Rep
40th Timothy Dukes Rep Timothy Dukes Rep
41st Richard Collins Rep Richard Collins Rep

† - Incumbent not seeking re-election

Statewide

PartyCandi-
dates
Votes %Seats+/–
Democratic34247,29457.83%26Steady
Republican26179,69842.02%15Steady
Libertarian36380.15%0Steady
Total63427,630100%41Steady

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 9, 9.6%
  2. District 21, 5.2%

Retiring incumbents

Incumbents defeated in the primary election

Detailed results

See also

References

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