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2020 Delaware State Senate Election
The 2020 Delaware Senate election was held on November 3, 2020, concurrently with 2020 Delaware House of Representatives election, the elections for the Delaware House of Representatives, to elect members to the Delaware General Assembly. 11 of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate were up for election. Primary elections were held on September 16, 2020. Democrats increased their majority in the Senate by gaining two seats, winning 14 seats compared to 7 seats for the Republicans. Retirements Democrats # Delaware's 1st Senate district, District 1: Harris McDowell III retired. Incumbents defeated In primary elections # Delaware's 13th Senate district, District 13: Democrat David McBride lost renomination to Marie Pinkney, who went on to win the general election. In the general election # Delaware's 5th Senate district, District 5: Republican Catherine Cloutier was defeated by Democrat Kyle Evans Gay. # Delaware's 7th Senate district, District 7: Republican Anthony Delcollo was de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delaware State Senate
The Delaware Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 21 Senators, each of whom is elected to a four-year term, except when reapportionment occurs, at which time Senators may be elected to a two-year term. There is no limit to the number of terms that a Senator may serve. The Delaware Senate meets at the Delaware State Capitol, Legislative Hall in Dover, DE, Dover. In order to accommodate the ten-year cycle of reapportionment, the terms of office of the several Senators are staggered so that ten Senators are elected to terms of two years at the first biennial general election following reapportionment, followed by two four-year terms, and eleven Senators are elected at the said election for two four-year terms, followed by a two-year term. Like other upper houses of state and territorial legislatures and the federal U.S. Senate, the Senate can confirm or r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
