2024 Delaware House of Representatives election

Not to be confused with 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware.

2024 Delaware House of Representatives elections
November 5, 2024
All 41 seats in the Delaware House of Representatives
21 seats needed for a majority
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Val Longhurst
(lost renomination) 		Mike Ramone
(retired)
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since June 30, 2023 January 10, 2023
Leader's seat 15th - Bear 21st - Newark
Last election 26 15
Seats won 27 14
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 246,413 206,761
Percentage 54.37% 45.63%
Swing Increase 2.93% Decrease 2.05%
Results:
     Democratic gain
     Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election

Val Longhurst
Democratic

Elected Speaker

Melissa Minor-Brown[a]
Democratic

The 2024 Delaware House of Representatives election was held on November 5, 2024, alongside the 2024 United States elections.[2]

Retirements

Five incumbents did not seek re-election.[3]

Democrats

  1. District 3: Sherry Dorsey Walker retired to run for Lieutenant Governor.
  2. District 10: Sean Matthews retired.
  3. District 14: Peter Schwartzkopf retired.
  4. District 23: Paul Baumbach retired.

Republicans

  1. District 21: Mike Ramone retired to run for Governor.

Incumbents defeated

In primary election

One incumbent representative, a Democrat, was defeated in the September 10 primary election.[4]

Democrats

  1. District 15: Val Longhurst lost renomination to Kamela Smith.

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
Sabato's Crystal Ball[5] Safe D May 19, 2022

Results summary

District Incumbent Party Elected Party
1st Nnamdi Chukwuocha Dem Nnamdi Chukwuocha Dem
2nd Stephanie Bolden Dem Stephanie Bolden Dem
3rd Sherry Dorsey Walker† Dem Josue Ortega Dem
4th Jeff Hilovsky Rep Jeff Hilovsky Rep
5th Kendra Johnson Dem Kendra Johnson Dem
6th Debra Heffernan Dem Debra Heffernan Dem
7th Larry Lambert Dem Larry Lambert Dem
8th Sherae'a Moore Dem Sherae'a Moore Dem
9th Kevin Hensley Rep Kevin Hensley Rep
10th Sean Matthews† Dem Melanie Ross Levin Dem
11th Jeffrey Spiegelman Rep Jeffrey Spiegelman Rep
12th Krista Griffith Dem Krista Griffith Dem
13th DeShanna Neal Dem DeShanna Neal Dem
14th Peter Schwartzkopf† Dem Claire Snyder-Hall Dem
15th Valerie Longhurst Dem Kamela Smith Dem
16th Franklin Cooke Jr. Dem Franklin Cooke Jr. Dem
17th Melissa Minor-Brown Dem Melissa Minor-Brown Dem
18th Sophie Phillips Dem Sophie Phillips Dem
19th Kimberly Williams Dem Kimberly Williams Dem
20th Stell Selby Dem Stell Selby Dem
21st Michael Ramone† Rep Frank Burns Dem
22nd Michael Smith Rep Michael Smith Rep
23rd Paul Baumbach† Dem Mara Gorman Dem
24th Edward Osienski Dem Edward Osienski Dem
25th Cyndie Romer Dem Cyndie Romer Dem
26th Madinah Wilson-Anton Dem Madinah Wilson-Anton Dem
27th Eric Morrison 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 Kerri Evelyn Harris Dem Kerri Evelyn Harris 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 Valerie Jones Giltner Rep Valerie Jones Giltner 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

Party Candi-
dates		 Votes % Seats +/–
Democratic 33 246,413 54.37% 27 Increase 1
Republican 29 206,761 45.63% 14 Decrease 1
Total 62 453,174 100% 41 Steady

Closest races

Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:

  1. District 20, 1.40%
  2. District 9, 5.52%
  3. District 22, 9.54%

Results

District 1 • District 2 • District 3 • District 4 • District 5 • District 6 • District 7 • District 8 • District 9 • District 10 • District 11 • District 12 • District 13 • District 14 • District 15 • District 16 • District 17 • District 18 • District 19 • District 20 • District 21 • District 22 • District 23 • District 24 • District 25 • District 26 • District 27 • District 28 • District 29 • District 30 • District 31 • District 32 • District 33 • District 34 • District 35 • District 36 • District 37 • District 38 • District 39 • District 40 • District 41

Results of the 2024 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:[6]

1st District

Incumbent Democrat Nnamdi Chukwuocha had represented the 1st District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Nnamdi Chukwuocha (incumbent) 9,252 100%
Total votes 9,252 100%
Democratic hold

2nd District

Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Bolden had represented the 2nd District since 2010.

Delaware House of Representatives 2nd district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stephanie Bolden (incumbent) 6,590 100%
Total votes 6,590 100%
Democratic hold

3rd District

Incumbent Democrat Sherry Dorsey Walker ran for Lieutenant Governor. Democrat Jose Ortega won the open seat.

Delaware House of Representatives 3rd district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Josue Ortega 6,307 100%
Total votes 6,307 100%
Democratic hold

4th District

Incumbent Republican Jeff Hilovsky had represented the 4th District since 2022.

Delaware House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeff Hilovsky (incumbent) 10,533 57.99%
Democratic Gregg Lindner 7,630 42.01%
Total votes 18,163 100%
Republican hold

5th District

Incumbent Democrat Kendra Johnson had represented the 5th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kendra Johnson (incumbent) 8,214 100%
Total votes 8,214 100%
Democratic hold

6th District

Incumbent Democrat Debra Heffernan had represented the 6th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Debra Heffernan (incumbent) 8,766 65.65%
Republican Michael Krawczuk 4,586 34.35%
Total votes 13,352 100%
Democratic hold

7th District

Incumbent Democrat Larry Lambert had represented the 7th District since 2020.

Delaware House of Representatives 7th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Larry Lambert (incumbent) 7,208 70.29%
Republican Shane Stoneman 3,047 29.71%
Total votes 10,255 100%
Democratic hold

8th District

Incumbent Democrat Sherae'a Moore had represented the 8th District since 2020.

Delaware House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sherae'a Moore (incumbent) 7,945 57.8%
Republican Chris Beronio 5,800 42.2%
Total votes 13,745 100%
Democratic hold

9th District

Incumbent Republican Kevin Hensley had represented the 9th District since 2014.

Delaware House of Representatives 9th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Kevin Hensley (incumbent) 8,762 52.76%
Democratic Terrell Williams 7,844 47.24%
Total votes 16,606 100%
Republican hold

10th District

Incumbent Democrat Sean Matthews retired and had represented the 10th District since 2014. Democrat Melanie Ross Levin won the open seat.

Delaware House of Representatives 10th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melanie Ross Levin 7,953 60.43%
Republican Brent Burdge 5,208 39.57%
Total votes 13,161 100%
Democratic hold

11th District

Incumbent Republican Jeffrey Spiegelman had represented the 11th District since 2012.

Delaware House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jeffrey Spiegelman (incumbent) 9,896 100%
Total votes 9,896 100%
Republican hold

12th District

Incumbent Democrat Krista Griffith had represented the 12th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 12th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Krista Griffith (incumbent) 10,086 61.31%
Republican Steve Pickering 6,364 38.69%
Total votes 16,450 100%
Democratic hold

13th District

Incumbent Democrat DeShanna Neal had represented the 13th District since 2022.

Delaware House of Representatives 13th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic DeShanna Neal (incumbent) 5,516 56.27%
Republican Danny Rappa 4,287 43.73%
Total votes 9,803 100%
Democratic hold

14th District

Incumbent Democrat Peter Schwartzkopf retired and had represented the 14th District since 2002. Democrat Claire Snyder-Hall won the open seat.

Delaware House of Representatives 14th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Claire Snyder-Hall 9,630 54.64%
Republican Mike Simpler 7,995 43.73%
Total votes 17,625 100%
Democratic hold

15th District

Incumbent Democrat House Speaker Valerie Longhurst lost the primary and had represented the 15th District since 2004. Democrat Kamela Smith won the open seat.

Delaware House of Representatives 15th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kamela Smith 9,286 100.00%
Total votes 9,286 100%
Democratic hold

16th District

Incumbent Democrat Franklin Cooke Jr. had represented the 16th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 16th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Franklin Cooke Jr. (incumbent) 8,092 100.00%
Total votes 8,092 100%
Democratic hold

17th District

Incumbent Democrat Melissa Minor-Brown had represented the 17th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Melissa Minor-Brown (incumbent) 7,956 100.00%
Total votes 7,956 100%
Democratic hold

18th District

Incumbent Democrat Sophie Phillips had represented the 18th District since 2022.

Delaware House of Representatives 18th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sophie Phillips (incumbent) 7,760 100.00%
Total votes 7,760 100%
Democratic hold

19th District

Incumbent Democrat Kimberly Williams had represented the 19th District since 2012.

Delaware House of Representatives 19th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kimberly Williams (incumbent) 6,964 62.85%
Republican Alex Homich 4,117 37.15%
Total votes 11,081 100%
Democratic hold

20th District

Incumbent Democrat Stell Parker Selby had represented the 20th District since 2022.

Delaware House of Representatives 20th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Stell Parker Selby (incumbent) 8,857 50.70%
Republican Nikki Miller 8,612 49.30%
Total votes 17,469 100%
Democratic hold

21st District

Incumbent Republican Michael Ramone retired to run for Governor and had represented the 21st District since 2008. Democrat Frank Burns won the open seat.

Delaware House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Frank Burns 7,415 57.88%
Republican Brenda Mennella 5,397 42.12%
Total votes 12,812 100%
Democratic gain from Republican

22nd District

Incumbent Republican Michael Smith had represented the 22nd District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 22nd district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Smith (incumbent) 8,601 54.77%
Democratic Monica Beard 7,103 45.23%
Total votes 15,704 100%
Republican hold

23rd District

Incumbent Democrat Paul Baumbach retired and had represented the 23rd District since 2012. Democrat Mara Gorman won the open seat.

Delaware House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Mara Gorman 7,934 100.00%
Total votes 7,934 100%
Democratic hold

24th District

Incumbent Democrat Edward Osienski had represented the 24th District since 2010.

Delaware House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Edward Osienski (incumbent) 6,379 66.79%
Republican Joan Godwin 3,172 33.21%
Total votes 9,551 100%
Democratic hold

25th District

Incumbent Democrat Cyndie Romer had represented the 25th District since 2022.

Delaware House of Representatives 25th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Cyndie Romer (incumbent) 5,969 64.92%
Republican David Hansberger 3,225 35.08%
Total votes 9,194 100%
Democratic hold

26th District

Incumbent Democrat Madinah Wilson-Anton had represented the 26th District since 2020.

Delaware House of Representatives 26th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Madinah Wilson-Anton (incumbent) 7,123 100.00%
Total votes 7,123 100%
Democratic hold

27th District

Incumbent Democrat Eric Morrison had represented the 27th District since 2020.

Delaware House of Representatives 27th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Eric Morrison (incumbent) 7,766 56.21%
Republican Kristina Griffing 6,051 43.79%
Total votes 13,817 100%
Democratic hold

28th District

Incumbent Democrat William Carson Jr. had represented the 28th District since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 28th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Carson Jr. (incumbent) 8,620 100.00%
Total votes 8,620 100%
Democratic hold

29th District

Incumbent Democrat William Bush IV had represented the 29th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 29th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William Bush IV (incumbent) 8,746 61.83%
Republican Anthony Egipciaco Jr. 5,400 38.17%
Total votes 14,146 100%
Democratic hold

30th District

Incumbent Republican Shannon Morris had represented the 30th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 30th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Shannon Morris (incumbent) 10,118 100.00%
Total votes 10,118 100%
Republican hold

31st District

Incumbent Democrat Sean Lynn had represented the 31st District since 2014.

Delaware House of Representatives 31st district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Sean Lynn (incumbent) 7,109 100.00%
Total votes 7,109 100%
Democratic hold

32nd District

Incumbent Democrat Kerri Evelyn Harris had represented the 32nd District since 2022.

Delaware House of Representatives 32nd district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kerri Evelyn Harris (incumbent) 4,786 61.91%
Republican Amy Shampinato 2,945 38.09%
Total votes 7,731 100%
Democratic hold

33rd District

Incumbent Republican Charles Postles Jr. had represented the 33rd District since 2016.

Delaware House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Charles Postles Jr. (incumbent) 9,101 100.00%
Total votes 9,101 100%
Republican hold

34th District

Incumbent Republican Lyndon Yearick had represented the 34th District since 2014.

Delaware House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lyndon Yearick (incumbent) 7,165 55.34%
Democratic Tracy M. Miller 5,782 44.66%
Total votes 12,947 100%
Republican hold

35th District

Incumbent Republican Jesse Vanderwende had represented the 35th District since 2018.

Delaware House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jesse Vanderwende (incumbent) 9,015 100.00%
Total votes 9,015 100%
Republican hold

36th District

Delaware House of Representatives 36th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Bryan Shupe (incumbent) 7,757 62.86%
Democratic Rony J. Baltazar-Lopez 4,583 37.14%
Total votes 12,340 100%
Republican hold

37th District

Incumbent Republican Valerie Jones Giltner had represented the 37th District since 2023.

Delaware House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Valerie Jones Giltner (incumbent) 8,250 100.00%
Total votes 8,250 100%
Republican hold

38th District

Incumbent Republican Ronald Gray had represented the 38th District since 2012.

Delaware House of Representatives 38th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Ronald Gray (incumbent) 15,341 100.00%
Total votes 15,341 100%
Republican hold

39th District

Incumbent Republican and Minority Leader Daniel Short had represented the 39th District since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 39th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Daniel Short (incumbent) 7,440 100.00%
Total votes 7,440 100%
Republican hold

40th District

Incumbent Republican Timothy Dukes had represented the 40th District since 2012.

Delaware House of Representatives 40th district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Timothy Dukes (incumbent) 9,086 100.00%
Total votes 9,086 100%
Republican hold

41st District

Incumbent Republican Richard Collins had represented the 41st District since 2014.

Delaware House of Representatives 41st district general election, 2024
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Richard Collins (incumbent) 9,490 64.42%
Democratic Tom Brett 5,242 35.58%
Total votes 14,732 100%
Republican hold

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