The 2008 Delaware Senate election was held on November 4, 2008, to elect 10 of the 21 members to Delaware's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and state house. The primary election was held on September 9, 2008.
Results summary DistrictIncumbentPartyElected SenatorParty 2 Margaret Rose HenryDem Margaret Rose HenryDem 3 Robert MarshallDem Robert MarshallDem 4 Charlie CopelandRep Michael KatzDem 6 Liane SorensonRep Liane SorensonRep 10 Steven Amick Rep Bethany Hall-LongDem 11 Tony DeLucaDem Tony DeLucaDem 16 Colin BoniniRep Colin BoniniRep 17 John Still IIIRep Brian BushwellerDem 18 Gary SimpsonRep Gary SimpsonRep 21 Robert Venables Sr.Dem Robert Venables Sr.Dem
Party Candi-dates Votes Seats No. % No. +/– % Democratic 10 110,909 65.11% 16 3 76.19% Republican 6 59,428 34.89% 5 3 23.81%Total 16 170,337 100% 21 100%
Predictions SourceRankingAs of Stateline | October 15, 2008
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 Minority Leader Charlie Copeland has represented the 4th district since 2003. Copeland retired to run for Lieutenant Governor. Democrat Michael Katz won the open seat. Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
District 6 Incumbent Republican Liane Sorenson has represented the 6th district since 1995. Democratic primary
General election
District 10 Incumbent Republican Steven Amick has represented the 10th district since 1995. Amick didn't seek re-election and Democrat Bethany Hall-Long won the open seat.
Republican primary
General election
District 11 Incumbent Democrat Tony DeLuca has represented the 11th district since 1999.
District 16 Incumbent Republican Colin Bonini has represented the 16th district since 1995.
District 17 Incumbent Republican John Still III has represented the 17th district since 1988. Still didn't seek re-election and Democrat Brian Bushweller won the open seat.
District 18 Incumbent Republican Gary Simpson has represented the 18th district since 1999.
District 21 Incumbent Democrat Robert Venables Sr. has represented the 21st district since 1989.
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