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2018 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 Margaret Rose Henry (retiring) F. Gary Simpson (retiring)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since January 10, 2017 January 8, 2009
Leader's seat 2nd 18th
Seats before 11 10
Seats after 12 9
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 94,396 68,613
Percentage 57.91% 42.09%

  Democratic hold
  Democratic gain
  Republican hold
  No election

The 2018 Delaware Senate election was held on November 6, 2018, concurrently with the elections for the Delaware House of Representatives, to elect members to the 150th General Assembly. 10 seats in the Delaware Senate were up for election. Democrats gained one seat, increasing their majority to three seats.

Primary elections were held on September 6, 2018.

Results

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Overview

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12 9
Democratic Republican
District Democratic Republican Total Result
Votes % Votes % Votes
District 2 11,783 100.00% - - 11,783 100.00% Democratic hold
District 3 9,099 100.00% - - 9,099 100.00% Democratic hold
District 4 11,251 53.13% 9,924 46.87% 21,175 100.00% Democratic gain
District 6 13,283 47.33% 14,781 52.67% 28,064 100.00% Republican hold
District 10 11,665 62.06% 7,129 37.94% 18,974 100.00% Democratic hold
District 11 10,421 75.75% 3,335 24.25% 13,756 100.00% Democratic hold
District 16 9,343 44.91% 8,618 55.09% 15,645 100.00% Republican hold
District 17 9,343 64.27% 5,194 35.73% 14,537 100.00% Democratic hold
District 18 5,783 34.83% 10,816 65.17% 16,599 100.00% Republican hold
District 21 4,741 34.97% 8,816 65.03% 13,557 100.00% Republican hold
Total 94,396 57.91% 68,613 42.09% 163,009 100.00%

Detailed results

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District 2District 3District 4District 6District 10District 11District 16District 17District 18District 21

District 2

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Incumbent Democrat Margaret Rose Henry, who had represented the district since 1994, retired.

Primary election

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2018 Delaware Senate District 2 Democratic primary election[1]
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 5,509 100.00%
  1. ^ [1] Delaware Department of Elections.