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2024 United States Senate election in Delaware
The 2024 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Delaware. Democratic congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester won her first term in office, defeating Republican businessman Eric Hansen. She succeeded Democratic incumbent Tom Carper, who declined to seek a fifth term.
This was the first open race for this seat since 1970. Republicans have not won a Senate race in Delaware since 1994. Blunt Rochester is both the first woman and first African American to represent Delaware in the Senate, as she did previously in the House. With Blunt Rochester's win and Angela Alsobrooks winning an open seat in Maryland, this is the first time in history that two African American women serve in the Senate at the same time, and also made Delaware one of several states to have a younger senior senator (Chris Coons) and an older junior senator (Blunt Rochester).
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Lisa Blunt Rochester, U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district
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John Carney, governor of Delaware (2017–2025) and former U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district (2011–2017) (ran for Mayor of Wilmington)
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Tom Carper, incumbent U.S. senator (endorsed Blunt Rochester)
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Colleen Davis, Delaware State Treasurer (ran for U.S. House)
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Kerri Evelyn Harris, state representative and candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018
| Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) | $6,971,101 | $3,850,139 | $3,120,961 |
- Eric Hansen, businessman
| Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Hansen (R) | $940,060 | $571,263 | $368,797 |
- Michael Katz, former Democratic state senator (2009–2013)
| Campaign finance reports as of June 30, 2024 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Katz (IPoD) | $3,500 | $2,613 | $216 |
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| The Cook Political Report | Solid D | November 9, 2023 |
| Elections Daily | Safe D | November 9, 2023 |
| Inside Elections | Solid D | November 9, 2023 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe D | January 24, 2023 |
| Decision Desk HQ/The Hill | Safe D | June 8, 2024 |
| CNalysis | Solid D | November 21, 2023 |
| RealClearPolitics | Solid D | August 5, 2024 |
| Split Ticket | Safe D | October 23, 2024 |
| 538 | Solid D | October 23, 2024 |
| Poll source | Date(s)administered | Samplesize | Marginof error | LisaBlunt Rochester (D) | EricHansen (R) | MichaelKatz (I) | Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Delaware | September 11–19, 2024 | 400 (RV) | ± 5.8% | 52% | 32% | 6% | 10% |
Results by state house district
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±% |
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| Democratic | 283,298 | 56.59% | −3.36% | |
| Republican | 197,753 | 39.50% | +1.69% | |
| Independent Party | 19,555 | 3.91% | N/A | |
| 500,606 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
Partisan clients
Official campaign websites
- Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) for Senate
- Eric Hansen (R) for Senate
- Michael Katz (DI) for Senate
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