Political party strength in Delaware
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]
1777–1900
| Year | Executive offices | General Assembly | United States Congress | Electoral votes[a] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Governor | Attorney General | Treasurer | Auditor | State Senate | State House | U.S. Senator (Class I) | U.S. Senator (Class II) | U.S. House | ||
| 1777 | John McKinly (NP/F)[b][c] | N/a | no such office | [d] | no elections held | |||||
| Thomas McKean (NP/DR)[b][e] | ||||||||||
| George Read (NP/F)[b][f] | ||||||||||
| 1778 | Gunning Bedford Jr. (F)[11][12] | Samuel Patterson | ||||||||
| Caesar Rodney (NP/DR)[b] | ||||||||||
| 1779 | ||||||||||
| 1780 | ||||||||||
| 1781 | ||||||||||
| John Dickinson (NP/F)[b][g] | ||||||||||
| 1782 | ||||||||||
| John Cook (NP/F)[b][f] | ||||||||||
| 1783 | ||||||||||
| Nicholas Van Dyke (NP/DR)[b] | ||||||||||
| 1784 | ||||||||||
| 1785 | James Tilton | |||||||||
| 1786 | ||||||||||
| Thomas Collins (NP/F)[b][h] | Joshua Clayton (NP/F) | |||||||||
| 1787 | Eleazer McComb | |||||||||
| 1788 | ||||||||||
| 1789 | George Read (PA)[i] | Richard Bassett (AA) | John Vining (PA) | Washington/ Adams (I)  | ||||||
| Jehu Davis (NP/F)[b][j] | ||||||||||
| Joshua Clayton (NP/F)[b] | John Gordon | |||||||||
| 1790 | Nicholas Ridgely | |||||||||
| 1791 | Francis Many | Richard Bassett (PA) | ||||||||
| 1792 | Robert Clark | |||||||||
| 1793 | Joshua Clayton (F) | John Vining (PA)[i] | John Patten (AA) | |||||||
| 1794 | Thomas Sipple | Thomas Montgomery | vacant | Henry Latimer (PA)[k] | ||||||
| 1795 | Henry Latimer (PA) | |||||||||
| Henry Latimer (F)[i] | John Vining (F) | John Patten (DR) | ||||||||
| 1796 | Gunning Bedford Sr. (F)[h] | Adams/ Pinckney (F) | ||||||||
| 1797 | F majority | 14F, 7DR | James A. Bayard (F) | |||||||
| Daniel Rogers (F)[j] | ||||||||||
| 1798 | John Clarke | F majority | F majority | Joshua Clayton (F)[h] | ||||||
| 1799 | Richard Bassett (F)[l] | F majority | F majority | William H. Wells (F) [i] | ||||||
| 1800 | F majority | 14F, 7DR | Adams/ Pinckney (F)  | |||||||
| 1801 | Nicholas Van Dyke (F) | 6F, 3DR | Samuel White (F)[h] | |||||||
| James Sykes (F)[f] | ||||||||||
| 1802 | David Hall (DR) | |||||||||
| 1803 | Caesar Augustus Rodney (DR) | |||||||||
| 1804 | Pinckney/ King (F) | |||||||||
| 1805 | Nathaniel Mitchell (F) | James A. Bayard (F)[i] | James M. Broom (F)[i] | |||||||
| 1806 | Outerbridge Horsey (F) | |||||||||
| 1807 | vacant | |||||||||
| 1808 | George Truitt (F) | Henry Molleston (F) | Nicholas Van Dyke (F) | |||||||
| 1809 | ||||||||||
| 1810 | Thomas Clayton (F) | Outerbridge Horsey (F) | ||||||||
| 1811 | Joseph Haslet (DR) | Henry M. Ridgely (F) | ||||||||
| 1812 | Clinton/ Ingersoll (F) | |||||||||
| 1813 | William H. Wells (F) | 2F | ||||||||
| 1814 | Daniel Rodney (F) | Samuel Paynter (F) | ||||||||
| 1815 | James Rogers | |||||||||
| 1816 | 7F, 2DR | King/ Howard (F) | ||||||||
| 1817 | John Clark (F) | Nicholas Van Dyke (F) | 1F, 1DR | |||||||
| 1818 | Cornelius P. Comegys (F) | 6F, 3DR | ||||||||
| 1819 | ||||||||||
| 1820 | Henry Molleston (F)[m] | Monroe/ Tompkins (DR) | ||||||||
| Jacob Stout (F)[n] | ||||||||||
| 1821 | John Collins (DR)[h] | vacant[o] | ||||||||
| 1822 | 5DR, 4F | 11DR, 10F | Cesar Augustus Rodney (DR)[i] | 2F | ||||||
| Caleb Rodney (F)[j] | ||||||||||
| 1823 | Joseph Haslet (DR)[h] | Ezekiel Cowgill | 5DR, 4F | 13DR, 8F | vacant | vacant[o] | Louis McLane (F) | |||
| Charles Thomas (DR)[j] | ||||||||||
| 1824 | Samuel Paynter (F) | William W. Green | 5F, 4DR | 14F, 7DR | Thomas Clayton (F) | Nicholas Van Dyke (F) | Jackson/ Calhoun (DR) | |||
| 1825 | 13F, 8DR | Thomas Clayton (NR) | Nicholas Van Dyke (NR)[h] | Louis McLane (J)[i] | ||||||
| 1826 | 14DR, 7F | Daniel Rodney (NR)[i] | ||||||||
| 1827 | Charles Polk Jr. (F) | Ezekiel Cowgill | 5DR, 4F | 13F, 8DR | Louis McLane (J)[i] | Henry M. Ridgely (J) | vacant | |||
| 1828 | 5A-J, 3J, 1? | 11A-J, 10J | Kensey Johns Jr. (NR) | Adams/ Rush (NR) | ||||||
| 1829 | 5NR, 4D | 14NR, 7D | vacant | John M. Clayton (NR)[i] | ||||||
| 1830 | David Hazzard (NR) | Robert Frame | Cornelius P. Comegys (NR) | Arnold Naudain (NR)[i] | ||||||
| 1831 | 7NR, 2D | 16NR, 5D | John J. Milligan (NR) | |||||||
| 1832 | 14NR, 7D | Clay/ Sergeant (NR) | ||||||||
| 1833 | Caleb P. Bennett (D)[h] | |||||||||
| 1834 | ||||||||||
| 1835 | James Rogers | Peter S. Parker | 6W, 3D | 14W, 7D | ||||||
| 1836 | Harrison/ Granger (W) | |||||||||
| Charles Polk Jr. (W)[j] | Richard H. Bayard (NR) | Thomas Clayton (NR) | ||||||||
| 1837 | Cornelius P. Comegys (W) | Richard H. Bayard (W)[i] | Thomas Clayton (W) | John J. Milligan (W) | ||||||
| 1838 | ||||||||||
| 1839 | Elijah Cannon | 6D, 3W | 13D, 8W | Thomas Robinson Jr. (D) | ||||||
| 1840 | Edward W. Gilpin | vacant | Harrison/ Tyler (W) | |||||||
| 1841 | William B. Cooper (W) | William D. Waples (W) | J. L. Harper | 5D, 4W | 21W | Richard H. Bayard (W) | George B. Rodney (W) | |||
| 1842 | Gardner H. Wright | |||||||||
| 1843 | 7W, 2D | 14W, 7D | ||||||||
| 1844 | Clay/ Frelinghuysen (W) | |||||||||
| 1845 | Thomas Stockton (W)[h] | James S. Buckmaster | 6W, 3D | John M. Clayton (W)[p] | John W. Houston (W) | |||||
| 1846 | ||||||||||
| Joseph Maull (W)[h][j] | ||||||||||
| William Temple (W)[j] | ||||||||||
| 1847 | William Tharp (D) | Abraham Staats | 5W, 4D | 11W, 10D | Presley Spruance (W) | |||||
| 1848 | Taylor/ Fillmore (W) | |||||||||
| 1849 | Jacob Faris (W) | Hiram W. McColley | 6W, 3D | 13W, 7D, 1? | John Wales (W) | |||||
| 1850 | Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D) | |||||||||
| 1851 | William H. H. Ross (D) | William Cannon (D) | Luther Swigget | 5D, 4W | 14D, 7W | James A. Bayard Jr. (D) | George R. Riddle (D) | |||
| 1852 | Pierce/ King (D) | |||||||||
| 1853 | 13W, 8D | John M. Clayton (W) | ||||||||
| 1854 | ||||||||||
| 1855 | Peter F. Causey (KN) | George P. Fisher (R) | John R. Sudler | William T. Alrichs | 6KN, 2D, 1W | 19KN, 2D | Elisha D. Cullen (KN) | |||
| 1856 | Buchanan/ Breckinridge (D) | |||||||||
| 1857 | William J. Clarke | 5D, 4O | 21D | Joseph P. Comegys (W) | William G. Whiteley (D) | |||||
| 1858 | ||||||||||
| 1859 | William Burton (D) | Aaron B. Marvel | 7D, 2O | 14D, 7O | Willard Saulsbury Sr. (D) | |||||
| 1860 | Alfred Wooten | Breckinridge/ Lane (SD) | ||||||||
| 1861 | Samuel B. Hitch | W. N. Hamilton | 5D, 4R | 11R, 10D | George P. Fisher (U) | |||||
| 1862 | ||||||||||
| 1863 | William Cannon (R)[h] | Locksley R. Jacobs | Andrew J. Calley | 14D, 7R | William Temple (D)[h] | |||||
| 1864 | Jacob Moore (R) | George R. Riddle (D) | Nathaniel B. Smithers (R) | McClellan/ Pendleton (D) | ||||||
| 1865 | Lewellyn Thorp | Robert G. Ellegood | 6D, 3R | John A. Nicholson (D) | ||||||
| Gove Saulsbury (D)[q] | ||||||||||
| 1866 | ||||||||||
| 1867 | William J. Clarke | Robert Lambden | 15D, 6R | James A. Bayard Jr. (D) | ||||||
| 1868 | Seymour/ Blair (D) | |||||||||
| 1869 | Charles B. Lore (D) | 9D | 21D | Thomas F. Bayard (D)[p] | Benjamin T. Biggs (D) | |||||
| 1870 | ||||||||||
| 1871 | James Ponder (D) | Robert H. Davis | Robert G. Ellegood | Eli Saulsbury (D) | ||||||
| 1872 | Grant/ Wilson (R) | |||||||||
| 1873 | 8D, 1R | James R. Lofland (R) | ||||||||
| 1874 | John B. Penington (D) | |||||||||
| 1875 | John P. Cochran (D) | Thomas B. Giles | Nathan Pratt (D) | James Williams (D) | ||||||
| 1876 | Tilden/ Hendricks (D) | |||||||||
| 1877 | 9D | |||||||||
| 1878 | ||||||||||
| 1879 | John W. Hall (D) | George Gray (D) | Robert J. Reynolds (D) | John F. Staats | Edward L. Martin (D) | |||||
| 1880 | Hancock/ English (D) | |||||||||
| 1881 | 8D, 1R | 14D, 7R | ||||||||
| 1882 | ||||||||||
| 1883 | Charles C. Stockley (D) | John M. Houston (D) | Jesse L. Long | 7D, 2R | 21D | Charles B. Lore (D) | ||||
| 1884 | Cleveland/ Hendricks (D) | |||||||||
| 1885 | John H. Paynter | 9D | George Gray (D) | |||||||
| 1886 | ||||||||||
| 1887 | Benjamin T. Biggs (D) | John Biggs | William Herbert | James H. Boyce | John B. Penington (D) | |||||
| 1888 | Cleveland/ Thurman (D) | |||||||||
| 1889 | 5R, 4D | 14R, 7D | Anthony Higgins (R) | |||||||
| 1890 | ||||||||||
| 1891 | Robert J. Reynolds (D) | Wilbur H. Burnite | John P. Dulaney | 7D, 2R | John W. Causey (D) | |||||
| 1892 | John R. Nicholson | Cleveland/ Stevenson (D) | ||||||||
| 1893 | 5D, 4R | 21D | ||||||||
| 1894 | ||||||||||
| 1895 | Joshua H. Marvil (R)[h] | Robert C. White | Charles H. Atkins | Beniah L. Lewis | 15R, 6D | vacant[o] | Jonathan S. Willis (R) | |||
| William T. Watson (D)[j] | ||||||||||
| 1896 | McKinley/ Hobart (R) | |||||||||
| 1897 | Ebe W. Tunnell (D) | William M. Ross (D) | 20D, 1R | Richard R. Kenney (D) | L. Irving Handy (D) | |||||
| 1898 | ||||||||||
| 1899 | L. Heisler Ball (R) | John A. Lingo (R) | 9D, 8R | 22R, 13D | vacant[o] | John H. Hoffecker (R)[h] | ||||
| 1900 | Isaac N. Fooks | McKinley/ Roosevelt (R) | ||||||||
| Walter O. Hoffecker (R) | ||||||||||
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 (R) | Martin B. Burris (R) | Purnal B. Norman (R) | George W. Marshall (R) | 9R, 8D | 20R, 15D | vacant[o] | vacant[o] | 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 (R) | Thomas N. Rawlins (R) | George H. Dick (R) | 21R, 14D | vacant[o] | Hiram R. Burton (R) | ||||
| 1906 | ||||||||||||
| 1907 | Thomas C. Roe (R) | 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 (D) | David O. Moore (R) | Theodore F. Clark (R) | Charles H. Maull (R) | 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) | Charles A. Hastings (D) | Walter Poole Prettyman (D) | William R. McGabe (D) | 21D, 14R | Willard Saulsbury Jr. (D) | Franklin Brockson (D) | |||
| 1914 | ||||||||||||
| 1915 | William J. Swain (R) | Charles J. Luff (R) | 19R, 16D | Thomas W. Miller (R) | ||||||||
| 1916 | Hughes/ Fairbanks (R) | |||||||||||
| 1917 | John G. Townsend Jr. (R) | Lewis E. Eliason (D) | David J. Reinhardt (R) | William G. Roe (D) | Thomas R. Wilson (D) | 10R, 7D | 19D, 16R | Josiah O. Wolcott (D)[r] | Albert F. Polk (D) | |||
| 1918 | ||||||||||||
| 1919 | George M. Fisher (R) | Daniel Thompson (R) | 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. (R) | Horace Sudler (R) | 12R, 5D | 18D, 17R | T. Coleman du Pont (R)[s] | |||||
| 1922 | ||||||||||||
| 1923 | Thomas S. Fouracre (R) | Joseph Morris Harrington (R) | Charles M. Hollis (R) | 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 (R) | James G. Shaw (R) | 9D, 8R | 22R, 13D | T. Coleman du Pont (R)[t] | Robert G. Houston (R) | ||||
| 1926 | ||||||||||||
| 1927 | Howard M. Ward (R) | Edward Baker (R) | 18R, 17D | |||||||||
| 1928 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1929 | C. Douglass Buck (R) | James H. Hazel (R) | Reuben Satterthwaite Jr. (R) | 9R, 8D | 26R, 9D | John G. Townsend Jr. (R) | Daniel O. Hastings (R)[s] | |||||
| 1930 | ||||||||||||
| 1931 | George S. Williams (R) | 12R, 5D | 22R, 13D | |||||||||
| 1932 | Hoover/ Curtis (R) | |||||||||||
| 1933 | Roy F. Corley (R) | Daniel J. Layton (R) | James H. Hazel (R) | 9R, 8D | 22D, 13R | Wilbur L. Adams (D) | ||||||
| P. Warren Green (R) | ||||||||||||
| 1934 | ||||||||||||
| 1935 | Warren T. Moore (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)[u] | |||||||
| 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)[v] | ||||||
| 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)[w] | 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)[s] | Karen Weldin Stewart (D) | 16D, 5R | 24D, 17R | Ted Kaufman[13] (D)[x] | |||||
| 2010 | 15D, 6R[y] | 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)[z] | 12D, 9R | 26D, 15R | |||||||
| 2020 | Biden/ Harris (D) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | 14D, 7R | |||||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Dennis Greenhouse (D)[s] | ||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||
Notes
- ↑ In years in which a presidential election was not held, the table indicates the winner of the most recent election.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 President of Delaware[5]
- ↑ Presidency ended after being captured by the British army during the Revolutionary War.
- ↑ During the Continental Congress and the Articles of Confederation the number of delgates that were sent to Congress varried and regardless of the number, entire the delegation only received one vote as a state.
- ↑ Succeeded to office upon the capture of McKinly and resigned upon the return of George Read.
- 1 2 3 Succeeded to office upon the resignation of his predecessor.
- ↑ Resigned to accept election as president of Pennsylvania.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Died in office.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Resigned.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Succeeded to office upon the death of his predecessor.
- ↑ Successfully contested Patten's election.
- ↑ Resigned to accept appointment to U.S. District Court.
- ↑ Died before taking office; never served as governor.
- ↑ Assumed office upon the death of Governor-elect Molleston.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Legislature failed to elect a senator.
- 1 2 Resigned to become United States Secretary of State.
- ↑ Assumed office upon the death of Cannon, then was elected to office in his own right.
- ↑ Resigned to become Chancellor of the Delaware Court of Chancery.
- 1 2 3 4 Appointed to fill vacancy.
- ↑ Resigned due to poor health.
- ↑ Resigned December 31, 1970, to become a U.S. Senator.
- ↑ Resigned after being elected Vice President of the United States[13]
- ↑ Resigned office on January 3, 2001, to begin term in the U.S. Senate, and was succeeded as governor by Ruth Ann Minner for the remaining 17 days of his term.
- ↑ Appointed to fill the vacancy created by Biden's resignation.[13]
- ↑ A special election occurred after the death of Sen. Thurman Adams Jr. (D), who was succeeded by Joseph W. Booth (R) after the 2009 session, flipping the seat from Democratic to Republican.[14]
- ↑ Resigned on October 19, 2022, after being convicted for corruption and conflict of interest.
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