2010 Delaware House of Representatives election

2010 Delaware House of Representatives election

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All 41 seats in the Delaware House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	49%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Robert Gilligan Richard Cathcart (retired) Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 19th - Wilmington 9th- Middletown Last election 25 16 Seats before 24 17 Seats won 26 15 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 150,521 136,363 Percentage 51.85% 46.98%
Results:      Democratic gain      Republican gain      Democratic hold      Republican hold
Speaker before election Robert Gilligan Democratic Elected Speaker Robert Gilligan Democratic

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An election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect all 41 members to Delaware's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state senate. The primary election was held on September 14, 2010.^[1]

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Representative	Party
1st	Dennis Williams		Dem	Dennis Williams		Dem
2nd	Hazel Plant		Dem	Stephanie Bolden		Dem
3rd	Helene Keeley		Dem	Helene Keeley		Dem
4th	Gerald Brady		Dem	Gerald Brady		Dem
5th	Melanie George		Dem	Melanie George		Dem
6th	Tom Kovach		Rep	Debra Heffernan		Dem
7th	Bryon Short		Dem	Bryon Short		Dem
8th	Quinn Johnson		Dem	Quinn Johnson		Dem
9th	Richard Cathcart		Rep	Rebecca Walker		Dem
10th	Dennis Williams		Dem	Dennis Williams		Dem
11th	Gregory Lavelle		Rep	Gregory Lavelle		Rep
12th	Deborah Hudson		Rep	Deborah Hudson		Rep
13th	Larry Mitchell		Dem	Larry Mitchell		Dem
14th	Peter Schwartzkopf		Dem	Peter Schwartzkopf		Dem
15th	Valerie Longhurst		Dem	Valerie Longhurst		Dem
16th	J.J. Johnson		Dem	J.J. Johnson		Dem
17th	Michael Mulrooney		Dem	Michael Mulrooney		Dem
18th	Michael Barbieri		Dem	Michael Barbieri		Dem
19th	Robert Gilligan		Dem	Robert Gilligan		Dem
20th	Nick Manolakos		Rep	Nick Manolakos		Rep
21st	Michael Ramone		Rep	Michael Ramone		Rep
22nd	Joseph Miró		Rep	Joseph Miró		Rep
23rd	Teresa Schooley		Dem	Teresa Schooley		Dem
24th	William Orbele Jr.		Rep	Edward Osienski		Dem
25th	John Kowalko Jr.		Dem	John Kowalko Jr.		Dem
26th	John Viola		Dem	John Viola		Dem
27th	Earl Jaques Jr.		Dem	Earl Jaques Jr.		Dem
28th	William Carson Jr.		Dem	William Carson Jr.		Dem
29th	Pamela Thornburg		Rep	Lincoln Willis		Rep
30th	William Outten		Rep	William Outten		Rep
31st	Darryl Scott		Dem	Darryl Scott		Dem
32nd	Brad Bennett		Dem	Brad Bennett		Dem
33rd	Robert Walls		Dem	Harold Peterman		Rep
34th	Donald Blakey		Rep	Donald Blakey		Rep
35th	David Wilson		Rep	David Wilson		Rep
36th	V. George Carey		Rep	Harvey Kenton		Rep
37th	Ruth Briggs King		Rep	Ruth Briggs King		Rep
38th	Gerald Hocker		Rep	Gerald Hocker		Rep
39th	Daniel Short		Rep	Daniel Short		Rep
40th	Clifford Lee		Rep	Clifford Lee		Rep
41st	John Atkins		Dem	John Atkins		Dem

Party		Candi- dates	Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Democratic	35	150,521	51.85%	26	2
	Republican	34	136,363	46.98%	15	2
	Libertarian	5	1,165	0.40%	0
	Working Families	2	773	0.27%	0
	Independent	3	553	0.19%	0
	Unaffiliated	1	463	0.16%	0
	Blue Enigma	1	440	0.15%	0
Total		81	290,278	100%	41

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Results of the 2010 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:^[2][3]

Incumbent Democrat Dennis Williams has represented the 1st district since 1994.

Delaware House of Representatives 1st district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Williams (incumbent)	6,044	100%
Total votes			6,044	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Hazel Plant has represented the 2nd district since 2000. Plant lost re-nomination to fellow Democrat Stephanie Bolden, who ran unopposed in the general election. Democratic primary

Delaware House of Representatives 2nd district Democratic primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Bolden	676	51.17%
	Democratic	Hazel Plant (incumbent)	645	48.83%
Total votes			1,321	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 2nd district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Stephanie Bolden	4,485	100%
Total votes			4,485	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Helene Keeley has represented the 3rd district and its predecessors since 1996. Democratic primary

Delaware House of Representatives 3rd district Democratic primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helene Keeley (incumbent)	736	55.51%
	Democratic	Robert Bovell	590	44.49%
Total votes			1,326	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 3rd district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Helene Keeley (incumbent)	3,375	83.15%
	Working Families	Robert Bovell	684	16.85%
Total votes			4,059	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Gerald Brady has represented the 4th district since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 4th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Gerald Brady (incumbent)	5,298	65.77%
	Republican	Richard Carroll	2,757	34.23%
Total votes			8,055	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Melanie George has represented the 5th district since 2002.

Delaware House of Representatives 5th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Melanie George (incumbent)	4,921	100%
Total votes			4,921	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Tom Kovach has represented the 6th district since 2009. Kovach lost re-election to Democrat Debra Heffernan.

Delaware House of Representatives 6th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Debra Heffernan	4,263	51.89%
	Republican	Tom Kovach (incumbent)	3,856	46.93%
	Libertarian	Matthew John Flebbe	97	1.18%
Total votes			8,216	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Incumbent Democrat Bryon Short has represented the 7th district since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 7th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bryon Short (incumbent)	4,983	56.86%
	Republican	Judith Travis	3,619	41.29%
	Independent Party	Scott Gesty	87	0.99%
	Libertarian	Scott Gesty	75	0.86%
Total votes			8,764	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Quinn Johnson has represented the 8th district since 2008. Democratic primary

Delaware House of Representatives 8th district Democratic primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Quinn Johnson (incumbent)	791	68.66%
	Democratic	Valerie Jones-Rabb	361	31.34%
Total votes			1,152	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 8th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Quinn Johnson (incumbent)	6,402	63.18%
	Republican	Kathleen Rokosz	3,731	36.82%
Total votes			10,133	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Minority leader Richard Cathcart has represented the 9th district since 1998. Democrat Rebecca Walker won the open seat. Democratic primary

Delaware House of Representatives 9th district Democratic primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Walker	970	78.99%
	Democratic	Richard Griffiths	258	21.01%
Total votes			1,228	100%

Republican primary

Delaware House of Representatives 9th district Republican primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Marino	1,522	75.53%
	Republican	Anthony Mirto	493	24.47%
Total votes			2,015	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 9th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Rebecca Walker	5,583	51.30%
	Republican	John Marino	5,301	48.70%
Total votes			10,884	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Incumbent Democrat Dennis Williams has represented the 10th district since 2008. Democratic primary

Delaware House of Representatives 10th district Democratic primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Williams (incumbent)	727	72.19%
	Democratic	Kenneth Dargis Sr.	280	27.81%
Total votes			1,007	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 10th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dennis Williams (incumbent)	4,314	54.65%
	Republican	Robert Rhodunda	3,580	45.35%
Total votes			7,894	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Gregory Lavelle has represented the 11th district since 2001.

Delaware House of Representatives 11th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory Lavelle (incumbent)	5,198	61.04%
	Democratic	Joshua Samuel Schoenberg	3,318	38.96%
Total votes			8,516	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Deborah Hudson has represented the 12th district since 1994.

Delaware House of Representatives 12th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Deborah Hudson (incumbent)	6,067	88.78%
	Libertarian	James Christina	767	11.22%
Total votes			6,834	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Larry Mitchell has represented the 13th district since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 13th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Larry Mitchell (incumbent)	4,345	90.80%
	Blue Enigma	Jeffrey Brown	440	9.20%
Total votes			4,785	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Peter Schwartzkopf has represented the 14th district since 2002.

Delaware House of Representatives 14th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Schwartzkopf (incumbent)	6,425	53.67%
	Republican	Christopher Weeks	5,546	46.33%
Total votes			11,971	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Valerie Longhurst has represented the 15th district since 2004.

Delaware House of Representatives 15th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Valerie Longhurst (incumbent)	6,764	70.66%
	Republican	James van Houten	2,659	27.78%
	Libertarian	George Edward Barnett	150	1.57%
Total votes			9,573	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat J.J. Johnson has represented the 16th district since 2004.

Delaware House of Representatives 16th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	J.J. Johnson (incumbent)	5,328	100%
Total votes			5,328	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Michael Mulrooney has represented the 17th district since 1998.

Delaware House of Representatives 17th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Mulrooney (incumbent)	5,108	100%
Total votes			5,108	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Michael Barbieri has represented the 18th district since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 18th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Michael Barbieri (incumbent)	3,115	52.97%
	Republican	Terry Spence	2,677	45.52%
	Working Families	Terry Spence	89	1.51%
Total votes			5,881	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat House Speaker Robert Gilligan has represented the 19th district since 1972.

Delaware House of Representatives 19th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Gilligan (incumbent)	4,527	73.37%
	Republican	Vincent Ruff	1,643	26.63%
Total votes			6,170	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Nick Manolakos has represented the 20th district since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 20th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Nick Manolakos (incumbent)	5,469	62.45%
	Democratic	Francis Swift Jr.	3,288	37.55%
Total votes			8,757	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Michael Ramone has represented the 21st district since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 21st district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Michael Ramone (incumbent)	5,356	100%
Total votes			5,356	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republicans Joseph Miró has represented the 22nd district since 1998.

Delaware House of Representatives 22nd district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Miró (incumbent)	5,767	67.33%
	Democratic	David Ellis	2,798	32.67%
Total votes			8,565	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Teresa Schooley has represented the 23rd district since 2004.

Delaware House of Representatives 23rd district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Teresa Schooley (incumbent)	4,649	68.38%
	Republican	Bill Stritzinger	2,150	31.62%
Total votes			6,799	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican William Orbele Jr. has represented the 24th district since 1976. Oberle didn't seek re-election and Democrat Edward Osienski won the open seat. Democratic primary

Delaware House of Representatives 24th district Democratic primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Osienski	581	70.85%
	Democratic	Kay Wilde Gallogly	239	29.15%
Total votes			820	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 24th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Edward Osienski	3,531	68.35%
	Republican	Abraham Jones	1,635	31.65%
Total votes			5,166	100%
	Democratic gain from Republican

Incumbent Democrat John Kowalko Jr. has represented the 25th district since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 25th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Kowalko Jr. (incumbent)	3,402	65.54%
	Republican	Gordon Winegar	1,789	34.46%
Total votes			5,191	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat John Viola has represented the 26th district since 1998.

Delaware House of Representatives 26th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Viola (incumbent)	4,819	96.67%
	Republican	Hans-Erik Janco	166	3.33%
Total votes			4,985	100%
	Democratic hold

Democratic primary

Delaware House of Representatives 27th district Democratic primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Jaques Jr. (incumbent)	781	64.28%
	Democratic	James Maravelias	434	35.72%
Total votes			1,215	%

General election
Incumbent Democrat Earl Jaques Jr. has represented the 27th district since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 27th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Earl Jaques Jr. (incumbent)	4,654	64.94%
	Republican	Jay Galloway	2,513	35.06%
Total votes			7,167	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat William Carson Jr. has represented the 28th district since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 28th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	William Carson Jr. (incumbent)	4,534	67.72%
	Republican	Karen Minner	2,161	32.28%
Total votes			6,695	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Pamela Thornburg has represented the 29th district since 2000. Thornburg didn't seek re-election and fellow Republican Lincoln Willis won the open seat. Republican primary

Delaware House of Representatives 29th district Republican primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Willis	1,156	71.98%
	Republican	George Phillips	450	28.02%
Total votes			1,606	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 29th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lincoln Willis	5,176	58.49%
	Democratic	John McCutchan	3,673	41.51%
Total votes			8,849	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican William Outten has represented the 30th district since 2004.

Delaware House of Representatives 30th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Outten (incumbent)	5,514	100%
Total votes			5,514	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Darryl Scott has represented the 31st district since 2008. Republican primary

Delaware House of Representatives 31st district Republican primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ronald Smith	549	50.65%
	Republican	Ronald Poliquin	535	49.35%
Total votes			1,084	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 31st district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Darryl Scott (incumbent)	3,487	59.12%
	Republican	Ronald Smith	2,411	40.88%
Total votes			5,898	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Brad Bennett has represented the 32nd district since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 32nd district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Brad Bennett (incumbent)	2,291	50.18%
	Republican	Beth Buzzell Miller	1,995	43.69%
	Independent Party	William McVay	204	4.47%
	Libertarian	William McVay	76	1.66%
Total votes			4,566	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Robert Walls has represented the 33rd district since 2008. Walls lost re-election to Republican Harold Peterman. Republican primary

Delaware House of Representatives 33rd district Republican primary election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold Peterman	1,102	56.31%
	Republican	Steven Rust	855	43.69%
Total votes			1,957	100%

General election

Delaware House of Representatives 33rd district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harold Peterman	4,314	52.17%
	Democratic	Robert Walls (incumbent)	3,955	47.83%
Total votes			8,269	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

Incumbent Republican Donald Blakey has represented the 34th district since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 34th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Donald Blakey (incumbent)	5,015	61.66%
	Democratic	Jill Fuchs	2,393	29.42%
	Independent	Michael Tedesco	463	5.69%
	Independent Party	Jonathan Marango	262	3.22%
Total votes			8,133	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican David Wilson has represented the 35th district since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 35th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Wilson (incumbent)	4,719	70.29%
	Democratic	James Westhoff	1,995	29.71%
Total votes			6,714	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican V. George Carey has represented the 36th district since 1984. Carey didn't seek re-election and fellow Republican Harvey Kenton won the open seat.

Delaware House of Representatives 36th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Harvey Kenton	5,229	54.30%
	Democratic	C. Russell McCabe	4,400	45.70%
Total votes			9,629	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Ruth Briggs King has represented the th district since 2009.

Delaware House of Representatives 37th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ruth Briggs King (incumbent)	5,149	61.75%
	Democratic	Frank Shade	3,189	38.25%
Total votes			8,338	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Gerald Hocker has represented the 38th district since 2002.

Delaware House of Representatives 38th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Hocker (incumbent)	9,371	100%
Total votes			9,371	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Daniel Short has represented the 39th district since 2006.

Delaware House of Representatives 39th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Daniel Short (incumbent)	4,562	100%
Total votes			4,562	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Republican Clifford Lee has represented the 40th district since 1990.

Delaware House of Representatives 40th district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Clifford Lee (incumbent)	5,342	100%
Total votes			5,342	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat John Atkins has represented the 41st district since 2008.

Delaware House of Representatives 41st district general election, 2010

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Atkins (incumbent)	4,865	55.34%
	Republican	Gregory Hastings	3,926	44.66%
Total votes			8,791	100%
	Democratic hold