2014 Delaware Senate election

Not to be confused with 2014 United States Senate election in Delaware.

The 2014 Delaware Senate election was held on November 4, 2014 to elect 10 of the 21 members to Delaware's Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state house. The primary election was held on September 9, 2014.

2014 Delaware Senate election

November 4, 2014 (2014-11-04)
10 of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	36%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Patti Blevins Gary Simpson Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 8, 2013 January 8, 2009 Leader's seat 7th – Elsmere 18th – Milford Last election 13 8 Seats before 13 8 Seats won 5 5 Seats after 12 9 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 51,675 50,711 Percentage 49.39% 48.47%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election Patti Blevins Democratic Elected President pro tempore Patti Blevins Democratic

Delaware Republicans needed to have a net gain of 3 seats to flip the chamber from the Democrats, however, they gained only 1 seat (winning 9 seats compared to 12 seats for the Democrats).

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
2	Margaret Rose Henry		Dem	Margaret Rose Henry		Dem
3	Robert Marshall		Dem	Robert Marshall		Dem
4	Gregory Lavelle		Rep	Gregory Lavelle		Rep
6	Ernesto Lopez		Rep	Ernesto Lopez		Rep
10	Bethany Hall-Long		Dem	Bethany Hall-Long		Dem
11	Bryan Townsend		Dem	Bryan Townsend		Dem
16	Colin Bonini		Rep	Colin Bonini		Rep
17	Brian Bushweller		Dem	Brian Bushweller		Dem
18	Gary Simpson		Rep	Gary Simpson		Rep
21	Robert Venables Sr.		Dem	Bryant Richardson		Rep

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	9	51,675	49.39%	12	1	57.14%
	Republican	8	50,711	48.47%	9	1	42.86%
	Independent	1	2,135	2.04%	0		0.00%
	Libertarian	1	113	0.11%	0		0.00%
Total		19	104,634	100%	21		100%

Popular vote Democratic   49.39% Republican   48.47% Independent   2.04% Libertarian   0.11%

Senate seats Democratic   57.14% Republican   42.86%

Detailed results

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Majority Leader Margaret Rose Henry has represented the 2nd district since 1994.

Delaware Senate 2nd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Margaret Rose Henry (incumbent)	7,324	87.88%
	Republican	Robert F. Martin	1,010	12.12%
Total votes			8,334	100%
	Democratic hold

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Robert Marshall has represented the 3rd district since 1979.

Delaware Senate 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Marshall (incumbent)	945	51.00%
	Democratic	Sherry Dorsey Walker	908	49.00%
Total votes			1,853	100%

Delaware Senate 3rd district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Marshall (incumbent)	5,214	100%
Total votes			5,214	100%
	Democratic hold

District 4

Incumbent Republican Gregory Lavelle has represented the 4th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 4th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory Lavelle (incumbent)	8,983	61.93%
	Democratic	Sarah L. Buttner	5,521	38.07%
Total votes			14,504	100%
	Republican hold

District 6

Incumbent Republican Ernesto Lopez has represented the 6th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 6th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ernesto Lopez (incumbent)	11,633	63.39%
	Democratic	R. Claire Snyder-Hall	6,718	36.61%
Total votes			18,351	100%
	Republican hold

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Bethany Hall-Long has represented the 10th district since 2009.

Delaware Senate 10th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bethany Hall-Long (incumbent)	6,230	51.09%
	Republican	John Marino	5,963	48.91%
Total votes			12,193	100%
	Democratic hold

District 11

Incumbent Democrat Bryan Townsend has represented the 11th district since 2013.

Delaware Senate 11th district Democratic primary election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryan Townsend (incumbent)	1,253	78.07%
	Democratic	David L. Tackett	352	21.93%
Total votes			1,605	100%

Delaware Senate 11th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryan Townsend (incumbent)	6,426	100%
Total votes			6,426	100%
	Democratic hold

District 16

Incumbent Republican Colin Bonini has represented the 16th district since 1995.

Delaware Senate 16th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Colin Bonini (incumbent)	6,178	74.32%
	Independent Party	Michael S. Tedesco	2,135	25.68%
Total votes			8,313	100%
	Republican hold

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Brian Bushweller has represented the 17th district since 2009.

Delaware Senate 17th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brian Bushweller (incumbent)	5,811	59.96%
	Republican	Kim E. Warfield	3,881	40.04%
Total votes			9,692	100%
	Democratic hold

District 18

Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Gary Simpson has represented the 18th district since 1999.

Delaware Senate 18h district Democratic primary election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Emory	654	65.40%
	Democratic	Gary M. Wolfe	346	34.60%
Total votes			1,000	100%

Delaware Senate 18th district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gary Simpson (incumbent)	7,853	66.72%
	Democratic	Patrick J. Emory	3,917	33.28%
Total votes			11,770	100%
	Republican hold

District 21

Incumbent Democrat Robert Venables Sr. has represented the 21st district since 1989. He lost re-election to Republican Bryant Richardson.

Delaware Senate 21st district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bryant Richardson	5,210	52.96%
	Democratic	Robert Venables Sr. (incumbent)	4,514	45.89%
	Libertarian	John F. Potter	113	1.15%
Total votes			9,837	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic