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Delaware 2008 Election Coverage

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Offices up for Election in 2008

United States President & Vice President

United States Senate: 1 seat

United States House of Representatives: All seats

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Commissioner of Insurance

State Senate: Districts 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18, 21

State House of Representatives: All seats

Presidential Preference Primary Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

United States President

John McCain (R)

Barack Obama (D)

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Primary Election Winners

All results are unofficial and are subject to change.

*denotes incumbent

^ denotes that candidate was unopposed in the primary

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Insurance Commissioner

State Senate

State House of Representatives

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Governor
Jack Markell (D)
William Swain Lee (R)

Lieutenant Governor
Matthew Denn (D)^
Charles L. Copeland (R)^

Insurance Commissioner
Gene Reed (D)

State Senate

District 2
Margaret Rose Henry (D)*^

District 3
Robert I. Marshall (D)*^

District 4
John D. Clatworthy (R)

Michael S. Katz (D)

District 6
John Mackenzie (D)
Liane Sorenson (R)*^

District 10
Bethany A. Hall-Long (D)^
James David Weldin (R)

District 11
Anthony J. DeLuca (D)*^

District 16
Harold E. Stafford (D)^
Colin Bonini (R)*^

District 17
Brian J.Bushweller (D)^
James L. Hutchinson (R)^

District 18
Gary Downes (D)
F. Gary Simpson (R)*^

District 21
Robert L. Venables Sr. (D)*^

State House

District 1
Dennis P. Williams (D)*^

District 2
Hazel D. Plant (D)*^
Robert E. Brown (W)^

District 3
Helene M. Keeley (D)*^

District 4
Gerald L. Brady (D)*^
Tyler Patrick Nixon (R)^

District 5
Melanie George Marshall (D)*^

District 6
Diana M. McWilliams (D)*^

District 7
Bryon H. Short (D)*^
James Bowers (R)^

District 8
S. Quinton Johnson IV (D)^
Martha B. Sturtevant (R)^

District 9
Rebecca Walker (D)^
Richard C. Cathcart (R)*^

District 10
Dennis E. Williams (D)^
Robert J. Valihura Jr. (R)*^

District 11
Gregory F. Lavelle (R)*^

District 12
Deborah D. Hudson (R)*^

District 13
John L. Mitchell Jr. (D)*^

District 14
Peter C. Schwartzkopf (D)*^

District 15
Valerie Longhurst (D)*^

District 16
James Johnson (D)*^

District 17
Michael Mulrooney (D)*^
David Lee Osborn (R)^

District 18
Michael A. Barbieri (D)^
Terry R. Spence (R)*^

District 19
Robert F. Gilligan (D)*^

District 20
Nick T. Manolakos (R)*^

District 21
Patricia D. Creedon (D)^
Michael Ramone (R)^

District 22
Joseph E. Miro (R)*^

District 23
Teresa L. Schooley (D)*^
Jesse Priester (R)^

District 24
William A. Oberle Jr. (R)*^

District 25
John A. Kowalko Jr. (D)*^
James David Gates (R)^

District 26
John J. Viola (D)*^
Jeremy Filliben (R)^

District 27
Earl Jaques (D)^
James L. Spencer (W)^
Vincent A. Lofink (R)*^

District 28
William J. Carson (D)*^

District 29
W. Charles Paradee III (D)^
Pamela Thornburg (R)*^

District 30
William R. Outten (R)*^

District 31
Darryl M. Scott (D)^
Nancy H. Wagner (R)*^

District 32
E. Bradford Bennett (D)^
Donna Stone (R)*^

District 33
Robert E. Walls (D)*^
Harold J. Peterman (R)^

District 34
Donald A. Blakey (R)*^

District 35
L. Aaron Chaffinch (D)^
David L. Wilson (R)^

District 36
V. George Carey (R)*^

District 37
Helen C. Truitt (D)^
Joseph W. Booth (R)*^

District 38
Gerald W. Hocker (R)*^

District 39
Jerry L. Semper (D)^
Daniel B. Short (R)*^

District 40
Barbara A. Hudson (D)^
Clifford G. Lee (R)*^

District 41
Gregory A. Hastings (R)*^
John Atkins (D)

U.S. Senate

Joseph R. Biden (D)*^
Christine O’Donnell (R)^

U.S. House of Representatives

At-Large
Michael N. Castle (R)*^
Karen Hartley-Nagle (D)

State Election Calendar

February 5

Presidential Primary
Election

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September 9

Primary Election

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 November 4

General Election

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