2022 Delaware Senate election

2022 Delaware Senate election

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All 21 seats in the Delaware Senate
11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout42.68%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader David Sokola Gerald Hocker
Party Democratic Republican
Leader since November 4, 2020 November 7, 2018
Leader's seat 8th - Newark 20th - Ocean View
Last election 14 7
Seats before 14 7
Seats won 15 6
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 1
Popular vote 144,347 132,280
Percentage 52.18% 47.82%

Results:
     Democratic hold      Democratic gain
     Republican hold

President pro tempore before election

David Sokola
Democratic

Elected President pro tempore

David Sokola
Democratic

The 2022 Delaware Senate election were held on November 8, 2022, concurrently with the elections for the Delaware House of Representatives, to elect members to the Delaware General Assembly. All of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate were up for election. The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on September 13, 2022.[1]

Democrats gained one seat, increasing their supermajority to 15 out of 21 seats.[2]

  1. ^ "State of Delaware – Department of Elections". elections.delaware.gov. Retrieved July 4, 2022.
  2. ^ "Delaware's Democratic Party celebrate big wins in Tuesday's election". Delaware First Media. November 9, 2022. Retrieved April 26, 2023.

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