Delaware
Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...
's 16th Senate district is one of 21 districts in the
Delaware Senate
The Delaware State Senate is the upper house of the Delaware General Assembly, the 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 occur ...
. It has been represented by
Republican Eric Buckson since 2022.
Geography
District 16 covers southern
Dover
Dover ( ) is a town and major ferry port in Kent, southeast England. It faces France across the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the English Channel at from Cap Gris Nez in France. It lies southeast of Canterbury and east of Maidstone. ...
and its suburbs in
Kent County, including
Highland Acres,
Rising Sun-Lebanon
Rising Sun-Lebanon is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kent County, Delaware, United States. It is part of the Dover, Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 3,391 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Rising Sun-Lebanon is locate ...
,
Kent Acres,
Riverview,
Magnolia
''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view that one takes up. Recent molecular and morphological research shows that former genera ''Talauma'', ''Dugandiodendr ...
,
Woodside,
Woodside East,
Frederica,
Little Creek,
Bowers
Bowers may refer to:
Persons
*Bowers (surname)
Places
;Antarctica
* Bowers Mountains
* Bowers Piedmont Glacier
;United Kingdom
* Bowers, Staffordshire, England
* Bowers Gifford, Essex, England
;United States
* Bowers, Delaware
* Bowers, India ...
, and
Little Heaven.
Like all districts in the state, the 16th Senate district is located entirely within
Delaware's at-large congressional district. It overlaps with the 28th, 29th, 32nd, 33rd, and 34th districts of the
Delaware House of Representatives
The Delaware State House of Representatives is the lower house of the Delaware General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Delaware. It is composed of 41 Representatives from an equal number of constituencies, each of whom is ...
.
Recent election results
Delaware Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms. Under normal circumstances, the 16th district holds elections in midterm years, except immediately after redistricting, when all seats are up for election regardless of usual cycle.
2024
2022
2018
2014
2012
Federal and statewide results
References
{{Delaware State Senators
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Kent County, Delaware