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 6th Senate district is one of 21 districts in the

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. It has been represented by

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Russ Huxtable Russ Huxtable is an American politician from the Delaware Democratic Party. He represented the 6th district in the Delaware State Senate from 2022 to 2025. He was elected to the 16th district in 2024 The year saw the list of ongoin ...

since 2023, succeeding Republican Ernesto López.

Geography

District 6 is based in the Cape Region in coastal Sussex County, covering Rehoboth Beach,

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, Milton, and the surrounding communities. Like all districts in the state, the 6th Senate district is located entirely within Delaware's at-large congressional district. It overlaps with the 14th, 20th, and 36th districts of the

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Recent election results

Delaware Senators are elected to staggered four-year terms. Under normal circumstances, the 6th district holds elections in midterm years, except immediately after redistricting, when all seats are up for election regardless of usual cycle.

Geography

Recent election results

2024

2018

2014

2012

Federal and statewide results

References