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.
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).
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Governing | October 20, 2014
Results summary DistrictIncumbentPartyElected SenatorParty 2 Margaret Rose HenryDem Margaret Rose HenryDem 3 Robert MarshallDem Robert MarshallDem 4 Gregory LavelleRep Gregory LavelleRep 6 Ernesto LopezRep Ernesto LopezRep 10 Bethany Hall-LongDem Bethany Hall-LongDem 11 Bryan TownsendDem Bryan TownsendDem 16 Colin BoniniRep Colin BoniniRep 17 Brian BushwellerDem Brian BushwellerDem 18 Gary SimpsonRep Gary SimpsonRep 21 Robert Venables Sr.Dem Bryant RichardsonRep
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%
Detailed results
District 2 Incumbent Democrat Majority Leader Margaret Rose Henry has represented the 2nd district since 1994.
District 3 Incumbent Democrat Robert Marshall has represented the 3rd district since 1979.
District 4 Incumbent Republican Gregory Lavelle has represented the 4th district since 2013.
District 6 Incumbent Republican Ernesto Lopez has represented the 6th district since 2013.
District 10 Incumbent Democrat Bethany Hall-Long has represented the 10th district since 2009.
District 11 Incumbent Democrat Bryan Townsend has represented the 11th district since 2013.
District 16 Incumbent Republican Colin Bonini has represented the 16th district since 1995.
District 17 Incumbent Democrat Brian Bushweller has represented the 17th district since 2009.
District 18 Incumbent Republican Minority Leader Gary Simpson has represented the 18th district since 1999.
District 21 Incumbent Democrat Robert Venables Sr. has represented the 21st district since 1989. He lost re-election to Republican Bryant Richardson.
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