2018 Delaware State Senate election

An election was held on November 6, 2018 to elect 10 of the 21 members to Delaware's State Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives and State House. The primary election was held on September 6, 2018.

2018 Delaware State Senate election

November 6, 2018
10 of the 21 seats in the Delaware State Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	52.20%
Leader Margaret Rose Henry (retired) F. Gary Simpson (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat District 2 District 18 Last election 11 10 Seats before 11 10 Seats won 12 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 94,396 68,413 Percentage 57.98% 42.02%
Majority Leader before election Margaret Rose Henry Democratic Elected Majority Leader Nicole Poore Democratic

Democrats increased their majority in the Senate by gaining one seat, winning 12 seats compared to 9 seats for the Republicans.[1]

Results

Statewide

Party		Candi- dates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic Party	10	94,396	57.98%	12	1
	Republican Party	8	68,413	42.02%	9	1
Total		18	162,809	100.00%	21	–

District

Results of the 2018 Delaware State Senate election by district:[2]

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%	18,794	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 11	10,421	75.75%	3,335	24.25%	13,756	100.00%	Democratic Hold
District 16	7,027	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%	8,616	65.03%	13,357	100.00%	Republican Hold
Total	94,396	57.98%	68,413	42.02%	162,809	100.00%

References

1. Goss, Scott (November 7, 2018). "Democrats hold onto Delaware Senate, pick up seat in House". The News Journal. New Castle, U.S.A. Retrieved September 7, 2019.
2. "2018 General Election (Official Results)". Dover, Delaware: Office of the State Election Commissioner, Department of Elections, State of Delaware. Archived from the original on July 2, 2020. Retrieved September 16, 2020.