2024 Voters’ Guide for DelawareExploring Challenges and Solutions

This year Delawareans will have the opportunity to vote for the U.S. president, and to elect one of Delaware’s U.S. Senators, the state’s member of the U.S. House of Representatives, along with the governor, lieutenant governor, all the members of the state legislature and a host of county officials.

This guide, presented as a public service by the Delaware Journalism Collaborative, covers all 98 elections scheduled to take place Nov. 5 – everything from the Congressional races for the Senate and the House down to the local races in Delaware’s three counties.

This is the Delaware Journalism’s Collaborative’s first voters’ guide. Our goal is to expand and build on this endeavor in future elections.

Our guide is interactive, and we aim to help and to encourage Delawareans to participate in our democracy. If you have a question for either a local or a Congressional candidate, then please take our two question survey – and then share the survey with your neighbors. We will use your suggestions to create questionnaires for the candidates that seek to represent you. The more responses we receive, the more likely we can ask the questions that are most important to you.

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Exploring Challenges and Solutions

KEY DATES AND DEADLINES

We will update this list periodically as deadlines approach or if there are changes in the schedule.

JANUARY 1 Department of Elections County Offices began accepting applications for absentee ballots for the 2024 Presidential Primary, State Primary and General Elections.
JANUARY 1 – JULY 15 Persons desiring to appear on the ballot in the 2024 General Election as unaffiliated with a political party may begin to circulate petitions and have petitions executed.
MARCH 19 Senate Bill 241 enacted. Pursuant to the passage by the General Assembly, and the signing of the legislation into law, the 2024 Delaware Presidential Primary Election will not be held due to no contested races in either party.
MAY 24 Deadline to change political party affiliation before the September 10, 2024 State Primary Election.
JULY 12 Deadline for filed candidates to withdraw without forfeiting filing fees.
JULY 15 Deadline for petitions to be circulated and executed by candidates unaffiliated with a political party.
AUGUST 1 Deadline for minor political parties to hold their party’s state or county nominating convention to select candidates.
AUGUST 12 Early voting sites for the State Primary Election announced.
AUGUST 17 Deadline to register to vote before the State Primary Election.
AUGUST 20 Deadline for minor political parties to have the required number of registered voters in order to place their respective candidates on the General Election ballot.
AUGUST 26 Deadline for uniformed service members and citizens living outside the United States to register to vote before the State Primary election.
AUGUST 28 – SEPTEMBER 8 Early voting period for the State Primary Election.
SEPTEMBER 6 All mailed absentee ballots for the State Primary Election should be sent out.
SEPTEMBER 9 Deadline for absentee ballots for the State Primary Election to be issued.
SEPTEMBER 10 State Primary Elections. Polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Deadline to return voted absentee ballots.
SEPTEMBER 20 Deadline for a person to file a Write-In Candidate Declaration Form for the General Election.
OCTOBER 7 Early voting sites for the General Election announced.
OCTOBER 12 Deadline for unregistered citizens to register to vote in the General Election.
OCTOBER 21 Deadline for unregistered uniformed service members and citizens living outside the U.S. to register to vote before the General Election.
OCTOBER 25 – NOVEMBER 3 Early voting period for the General Election.
NOVEMBER 1 All mailed absentee ballots for the General Election should be sent out.
NOVEMBER 4 Deadline for absentee ballots for the General Election to be issued.
NOVEMBER 5 General Election. Polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Deadline to return voted absentee ballots.

Federal Elections

 

Office Party Candidate
President
Vice President
Democratic Kamala D. Harris
Tim Walz
President
Vice President
Republican Donald J. Trump
JD Vance
President
Vice President
Conservative Vermin Supreme
Jonathan Realz
President
Vice President
Ind Pty of DE Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Nicole Shanahan
President
Vice President
Libertarian Chase Oliver
Mike ter Maat
U.S. Senator Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester
U.S. Senator Republican Eric Hansen
U.S. Senator Ind Pty of DE Michael “Dr. Mike” Katz
Representative in Congress Democratic Sarah McBride
Representative in Congress Republican John J. Whalen III

 

Statewide Elections

 

Office Party Candidate
Governor Democratic Matt Meyer
Governor Republican Mike Ramone
Lieutenant Governor Democratic Kyle Evans Gay
Lieutenant Governor Republican Ruth Briggs King
Insurance Commissioner Democratic Trinidad Navarro
Insurance Commissioner Republican Ralph Taylor

This is an interactive map. To zoom use control plus scroll. To see a list of candidates for each county hover over the county and double click.

New Castle County

Elections:

NEW CASTLE COUNTY (STATE HOUSE):

Office Party Candidate
State Representative District 1 Democratic Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha
State Representative District 2 Democratic Stephanie T. Bolden
State Representative District 3 Democratic Branden Fletcher Dominguez
State Representative District 3 Democratic Josue O. Ortega
State Representative District 4 Democratic Gregg Lindner
State Representative District 4 Republican Jeff Hilovsky
State Representative District 5 Democratic Kendra Johnson
State Representative District 6 Democratic Debra J. Heffernan
State Representative District 6 Republican Michael Krawczuk
State Representative District 7 Democratic Larry D Lambert Jr
State Representative District 7 Republican Shane Stoneman
State Representative District 8 Democratic Sherae’a “Rae” Moore
State Representative District 8 Democratic Matt Powell
State Representative District 8 Republican Chris Beronio
State Representative District 9 Democratic Terrell A. Williams
State Representative District 9 Republican Kevin S. Hensley
State Representative District 10 Democratic Melanie Ross Levin
State Representative District 10 Republican Brent Burdge
State Representative District 11 Republican Jeffrey N. Spiegelman
State Representative District 12 Democratic Krista Griffith
State Representative District 12 Republican Steve Pickering
State Representative District 13 Democratic DeShanna Neal
State Representative District 13 Democratic Mike Spencer
State Representative District 13 Republican Carlucci Coelho
State Representative District 13 Republican Danny Rappa
State Representative District 14 Democratic Robert “Bob” Burton
State Representative District 14 Democratic Claire Snyder-Hall
State Representative District 14 Republican Mike Simpler
State Representative District 15 Democratic Kamela T. Smith
State Representative District 16 Democratic Franklin D. Cooke Jr.
State Representative District 17 Democratic Melissa “Mimi” Minor-Brown
State Representative District 18 Democratic Lisa Cooke
State Representative District 18 Democratic Sophie Phillips
State Representative District 19 Democratic Kim Williams
State Representative District 19 Republican Alex Homich
State Representative District 20 Democratic Stell Parker Selby
State Representative District 20 Republican Nikki Miller
State Representative District 21 Democratic Frank Burns
State Representative District 21 Republican Brenda Mennella
State Representative District 22 Democratic Monica Beard
State Representative District 22 Republican Michael Francis Smith
State Representative District 23 Democratic Paul Baumbach
State Representative District 23 Democratic Mara Gorman
State Representative District 24 Democratic Ed Osienski
State Representative District 24 Republican Joan Godwin
State Representative District 25 Democratic Cyndie Romer
State Representative District 25 Republican David Hansberger
State Representative District 26 Democratic Madinah Wilson-Anton
State Representative District 27 Democratic Eric Morrison
State Representative District 27 Republican Kristina Griffing
State Representative District 28 Democratic William Carson
State Representative District 28 Republican Erik Sunstrom Jr

 

NEW CASTLE COUNTY (STATE SENATE):

Office Party Candidate
State Senator District 2 Democratic Darius Brown
State Senator District 2 Conservative Jon Roe
State Senator District 3 Democratic S. Elizabeth Lockman
State Senator District 4 Democratic Laura V. Sturgeon
State Senator District 10 Democratic Stephanie L. Hansen
State Senator District 11 Democratic Bryan Townsend

 

NEW CASTLE COUNTY OFFICES:

Office Party Candidate
New Castle County Clerk of the Peace Democratic Lisa Darrah
New Castle County Executive Democratic Marcus Henry
New Castle County Executive Republican Carter Hill
New Castle County President of County Council Democratic Monique Johns
New Castle County President of County Council Republican Melissa S. Brayman
New Castle County Council District 7 Democratic George Smiley
New Castle County Council District 8 Democratic John Cartier
New Castle County Council District 8 Republican Michael C. Senisch
New Castle County Council District 9 Democratic Timothy P. Sheldon
New Castle County Council District 10 Democratic Jea P. Street
New Castle County Council District 11 Democratic David L. Tackett
New Castle County Council District 12 Democratic Kevin Caneco

 

CITY OF WILMINGTON:

Office Party Candidate
City of Wilmington Mayor Democratic John C. Carney, Jr.
City of Wilmington City Treasurer Democratic DaWayne Sims
City of Wilmington President of City Council Democratic Trippi Congo
City of Wilmington City Council District 1 Democratic Coby Owens
City of Wilmington City Council District 2 Democratic Shane Nicole Darby
City of Wilmington City Council District 3 Democratic Zanthia Oliver
City of Wilmington City Council District 4 Democratic Michelle Harlee
City of Wilmington City Council District 5 Democratic Christian Willauer
City of Wilmington City Council District 6 Democratic Yolanda M. McCoy
City of Wilmington City Council District 7 Democratic Chris Johnson
City of Wilmington City Council District 8 Democratic Nathan Field
City of Wilmington City Council Member At-Large Democratic Latisha “Tish” Bracy
City of Wilmington City Council Member At-Large Democratic Maria D. Cabrera
City of Wilmington City Council Member At-Large Democratic Alexander Hackett
City of Wilmington City Council Member At-Large Republican Shawn Dottery
City of Wilmington City Council Member At-Large Republican James Spadola

New Castle Federal Elections

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New Castle State (and Legislature) Elections

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New Castle County Elections

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Kent County

Elections:

KENT COUNTY (STATE HOUSE):

Office Party Candidate
State Representative District 11 Republican Jeffrey N. Spiegelman
State Representative District 29 Democratic William Bush
State Representative District 29 Republican Anthony Egipciaco Jr.
State Representative District 30 Republican Wm Shannon Morris
State Representative District 31 Democratic Sean M. Lynn
State Representative District 32 Democratic Kerri Evelyn Harris
State Representative District 32 Republican Amy Spampinato
State Representative District 33 Republican Charles S. Postles Jr.
State Representative District 34 Democratic Tracey M. Miller
State Representative District 34 Republican Lyndon D. Yearick

 

KENT COUNTY (SENATE):

Office Party Candidate
State Senator District 16 Republican Eric L. Buckson
State Senator District 17 Democratic Trey Paradee
State Senator District 18 Republican Dave Wilson

 

KENT COUNTY OFFICES:

Office Party Candidate
Kent County Clerk of the Peace Democratic Brenda Wootten
Kent County Clerk of the Peace Republican Marc Wienner
Kent County Register of Wills Democratic D.J. Cox
Kent County Register of Wills Republican Colin Bonini
Kent County Levy Court District 1 Democratic Joanne Masten
Kent County Levy Court District 3 Democratic Allan Angel
Kent County Levy Court District 5 Democratic George Jody Sweeney

Kent Federal Elections

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Kent State (and Legislature) Elections

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Kent County Elections

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Sussex County

Elections:

SUSSEX COUNTY (STATE HOUSE):

Office Party Candidate
State Representative District 4 Democratic
Gregg Lindner
State Representative District 4 Republican
Jeff Hilovsky
State Representative District 14 Democratic
Robert “Bob” Burton
State Representative District 14 Democratic
Claire Snyder-Hall
State Representative District 14 Republican
Mike Simpler
State Representative District 20 Democratic
Stell Parker Selby
State Representative District 20 Republican Nikki Miller
State Representative District 35 Republican
Jesse R. Vanderwende
State Representative District 36 Democratic
Rony J. Baltazar-Lopez
State Representative District 36 Republican
Bryan William Shupe
State Representative District 37 Republican
Valerie Jones Giltner
State Representative District 38 Republican
Ronald E. Gray
State Representative District 39 Republican
Daniel B. Short
State Representative District 40 Republican
Timothy D. Dukes
State Representative District 41 Democratic Tom Brett
State Representative District 41 Republican Rich Collins

 

SUSSEX COUNTY (STATE SENATE):

Office Party Candidate
State Senator District 6 Democratic
Russ Huxtable
State Senator District 6 Republican
Kim Hoey Stevenson
State Senator District 18 Republican Dave Wilson
State Senator District 21 Republican
Bryant L. Richardson

 

SUSSEX COUNTY OFFICES:

Office Party Candidate
Sussex County Clerk of the Peace Republican
Norman “Jay” Jones Jr.
Sussex County Council District 1 Republican Matt Lloyd
Sussex County Council District 2 Republican
Steve McCarron
Sussex County Council District 3 Democratic
Jane Gruenebaum
Sussex County Council District 3 Democratic
Dana Paskins
Sussex County Council District 3 Republican
Mark Schaeffer

Sussex Federal Elections

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Sussex State (and Legislature) Elections

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Sussex County Elections

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