Political party strength in Delaware
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Delaware is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.[1] The Government of Delaware is composed of the executive branch, legislative branch, and judicial branch.[2] Delaware's executive branch has five elected offices, they are Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, State Treasurer, Auditor of Accounts, and Insurance Commissioner.[3] The state legislature is made of the Delaware House of Representatives and Delaware Senate.[4] From 1776 to 1792, the position of Governor was known as President.[5]
Additionally, the state sends two senators and one representative to the United States Congress.[3] All three seats are elected at-large.[6][7] As of the 2024 House of Representatives election, the state's representative is Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender person elected to Congress.[8]
In the 1960s and 1970s the state's politics were dominated by the Republican party.[9] In the 1980s the state began to shift towards the Democratic party.[10] Writing for The News Journal, William B. Golin credited the shift towards the Democratic party to the upset victory of then-County Councilman Joe Biden in the 1972 United States Senate election.[9]
1901–present
| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Lt. Governor | Attorney General |
Treasurer | Auditor | Insurance Commissioner |
State Senate |
State House |
U.S. Senator (Class I) |
U.S. Senator (Class II) |
U.S. House | ||
| 1901 | John Hunn (R) | Philip L. Cannon (R) | Herbert H. Ward | Martin B. Burris | Prunal B. Norman | George W. Marshall | 9R, 8D | 20R, 15D | vacant[n] | vacant[n] | L. Heisler Ball (R) | |
| 1902 | ||||||||||||
| 1903 | 10R, 7D | L. Heisler Ball (R) | J. Frank Allee (R) | Henry A. Houston (D) | ||||||||
| 1904 | Roosevelt/ Fairbanks (R)  | |||||||||||
| 1905 | Preston Lea (R) | Isaac T. Parker (R) | Robert H. Richards | 21R, 14D | vacant[n] | Hiram R. Burton (R) | ||||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | 11R, 6D | 25R, 10D | Henry A. du Pont (R) | Harry A. Richardson (R) | ||||||||
| 1908 | Taft/ Sherman (R) | |||||||||||
| 1909 | Simeon S. Pennewill (R) | John M. Mendinhall (R) | Andrew C. Gray | 18D, 17R | William H. Heald (R) | |||||||
| 1910 | ||||||||||||
| 1911 | 9R, 8D | 22R, 13D | ||||||||||
| 1912 | Wilson/ Marshall (D) | |||||||||||
| 1913 | Charles R. Miller (R) | Colen Ferguson (D) | Josiah O. Wolcott (D) | 21D, 14R | Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D) | Franklin Brockson (D) | ||||||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | 19R, 16D | Thomas W. Miller (R) | ||||||||||
| 1916 | Hughes/ Fairbanks (R)  | |||||||||||
| 1917 | John G. Townsend Jr. (R) | Lewis E. Eliason (D) | David J. Reinhardt | 10R, 7D | 19D, 16R | Josiah O. Wolcott (D)[q] | Albert F. Polk (D) | |||||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | 23R, 12D | L. Heisler Ball (R) | Caleb R. Layton (R) | |||||||||
| 1920 | Harding/ Coolidge (R) | |||||||||||
| 1921 | William D. Denney (R) | J. Danforth Bush (R) | Sylvester D. Townsend Jr. | 12R, 5D | 18D, 17R | T. Coleman du Pont (R)[r] | ||||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | 11R, 6D | Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D) | William H. Boyce (D) | |||||||||
| 1924 | Coolidge/ Dawes (R) | |||||||||||
| 1925 | Robert P. Robinson (R) | James H. Anderson (R) | Clarence A. Southerland | 9D, 8R | 22R, 13D | T. Coleman du Pont (R)[s] | Robert G. Houston (R) | |||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Jesse S. Cooper Jr. (D) | 18R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | C. Douglass Buck (R) | James H. Hazel (R) | Reuben Satterthwaite Jr. | George S. Williams (R) | 9R, 8D | 26R, 9D | John G. Townsend Jr. (R) | Daniel O. Hastings (R)[r] | ||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | 12R, 5D | 22R, 13D | ||||||||||
| 1932 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1933 | Roy F. Corley (R) | Daniel J. Layton (R) | 9R, 8D | 22D, 13R | Wilbur L. Adams (D) | |||||||
| P. Warren Green (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | Warren T. Moore (R) | James H. Hazel (R) | James Postles Hammond (R) | 10R, 7D | 23R, 12D | J. George Stewart (R) | ||||||
| 1936 | Roosevelt/ Garner (D) | |||||||||||
| 1937 | Richard McMullen (D) | Edward W. Cooch (D) | Ernest C. Blackstone (D) | James W. Wise (D) | 11R, 6D | 21D, 14R | James H. Hughes (D) | William F. Allen (D) | ||||
| 1938 | ||||||||||||
| 1939 | James R. Morford (R) | Fagan H. Simonton (R) | Benjamin I. Shaw (R) | William J. Swain (R) | 20R, 15D | George S. Williams (R) | ||||||
| 1940 | Roosevelt/ Wallace (D) | |||||||||||
| 1941 | Walter W. Bacon (R) | Isaac J. MacCollum (D) | Peter S. Collins (D) | Harrison M. Manning (D) | 10R, 7D | James M. Tunnell (D) | Philip A. Traynor (D) | |||||
| 1942 | ||||||||||||
| 1943 | Clair J. Killoran (R) | John S. Isaacs (R) | Joseph M. Harrington (R) | 24R, 11D | C. Douglass Buck (R) | Earle D. Willey (R) | ||||||
| 1944 | Roosevelt/ Truman (D) | |||||||||||
| 1945 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Jesse S. Cooper Jr. (D) | Wilbur E. Jacobs (D) | 11R, 6D | 22R, 13D | Philip A. Traynor (D) | ||||||
| 1946 | ||||||||||||
| 1947 | Albert W. James (R) | Benjamin F. Johnson (R) | Benjamin I. Shaw (R) | 24R, 11D | John J. Williams (R) | J. Caleb Boggs (R) | ||||||
| 1948 | Dewey/ Warren (R) | |||||||||||
| 1949 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Alexis I. du Pont Bayard (D) | Willard D. Boyce (D) | James W. W. Baker (D) | 9R, 8D | 18R, 17D | J. Allen Frear Jr. (D) | |||||
| 1950 | ||||||||||||
| 1951 | H. Albert Young (R) | Ralph W. Emerson (R) | G. Dan Enterline (R) | William R. Murphy (R) | 9D, 8R | 19R, 16D | ||||||
| 1952 | Eisenhower/ Nixon (R) | |||||||||||
| 1953 | J. Caleb Boggs (R) | John W. Rollins (R) | Clarence Collins Jr. (R) | 10R, 7D | 18R, 17D | Herbert Warburton (R) | ||||||
| 1954 | ||||||||||||
| 1955 | Joseph D. Craven (D) | Howard H. Dickerson (D) | Clifford E. Hall (D) | Harry S. Smith (D) | 12D, 5R | 27D, 8R | Harris McDowell (D) | |||||
| 1956 | ||||||||||||
| 1957 | David P. Buckson (R) | Vera Davis (R) | Dale E. Wheatley (R) | 13D, 4R | 19D, 16R | Hal Haskell (R) | ||||||
| 1958 | ||||||||||||
| 1959 | Januar D. Bove Jr. (R) | Belle Everett (D) | Ernest E. Killen (D) | 11D, 6R | 26D, 9R | Harris McDowell (D) | ||||||
| 1960 | ||||||||||||
| Kennedy/ Johnson (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1961 | Elbert N. Carvel (D) | Eugene Lammot (D) | 20D, 15R | J. Caleb Boggs (R) | ||||||||
| 1962 | ||||||||||||
| 1963 | David P. Buckson (R) | Robert Short (R) | 10D, 7R | 24D, 11R | ||||||||
| 1964 | Johnson/ Humphrey (D) | |||||||||||
| 1965 | Charles L. Terry Jr. (D) | Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) | Charles F. Moore (D) | 13D, 5R | 30D, 5R | |||||||
| 1966 | ||||||||||||
| 1967 | Daniel Ross (R) | George W. Cripps (R) | 9R, 9D | 23R, 12D | William Roth (R)[t] | |||||||
| 1968 | Nixon/ Agnew (R) | |||||||||||
| 1969 | Russell W. Peterson (R) | Eugene Bookhammer (R) | 13R, 6D | 26R, 13D | ||||||||
| 1970 | ||||||||||||
| 1971 | W. Laird Stabler Jr. (R) | Emily Womach (D) | 23R, 16D | William Roth (R) | Pete du Pont (R) | |||||||
| 1972 | ||||||||||||
| 1973 | Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) | Mary Jornlin (R) | F. Earl McGinnes (D) | 11R, 10D | 21R, 20D | Joe Biden (D)[u] | ||||||
| 1974 | ||||||||||||
| 1975 | Richard R. Wier Jr. (D) | Richard T. Collins (R) | 13D, 8R | 25D, 16R | ||||||||
| 1976 | Carter/ Mondale (D) | |||||||||||
| 1977 | Pete du Pont (R) | James D. McGinnis (D) | Tom Carper (D) | David H. Elliott (R) | 26D, 15R | Thomas B. Evans Jr. (R) | ||||||
| 1978 | ||||||||||||
| 1979 | Richard S. Gebelein (R) | 21D, 20R | ||||||||||
| 1980 | Reagan/ Bush (R) | |||||||||||
| 1981 | Mike Castle (R) | Thomas W. Spruance (R) | 12D, 9R | 25R, 16D | ||||||||
| 1982 | ||||||||||||
| 1983 | Charles Oberly (D) | Janet Rzewnicki (R) | Dennis Greenhouse (D) | 13D, 8R | 25D, 16R | Tom Carper (D) | ||||||
| 1984 | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | Mike Castle (R) | S. B. Woo (D) | David N. Levinson (D) | 22R, 19D | ||||||||
| 1986 | ||||||||||||
| 1987 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 | Bush/ Quayle (R) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | Dale E. Wolf (R) | |||||||||||
| Tom Wagner (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1990 | ||||||||||||
| 1991 | 15D, 6R | 24R, 17D | ||||||||||
| 1992 | ||||||||||||
| Clinton/ Gore (D) | ||||||||||||
| 1993 | Tom Carper (D)[v] | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | Donna Lee Williams (R) | 22R, 19D | Mike Castle (R) | |||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | M. Jane Brady (R) | 12D, 9R | 27R, 14D | |||||||||
| 1996 | ||||||||||||
| 1997 | 12D, 9R | 23R, 18D | ||||||||||
| 1998 | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | Jack Markell (D) | 13D, 8R | 26R, 15D | |||||||||
| 2000 | Gore/ Lieberman (D) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | John Carney (D) | Tom Carper (D) | |||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||||||
| 2003 | 29R, 12D | |||||||||||
| 2004 | Kerry/ Edwards (D) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | Matthew Denn (D) | 26R, 15D | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Carl Danberg (D) | |||||||||||
| 2007 | Beau Biden (D)[12][13] | 23R, 18D | ||||||||||
| 2008 | Obama/ Biden (D) | |||||||||||
| 2009 | Jack Markell (D) | Matthew Denn (D) | Velda Jones-Potter (D)[r] | Karen Weldin Stewart (D) | 16D, 5R | 24D, 17R | Ted Kaufman[13] (D)[w] | |||||
| 2010 | 15D, 6R[x] | Chris Coons (D) | ||||||||||
| 2011 | Chipman Flowers Jr. (D) | 14D, 7R | 26D, 15R | John Carney (D) | ||||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||||||
| 2013 | 13D, 8R | 27D, 14R | ||||||||||
| 2014 | ||||||||||||
| 2015 | vacant | Matthew Denn (D) | Ken Simpler (R) | 12D, 9R | 25D, 16R | |||||||
| 2016 | Clinton/ Kaine (D) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | John Carney (D) | Bethany Hall-Long (D) | Trinidad Navarro (D) | 11D, 10R | Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) | |||||||
| 2018 | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | Kathy Jennings (D) | Colleen Davis (D) | Kathy McGuiness (D)[y] | 12D, 9R | 26D, 15R | |||||||
| 2020 | Biden/ Harris (D) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 14D, 7R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Dennis Greenhouse (D)[r] | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | Lydia York (D) | 15D, 6R | ||||||||||
| 2024 | Harris/ Walz (D) [15] | |||||||||||
| 2025 | Matt Meyer (D)[15] | Kyle Evans Gay (D) | 27D, 14R | Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)[15] | Sarah McBride (D)[15] | |||||||
| 2026 | ||||||||||||