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The 2022 Delaware House of Representatives elections took place on November 8, 2022, as part of the
2022 United States elections
The 2022 United States elections were held on November 8, 2022, with the exception of absentee balloting. During this U.S. midterm election, which occurred during the first term of incumbent president Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, all 435 ...
.
Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Maryland to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean to its east. The state takes its name from the adjacent Del ...
voters elected state senators in all 41 of the state's Senate districts. 41 State Representatives serve four-year terms in the
Delaware House of Representatives.
A primary election on September 13, 2022, determined which candidates appear on the November 8
general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained from the
Delaware Secretary of State
The Secretary of State of Delaware is the head of the Department of State of the U.S. state of Delaware. The Department is in charge of a wide variety of public and governmental services, and is divided into the following divisions:
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's website.
Following the 2020 state House of Representatives elections,
Democrats maintained effective control of the House with Democrats have a majority with 26 members.
Republicans
Republican can refer to:
Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
hold 15 seats following the 2020 elections.
Background
Retirements
Republicans
Democrats
Incumbents defeated
In primary elections
Republicans
Democrats
Predictions
Results
† - Incumbent not seeking re-election
Closest races
Seats where the margin of victory was under 10%:
Detailed results
District 1
2nd term incumbent Democratic Representative
Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Nnamdi O. Chukwuocha (born November 16, 1970) is an American politician and poet. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 1. He is also the current Poet Laureate of Delaware, along with his twi ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 1st District since November 2018.
District 2
6th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Stephanie Bolden has represented Delaware House of Representatives 2nd District since November 2010.
Stephanie Bolden
District 3
2nd term incumbent Democratic Representative
Sherry Dorsey Walker
Sherry Dorsey Walker is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 3. In 2018, Dorsey Walker was elected after winning a three-way primary race against Jim Miller and Paul F ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 3rd District since November 2018.
District 4
8th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Gerald Brady
Gerald L. Brady (born July 9, 1956) is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 4 from 2007 to 2022. He was elected in 2006 after the retirement of Republican Josep ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 4th District since November 2006. He resigned in February 2022
District 5
2nd term incumbent Democratic Representative
Kendra Johnson
Kendra Johnson is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 5. In 2018, Johnson was elected after winning a three-way primary race against Ajawavi J. Ajavon and William Res ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 5th District since November 2018.
District 6
6th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Debra Heffernan
Debra J. Heffernan (born April 8, 1962) is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 6.
Heffernan earned her BS in biology from the University of Delaware and her MS in ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 6th District since November 2018.
District 7
1st term incumbent Democratic Representative
Larry Lambert has represented Delaware House of Representatives 7th District since November 2020.
District 8
1st term incumbent Democratic Representative
Sherae'a Moore
Sherae'a Eboni "Rae" Moore is an American politician from the state of Delaware. A Democrat, Moore has represented the 8th district of the Delaware House of Representatives, which encompasses a parts New Castle County, since November 2020.
Early ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 8th District since November 2020.
District 9
4th term incumbent Republican Representative
Kevin Hensley has represented Delaware House of Representatives 9th District since November 2014.
District 10
4th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Sean Matthews
Sean Matthews is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 10. He has been in office since 2014, when he challenged and defeated incumbent Democrat Dennis E. Williams, who h ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 10th District since November 2014.
District 11
5th term incumbent Republican Representative
Jeffrey Spiegelman
Jeffrey N. Spiegelman is an American politician and a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives since January 8, 2013 representing District 11.
Elections
*2012 When Republican Representative Gregory Lavelle ran for Delaware Sena ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 11th District since November 2012.
District 12
2nd term incumbent Democratic Representative
Krista Griffith
Krista Mollee Griffith (born October 4, 1972) is an American politician. She is as a member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 12.
Griffith was elected in the general election on November 6, 2018, winning 53 percent ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 12th District since November 2018.
District 13
8th term incumbent Democratic Representative
John Mitchell Jr.
John Mitchell Jr. (July 11, 1863 – December 3, 1929) was an American businessman, newspaper editor, African American civil rights activist, and politician in Richmond, Virginia, particularly in Richmond's Jackson Ward, which became known as ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 13th District since November 2006.
District 14
10th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Peter Schwartzkopf has represented Delaware House of Representatives 14th District since November 2002.
District 15
9th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Valerie Longhurst
Valerie J. Longhurst (born December 17, 1963) is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, where she serves as majority leader. She was elected in 2004 to represent the 15th district, which cover ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 15th District since November 2004. He represented House majority Leader since 2013.
District 16
2nd term incumbent Democratic Representative
Franklin Cooke Jr. has represented Delaware House of Representatives 16th District since November 2018.
District 17
2nd term incumbent Democratic Representative
Melissa Minor-Brown
Melissa C. Minor-Brown (born April 19, 1984) is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing district 17.
Elections
In 2018, Minor-Brown won her primary with 56.7% of the vote. She ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 17th District since November 2018.
District 18
4th term incumbent Democratic Representative
David Bentz
David Bentz is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing district 18. Bentz won a special election on September 12, 2015, to replace Democrat Michael Barbieri, who had resigned the ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 17th District since 2015.
District 19
5th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Kimberly Williams has represented Delaware House of Representatives 19th District since November 2012.
District 20
5th term incumbent Republican Representative
Stephen Smyk
Stephen T. Smyk is an American politician who served in the Delaware House of Representatives representing the 20th district from 2012 to 2022.
In 2022, Smyk ran for the Delaware Senate for the 6th district after incumbent Republican Ernesto Lo ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 20th District since November 2012.
District 21
7th term incumbent Republican Representative
Michael Ramone
Michael J. "Mike" Ramone (born July 11, 1961) is an American politician from the state of Delaware. A member of the Republican Party, Ramone was elected to the Delaware House of Representatives in 2008.
Electoral history
*In 2008, Ramone won the ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 21st District since November 2008.
District 22
2nd term incumbent Republican Representative
Michael F. Smith
Michael F. Smith is an American politician. He is a Republican Party (United States), Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 22. In 2018, he won the Republican primary with 64 percent of the vote. He we ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 22nd District since November 2018.
District 23
5th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Paul Baumbach
Paul S. Baumbach is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 23. He was elected in 2012 after the retirement of Democrat Teresa Schooley.
Baumbach earned his MS in compu ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 23rd District since November 2012.
District 24
6th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Edward Osienski
Edward S. Osienski is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 24. He was elected in 2010 after the retirement of Republican William Oberle.
Electoral history
*In 2010, O ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 24th District since November 2010.
District 25
8th term incumbent Democratic Representative
John Kowalko has represented Delaware House of Representatives 25th District since November 2006.
District 26
1st term incumbent Democratic Representative
Madinah Wilson-Anton
Madinah Wilson-Anton (born 1993) is an American politician serving in the Delaware House of Representatives for district 26 as a Democrat. She is the first practicing Muslim elected to the Delaware General Assembly. She defeated incumbent John ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 26th District since November 2020.
District 27
1st term incumbent Democratic Representative
Eric Morrison
Eric Morrison is an American politician serving as a member of the Delaware House of Representatives from the 27th district.Jacob Took"Newcomer Morrison elected to state house in District 27" ''Newark Post'', November 3, 2020. He assumed office in ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 27th District since November 2020. He is running for reelection.
District 28
7th term incumbent Democratic Representative
William Carson Jr
William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conques ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 28th District since November 2008.
District 29
2nd term incumbent Democratic Representative
William Bush IV
William G. Bush IV (born February 1968) is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing district 29. Bush was elected in the general election on November 6, 2018, winning 58 percent o ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 29th District since November 2018.
District 30
2nd term incumbent Republican Representative
W. Shannon Morris has represented Delaware House of Representatives 30th District since November 2018.
District 31
4th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Sean Lynn has represented Delaware House of Representatives 31st District since November 2014.
District 32
5th term incumbent Democratic Representative
Andria Bennett has represented Delaware House of Representatives 32nd District since November 2012.
District 33
3rd term incumbent Republican Representative
Charles Postles Jr. has represented Delaware House of Representatives 33rd District since November 2016.
District 34
4th term incumbent Republican Representative
Lyndon Yearick
Lyndon Yearick (born November 3, 1964) is an American politician who has served in the Delaware House of Representatives from the 34th district since 2015.
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has represented Delaware House of Representatives 34th District since November 2014.
District 35
2nd term incumbent Republican Representative
Jesse Vanderwende has represented Delaware House of Representatives 35th District since November 2018.
District 36
2nd term incumbent Republican Representative
Bryan Shupe
Bryan W. Shupe is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives. He represents District 36, which includes south Milford Milford may refer to:
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has represented Delaware House of Representatives 36th District since November 2018.
District 37
6th term incumbent Republican Representative
Ruth Briggs King
Ruth Briggs King (born March 8, 1956) is an American politician. She is a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing district 37. After losing a primary race in 2000, she was elected to replace Republican Joseph Boot ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 37th District since January 2010.
District 38
5th term incumbent Republican Representative
Ronald E. Gray
Ronald E. Gray is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 38. He was in elected in 2012 to replace Republican Gerald Hocker, who had resigned to run for a seat in the Delaw ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 38th District since November 2012.
District 39
8th term incumbent Republican Representative
Daniel Short
Daniel B. Short (born July 11, 1961) is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 39. He was elected in 2006 to replace retiring Republican Tina Fallon in the House, after ha ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 39th District since November 2006. He represented as House Minority Leader sine 2013.
District 40
5th term incumbent Republican Representative
Timothy Dukes
Timothy D. Dukes (born September 30, 1964) is an American politician. He is a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 40. He was elected in 2012 after the retirement of Republican Clifford Lee.
Electoral ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 40th District since November 2012.
District 41
4th term incumbent Republican Representative
Richard G. Collins
Richard G. Collins (born August 15, 1949) is an American politician and farmer. He is a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives representing District 41. He is the owner of Access Insurance.
Electoral history
*In 2014, Coll ...
has represented Delaware House of Representatives 41st District since November 2014.
Predictions
References
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