An election was held on November 6, 2012 to elect all 41 members to Delaware's House of Representatives. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state senate. The primary election was held on September 11, 2012.[1]
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All 41 seats in the Delaware House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Turnout | 65% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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House results by district Democratic hold Democratic gain Republican hold | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Party | Candi- dates |
Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
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Democratic | 35 | 220,822 | 62.22% | 27 | 1 | |
Republican | 26 | 130,711 | 36.83% | 14 | 1 | |
Libertarian | 7 | 3,116 | 0.88% | 0 | ||
Independent | 1 | 268 | 0.08% | 0 | ||
Total | 69 | 354,917 | 100% | 41 |
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Results of the 2012 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:[2][3]
Incumbent Democrat Dennis Williams has represented the 1st district since 1994. Williams retired to run for Mayor of Wilmington and fellow Democrat Charles Potter Jr. won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Potter Jr. | 2,546 | 63.91% | |
Democratic | Rourke Moore | 941 | 23.62% | |
Democratic | Victoria Kent | 497 | 12.47% | |
Total votes | 3,984 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Potter Jr. | 9,321 | 100% | |
Total votes | 9,321 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Bolden has represented the 2nd district since 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephanie Bolden (incumbent) | 1,400 | 62.11% | |
Democratic | Arthur Scott | 854 | 37.89% | |
Total votes | 2,254 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Stephanie Bolden (incumbent) | 6,253 | 100% | |
Total votes | 6,253 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Helene Keeley has represented the 3rd district and its predecessors since 1996.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Helene Keeley (incumbent) | 6,341 | 100% | |
Total votes | 6,341 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Gerald Brady has represented the 4th district since 2006.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Gerald Brady (incumbent) | 9,133 | 100% | |
Total votes | 9,133 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Melanie George Smith has represented the 5th district since 2002.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Melanie George Smith (incumbent) | 8,057 | 100% | |
Total votes | 8,057 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Debra Heffernan has represented the 6th district since 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Debra Heffernan (incumbent) | 7,502 | 62.36% | |
Republican | Eric Taylor | 4,529 | 37.64% | |
Total votes | 12,031 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Bryon Short has represented the 7th district since 2006.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Bryon Short (incumbent) | 7,280 | 68.22% | |
Republican | Daniel Lepre | 3,204 | 30.02% | |
Libertarian | C. Robert Wilson | 188 | 1.76% | |
Total votes | 10,672 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Quinn Johnson has represented the 8th district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Quinn Johnson (incumbent) | 6,937 | 69.21% | |
Republican | Matthew Brown | 3,086 | 30.79% | |
Total votes | 10,023 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Rebecca Walker has represented the 9th district since 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Rebecca Walker (incumbent) | 7,565 | 100% | |
Total votes | 7,565 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Dennis Williams has represented the 10th district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Williams (incumbent) | 705 | 52.81% | |
Democratic | Sean Matthews | 630 | 47.19% | |
Total votes | 1,335 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Dennis Williams (incumbent) | 5,553 | 52.11% | |
Republican | Robert Rhodunda | 5,104 | 47.89% | |
Total votes | 10,657 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
The new 11th district is an open seat which strectches from Townsend to Chapeltown and has no incumbent. Republican Jeffrey Spiegelman won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Lynne Newlin | 565 | 66.71% | |
Democratic | David Brown Jr. | 282 | 33.29% | |
Total votes | 847 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Jeffrey Spiegelman | 4,337 | 50.32% | ||
Democratic | Lynne Newlin | 4,127 | 47.89% | ||
Libertarian | Margaret McKeown | 154 | 1.79% | ||
Total votes | 8,618 | 100% | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
The new 12th district includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Deborah Hudson, who has represented the 12th district since 1994, and Gregory Lavelle, who has represented the 11th district since 2001. Lavelle retired to run for the State Senate, while Hudson was re-elected here.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Deborah Hudson (incumbent) | 9,669 | 100% | |
Total votes | 9,669 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Democrat Larry Mitchell has represented the 13th district since 2006.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Larry Mitchell (incumbent) | 7,384 | 100% | |
Total votes | 7,384 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader Peter Schwartzkopf has represented the 14th district since 2002.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Peter Schwartzkopf (incumbent) | 8,250 | 89.92% | |
Libertarian | Margaret Melson | 925 | 10.08% | |
Total votes | 9,175 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Valerie Longhurst has represented the 15th district since 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Valerie Longhurst (incumbent) | 665 | 57.93% | |
Democratic | James Burton | 483 | 42.07% | |
Total votes | 1,148 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Valerie Longhurst (incumbent) | 8,385 | 93.48% | |
Libertarian | Amy Merlino | 585 | 6.52% | |
Total votes | 8,970 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat J.J. Johnson has represented the 16th district since 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | J.J. Johnson (incumbent) | 7,613 | 96.49% | |
Libertarian | John Machurek | 277 | 3.51% | |
Total votes | 7,890 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Michael Mulrooney has represented the 17th district since 1998.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Michael Mulrooney (incumbent) | 7,297 | 81.15% | |
Republican | Laura Brown | 1,695 | 18.85% | |
Total votes | 8,992 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Michael Barbieri has represented the 18th district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Michael Barbieri (incumbent) | 7,501 | 100% | |
Total votes | 7,501 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat House Speaker Robert Gilligan has represented the 19th district since 1972. Gilligan didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Kimberly Williams won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kimberly Williams | 710 | 54.28% | |
Democratic | William Dunn | 598 | 45.72% | |
Total votes | 1,308 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Kimberly Williams | 6,088 | 65.55% | |
Republican | Dennis Cini | 3,200 | 34.45% | |
Total votes | 9,288 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
The new 20th district is based in Susex County and has no incumbent. Republican Stephen Smyk won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | M. Marie Mayor | 1,177 | 64.88% | |
Democratic | Lynn Rogers | 525 | 28.94% | |
Democratic | Thomas Jones Sr. | 112 | 6.17% | |
Total votes | 1,814 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
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Republican | Stephen Smyk | 6,469 | 53.21% | ||
Democratic | M. Marie Mayor | 5,689 | 46.79% | ||
Total votes | 12,158 | 100% | |||
Republican win (new seat) |
Incumbent Republican Michael Ramone has represented the 21st district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Michael Ramone (incumbent) | 7,629 | 100% | |
Total votes | 7,629 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
The new 22nd district includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Joseph Miró, who has represented the 22nd district since 1998, and Nick Manolakos, who has represented the 20th district since 2006. Miró defeated Manolakos in the Republican primary and went on to win the general election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph Miró (incumbent) | 977 | 60.80% | |
Republican | Nick Manolakos (incumbent) | 630 | 39.20% | |
Total votes | 1,607 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joseph Miró (incumbent) | 8,333 | 63.44% | |
Democratic | David Ellis | 4,803 | 36.56% | |
Total votes | 13,136 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Democrat Teresa Schooley has represented the 23rd district since 2004. Schooley didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Paul Baumbach won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Baumbach | 546 | 38.86% | |
Democratic | Gerald Grant Jr. | 491 | 34.95% | |
Democratic | Claudia Bock | 368 | 26.19% | |
Total votes | 1,405 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Paul Baumbach | 4,770 | 57.27% | |
Republican | Mark Doughty | 3,559 | 42.73% | |
Total votes | 8,329 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Edward Osienski has represented the 24th district since 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Edward Osienski (incumbent) | 7,445 | 100% | |
Total votes | 7,445 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat John Kowalko Jr. has represented the 25th district since 2006.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Kowalko Jr. (incumbent) | 5,674 | 100% | |
Total votes | 5,674 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat John Viola has represented the 26th district since 1998.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Viola (incumbent) | 7,476 | 100% | |
Total votes | 7,476 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Earl Jaques Jr. has represented the 27th district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Earl Jaques Jr. (incumbent) | 8,581 | 100% | |
Total votes | 8,581 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat William Carson Jr. has represented the 28th district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | William Carson Jr. (incumbent) | 6,104 | 71.13% | |
Republican | Christopher Sylvester | 2,478 | 28.87% | |
Total votes | 8,582 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Republican Lincoln Willis has represented the 29th district since 2010. Willis lost re-election to Democrat Charles Paradee.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Charles Paradee | 5,183 | 54.32% | |
Republican | Lincoln Willis (incumbent) | 4,358 | 45.68% | |
Total votes | 9,541 | 100% | ||
Democratic gain from Republican |
Incumbent Republican William Outten has represented the 30th district since 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | William Outten (incumbent) | 5,906 | 91.91% | |
Libertarian | Gordon Smith | 520 | 8.09% | |
Total votes | 6,426 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Democrat Darryl Scott has represented the 31st district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Darryl Scott (incumbent) | 5,231 | 62.63% | |
Republican | Samuel Chick | 3,121 | 37.37% | |
Total votes | 8,352 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Democrat Brad Bennett has represented the 32nd district since 2008. Bennett didn't seek re-election and his wife Andria Bennett won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andria Bennett | 421 | 61.64% | |
Democratic | William McGlumphy | 262 | 38.36% | |
Total votes | 683 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ellis Parrott | 295 | 73.57% | |
Republican | William McVay | 106 | 26.43% | |
Total votes | 401 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Andria Bennett | 4,097 | 63.33% | |
Republican | Ellis Parrott | 2,372 | 36.67% | |
Total votes | 6,469 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |
Incumbent Republican Harold Peterman has represented the 33rd district since 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harold Peterman (incumbent) | 4,825 | 53.42% | |
Democratic | John Robbins | 4,207 | 46.58% | |
Total votes | 9,032 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Republican Donald Blakey has represented the 34th district since 2006.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Donald Blakey (incumbent) | 5,680 | 56.68% | |
Democratic | Theodore Yacucci | 4,074 | 40.65% | |
Independent | Douglas Beatty | 268 | 2.67% | |
Total votes | 10,022 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Republican David Wilson has represented the 35th district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | David Wilson (incumbent) | 5,836 | 92.59% | |
Libertarian | Ronnie Fitzgerald Jr. | 467 | 7.41% | |
Total votes | 6,303 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Republican Harvey Kenton has represented the 36th district since 2010.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Harvey Kenton (incumbent) | 6,298 | 100% | |
Total votes | 6,298 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Republican Ruth Briggs King has represented the th district since 2009.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ruth Briggs King (incumbent) | 5,026 | 54.84% | |
Democratic | Elizabeth McGinn | 4,139 | 45.16% | |
Total votes | 9,165 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Republican Gerald Hocker has represented the 38th district since 2002. Hocker retired to run for the State Senate and fellow Republican Ronald Gray won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Ronald Gray | 7,902 | 61.08% | |
Democratic | Shirley Price | 5,035 | 38.92% | |
Total votes | 12,937 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Republican Daniel Short has represented the 39th district since 2006.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Daniel Short (incumbent) | 1,046 | 80.15% | |
Republican | Patrick Murray | 259 | 19.85% | |
Total votes | 1,305 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Daniel Short (incumbent) | 6,191 | 100% | |
Total votes | 6,191 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Republican Clifford Lee has represented the 40th district since 1990. Lee didn't seek re-election and fellow Republican Timothy Dukes won the open seat.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Benjamin Lowe | 416 | 65.41% | |
Democratic | Raymond Adkins | 220 | 34.59% | |
Total votes | 636 | 100% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Timothy Dukes | 5,552 | 62.68% | |
Democratic | Benjamin Lowe | 3,306 | 37.32% | |
Total votes | 8,858 | 100% | ||
Republican hold |
Incumbent Democrat John Atkins has represented the 41st district since 2008.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | John Atkins (incumbent) | 4,421 | 50.39% | |
Republican | Richard Collins | 4,352 | 49.61% | |
Total votes | 8,773 | 100% | ||
Democratic hold |