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Delaware

Current officeholders from Open States people data (CC0). Look up your own ballot by ZIP.

2026 statewide races

2026 statewide candidate details for Delaware: coming soon.

Statewide officials now

What does a governor do?

Runs the state government. Proposes the state budget, signs or vetoes bills passed by the legislature, and appoints the heads of state agencies. Usually 4 years (2 in NH and VT).

  • State budget, schools and Medicaid funding
  • Signs or vetoes state laws
  • Leads emergency response and the state National Guard
Source: National Governors Association: Governors' Powers & Authority
DemocraticMatt MeyerGovernor since 2025Official source
DemocraticKyle GayLieutenant Governor since 2025Official source
DemocraticKathy JenningsAttorney General since 2019Official source
IndependentAnthony AlbenceChief Election Officer since 2023Official source

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State Senate (21 members)

What does a state senator do?

A member of the upper chamber of the state legislature. Writes and votes on state laws and the state budget, and in many states confirms the governor's appointees. Usually 4 years.

  • School funding and state taxes
  • State criminal laws
  • Drawing district maps (in many states)
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
District
State senator
Committees
1
D Dan Cruce
Judiciary; Veterans Affairs; Special Property Reassessment; Housing; Labor; Elections and Government Affairs (chair)
2
D Darius Brown
Judiciary (chair); Veterans Affairs; Elections and Government Affairs (vice chair); Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology; Finance; Finance
3
D Tizzy Lockman
Legislative Council; Special Property Reassessment; Housing (chair); Rules and Ethics (chair); Education (vice chair); Environment, Energy and Transportation; Executive
4
D Laura Sturgeon
Labor; Education (chair); Elections and Government Affairs; Finance; Finance
5
D Ray Seigfried
Veterans Affairs; Corrections and Public Safety (chair); Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology; Health and Social Services; Environment, Energy and Transportation
6
D Russ Huxtable
Veterans Affairs; Special Property Reassessment; Housing (vice chair); Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Agriculture (chair); Health and Social Services; Legislative Oversight and Sunset (vice chair); Environment, Energy and Transportation (vice chair); Executive
7
D Spiros Mantzavinos
Veterans Affairs (vice chair); Special Property Reassessment; Rules and Ethics; Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology (chair); Capital Improvement; Capital Improvement; Environment, Energy and Transportation
8
D Dave Sokola
Legislative Council (chair); Veterans Affairs; Rules and Ethics (vice chair); Education; Corrections and Public Safety; Agriculture; Executive (chair)
9
D Jack Walsh
Veterans Affairs; Housing; Labor (vice chair); Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology; Capital Improvement (chair); Capital Improvement (chair)
10
D Stephanie Hansen
Education; Elections and Government Affairs; Agriculture; Finance; Health and Social Services; Environment, Energy and Transportation (chair); Finance
11
D Bryan Townsend
Judiciary (vice chair); Legislative Council; Special Property Reassessment (chair); Housing; Rules and Ethics; Labor (chair); Health and Social Services (vice chair); Executive (vice chair)
12
D Nicole Poore
Veterans Affairs (chair); Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Labor; Education; Corrections and Public Safety; Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology; Health and Social Services; Capital Improvement; Capital Improvement; Legislative Oversight and Sunset
13
D Marie Pinkney
Judiciary; Corrections and Public Safety; Health and Social Services (chair); Capital Improvement; Capital Improvement; Executive
14
D Kyra Hoffner
Judiciary; Veterans Affairs; Special Property Reassessment; Housing; Legislative Oversight and Sunset (chair); Elections and Government Affairs; Corrections and Public Safety (vice chair); Agriculture (vice chair); Legislative Oversight and Sunset (chair)
15
R Dave Lawson
Veterans Affairs; Labor; Education; Corrections and Public Safety; Finance; Finance
16
R Eric Buckson
Veterans Affairs; Special Property Reassessment; Housing; Education; Elections and Government Affairs; Finance; Health and Social Services; Environment, Energy and Transportation; Finance
17
D Trey Paradee
Veterans Affairs; Agriculture; Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology (vice chair); Finance (chair); Environment, Energy and Transportation; Finance (vice chair)
18
R Dave Wilson
Veterans Affairs; Agriculture; Health and Social Services; Capital Improvement; Capital Improvement
19
R Brian Pettyjohn
Judiciary; Legislative Council; Veterans Affairs; Special Property Reassessment; Rules and Ethics; Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Corrections and Public Safety; Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology; Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Environment, Energy and Transportation; Executive
20
R Gerald Hocker
Legislative Council; Veterans Affairs; Housing; Rules and Ethics; Agriculture; Executive
21
R Bryant Richardson
Judiciary; Veterans Affairs; Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Labor; Elections and Government Affairs; Banking, Business, Insurance and Technology; Capital Improvement; Capital Improvement; Legislative Oversight and Sunset

State House (41 members)

What does a state representative do?

A member of the lower chamber of the state legislature (called the House, Assembly or House of Delegates). Writes and votes on state laws for a smaller district than a state senator. Usually 2 years.

  • State budget and taxes
  • Roads and schools
  • Local issues raised by constituents
Source: National Conference of State Legislatures
District
State representative
Committees
1
D Nnamdi Chukwuocha
Gaming and Parimutuels; Corrections; Health and Human Development (chair); Veterans Affairs (chair); Appropriations; Special Property Reassessment; Finance; Education
2
D Stephanie Bolden
Gaming and Parimutuels (chair); Veterans Affairs; Elections and Government Affairs (chair); Labor; Housing; Appropriations (vice chair); Finance
3
D Josue Ortega
Gaming and Parimutuels; Public Safety and Homeland Security; Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis and Government Accountability); Transportation; Housing; Education
4
R Jeff Hilovsky
Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Elections and Government Affairs; Education
5
D Kendra Johnson
Capital Infrastructure; Health and Human Development; Technology and Telecommunications; Housing (chair); Revenue and Finance; Capital Improvement; Agriculture
6
D Debra Heffernan
Capital Infrastructure (chair); Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Natural Resources and Energy (chair); Transportation; Capital Improvement (vice chair); Agriculture
7
D Larry Lambert
Corrections (chair); Veterans Affairs; Natural Resources and Energy; Labor; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Housing (vice chair)
8
D Rae Moore
Veterans Affairs; Housing
9
R Kevin Hensley
Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Housing; Special Property Reassessment; Education
10
D Melanie Ross Levin
Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis and Government Accountability); Labor; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Education
11
R Jeff Spiegelman
Legislative Council; Veterans Affairs; Housing; Administration; Rules; Ethics
12
D Krista Griffith
Judiciary (chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Technology and Telecommunications; Revenue and Finance; Appropriations; Finance; Agriculture
13
D DeShanna Neal
Corrections; Health and Human Development (vice chair); Education
14
D Claire Snyder-Hall
Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Natural Resources and Energy; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Special Property Reassessment; Education; Agriculture
15
D Kam Smith
Health and Human Development; Technology and Telecommunications; Transportation; Revenue and Finance; Education
16
D Frank Cooke
Gaming and Parimutuels (vice chair); Public Safety and Homeland Security (chair); Corrections (vice chair); Capital Infrastructure; Veterans Affairs; Judiciary; Labor; Capital Improvement
17
D Melissa Minor-Brown
Legislative Council (vice chair); Veterans Affairs; Administration; Special Property Reassessment; Rules; Ethics
18
D Sophie Phillips
Veterans Affairs; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy (vice chair); Elections and Government Affairs; Labor; Agriculture
19
D Kim Williams
Labor (vice chair); Appropriations (chair); Special Property Reassessment; Finance (chair); Education (chair)
20
D Alonna Berry
Veterans Affairs; Natural Resources and Energy; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Transportation; Education; Agriculture
21
D Frank Burns
Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Natural Resources and Energy; Labor; Transportation; Special Property Reassessment
22
R Mike Smith
Capital Infrastructure; Health and Human Development; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Revenue and Finance; Capital Improvement; Special Property Reassessment; Education
23
D Mara Gorman
Corrections; Veterans Affairs; Judiciary; Technology and Telecommunications; Housing
24
D Ed Osienski
Legislative Council; Public Safety and Homeland Security (vice chair); Elections and Government Affairs; Labor (chair); Transportation (vice chair); Administration (vice chair); Rules (vice chair); Ethics (vice chair)
25
D Cyndie Romer
Public Safety and Homeland Security; Legislative Oversight and Sunset (vice chair); Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis and Government Accountability) (chair); Judiciary (vice chair); Technology and Telecommunications (chair); Revenue and Finance; Special Property Reassessment
26
D Madinah Wilson-Anton
Public Safety and Homeland Security; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Technology and Telecommunications (vice chair); Housing; Revenue and Finance (chair)
27
D Eric Morrison
Corrections; Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Elections and Government Affairs (vice chair); Labor; Transportation (chair); Special Property Reassessment; Education
28
D Bill Carson
Veterans Affairs (vice chair); Natural Resources and Energy; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce (vice chair); Housing; Revenue and Finance (vice chair); Agriculture (chair)
29
D Bill Bush
Capital Infrastructure; Veterans Affairs; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Elections and Government Affairs; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce (chair); Capital Improvement; Education; Agriculture (vice chair)
30
R Shannon Morris
Gaming and Parimutuels; Public Safety and Homeland Security; Corrections; Veterans Affairs; Technology and Telecommunications; Transportation; Housing
31
D Sean Lynn
Gaming and Parimutuels; Judiciary; Education
32
D Kerri Harris
Legislative Council; Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Administration (chair); Special Property Reassessment (chair); Rules (chair); Ethics (chair)
33
R Charles Postles
Health and Human Development; Veterans Affairs; Judiciary; Natural Resources and Energy; Appropriations; Finance; Agriculture
34
R Lyndon Yearick
Public Safety and Homeland Security; Elections and Government Affairs; Labor; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Agriculture
35
R Jesse Vanderwende
Gaming and Parimutuels; Public Safety and Homeland Security; Corrections; Veterans Affairs; Natural Resources and Energy; Technology and Telecommunications; Agriculture
36
R Bryan Shupe
Health and Human Development; Judiciary; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Education
37
R Valerie Giltner
Corrections; Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Health and Human Development; Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis and Government Accountability); Judiciary; Technology and Telecommunications; Transportation; Housing; Revenue and Finance; Education
38
R Ron Gray
Capital Infrastructure; Veterans Affairs; Natural Resources and Energy; Labor; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Housing; Revenue and Finance; Capital Improvement; Agriculture
39
R Danny Short
Gaming and Parimutuels; Veterans Affairs; Economic Development, Banking, Insurance and Commerce; Revenue and Finance; Appropriations; Finance
40
R Tim Dukes
Legislative Council; Veterans Affairs; Administration; Special Property Reassessment; Rules; Agriculture; Ethics
41
R Rich Collins
Legislative Oversight and Sunset; Veterans Affairs; Sunset Committee (Policy Analysis and Government Accountability); Natural Resources and Energy; Labor; Transportation; Agriculture

Mayors

What does a mayor do?

Leads a city. In 'strong mayor' cities (like Chicago) the mayor runs city departments and proposes the budget; in others the city council and a city manager hold more power. Usually 4 years.

  • Police and fire departments
  • City budget and property tax levy
  • Streets, water and garbage
Source: National League of Cities: Forms of Municipal Government
Robin R. ChristiansenMayor of Dover, term ends 2027Official source

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