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State of Delaware
Department of Elections
2008 General Election

Election Date: 11/4/2008
Official Results
Last Updated: 12/15/08 04:24 PM
438 of 438 Districts Reporting = 100%
Absentee Votes Reported
New Castle Abs Reported = Y Kent Abs Reported = Y Sussex Abs Reported = Y
Results By Office
Machine Votes Absentee Votes Total Votes Percent Votes


PRESIDENT

438 of 438 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     BARACK OBAMA 242368 13091 255459 61.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JOHN MCCAIN 144223 8151 152374 36.9%
CONSTITUTION PARTY
     CHUCK BALDWIN 591 35 626 0.2%
GREEN PARTY
     CYNTHIA A. MCKINNEY 376 9 385 0.1%
INDEPENDENT PARTY OF DEL
     RALPH NADER 2295 106 2401 0.6%
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
     BOB BARR 1054 55 1109 0.3%
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY
     ROGER CALERO 55 3 58 0.0%


UNITED STATES SENATOR

437 of 437 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    * JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR 244153 13386 257539 64.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     CHRISTINE O'DONNELL 132942 7653 140595 35.3%


REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS

437 of 437 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     KAREN HARTLEY-NAGLE 138683 7751 146434 38.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * MICHAEL N. CASTLE 222787 12650 235437 61.1%
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
     MARK ANTHONY PARKS 3374 212 3586 0.9%


GOVERNOR

435 of 435 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JACK MARKELL 253449 13412 266861 67.5%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     WILLIAM SWAIN LEE 119565 7097 126662 32.0%
THE BLUE ENIGMA PARTY
     JEFFREY BROWN 1596 85 1681 0.5%


LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

435 of 435 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MATTHEW DENN 225028 11716 236744 61.3%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     CHARLES L. COPELAND 141043 8180 149223 38.7%
THE BLUE ENIGMA PARTY
     PETER K CULLEN 11 81 92 0.0%


INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

435 of 435 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     KAREN WELDIN STEWART 206416 10656 217072 56.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JOHN F. BRADY 148016 8423 156439 41.0%
INDEPENDENT PARTY OF DEL
     TOM SAVAGE 5279 353 5632 1.5%
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
     KAREN WELDIN STEWART 1935 90 2025 0.6%




STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 2

21 of 21 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MARGARET ROSE HENRY 11359 513 11872 100.0%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 3

28 of 28 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     ROBERT I. MARSHALL 9902 323 10225 100.0%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 4

27 of 27 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MICHAEL S. KATZ 10569 727 11296 50.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JOHN D. CLATWORTHY 10346 658 11004 49.3%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 6

19 of 19 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN MACKENZIE 6481 350 6831 48.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     LIANE SORENSON 6819 376 7195 51.3%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 10

23 of 23 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     BETHANY A. HALL-LONG 13547 418 13965 64.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JAMES DAVID WELDIN 7274 280 7554 35.1%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 11

17 of 17 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     ANTHONY J. DELUCA 12952 366 13318 100.0%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 16

20 of 20 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     HAROLD E. STAFFORD 8161 468 8629 43.6%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * COLIN BONINI 10576 580 11156 56.4%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 17

20 of 20 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     BRIAN J. BUSHWELLER 9529 750 10279 56.5%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JAMES L. HUTCHISON 7263 660 7923 43.5%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 18

16 of 16 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     GARY DOWNES 10656 1235 11891 44.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * F. GARY SIMPSON 13266 1330 14596 55.1%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 21

15 of 15 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    * ROBERT L. VENABLES SR. 12007 596 12603 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 1

11 of 11 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DENNIS P. WILLIAMS 7069 353 7422 91.1%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JAMES A. MCCLAIN JR 684 42 726 8.9%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 2

15 of 15 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     HAZEL D. PLANT 5514 215 5729 94.3%
INDEPENDENT PARTY OF DEL
     ROBERT E. BROWN 325 24 349 5.7%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 3

12 of 12 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     HELENE M. KEELEY 5264 155 5419 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 4

19 of 19 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     GERALD L. BRADY 6619 555 7174 73.4%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     TYLER PATRICK NIXON 2300 187 2487 25.4%
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
     TYLER PATRICK NIXON 109 9 118 1.2%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 5

11 of 11 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MELANIE GEORGE MARSHALL 7024 188 7212 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 6

12 of 12 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DIANA M. MCWILLIAMS 7976 355 8331 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 7

14 of 14 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     BRYON H. SHORT 5989 292 6281 58.6%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JAMES BOWERS 4258 185 4443 41.4%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 8

12 of 12 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     S. QUINTON JOHNSON IV 7274 250 7524 57.2%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     MARTHA B. STURTEVANT 5438 183 5621 42.8%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 9

10 of 10 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     REBECCA WALKER 6203 172 6375 46.2%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     RICHARD C. CATHCART 7214 222 7436 53.8%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 10

12 of 12 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DENNIS E. WILLIAMS 4850 189 5039 50.4%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     ROBERT J. VALIHURA JR. 4630 268 4898 49.0%
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
     DENNIS E. WILLIAMS 47 5 52 0.6%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 11

14 of 14 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     CHARLES OLD JR. 3718 177 3895 36.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     GREGORY F. LAVELLE 6392 339 6731 63.3%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 12

12 of 12 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     DEBORAH D. HUDSON 7001 427 7428 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 13

12 of 12 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN L. MITCHELL JR. 6402 145 6547 96.1%
THE BLUE ENIGMA PARTY
     JEFFREY BROWN 257 6 263 3.9%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 14

7 of 7 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    * PETER C. SCHWARTZKOPF 9395 1221 10616 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 15

9 of 9 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     VALERIE LONGHURST 10225 345 10570 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 16

11 of 11 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JAMES JOHNSON 6857 221 7078 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 17

12 of 12 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MICHAEL MULROONEY 6740 241 6981 83.4%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     DAVID LEE OSBORN 1345 43 1388 16.6%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 18

11 of 11 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MICHAEL A. BARBIERI 4057 107 4164 52.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     TERRY R. SPENCE 3616 144 3760 46.9%
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
     TERRY R. SPENCE 83 2 85 1.1%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 19

11 of 11 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     ROBERT F. GILLIGAN 6274 208 6482 78.4%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JOSEPH M. SAKELEY 1674 55 1729 20.9%
THE BLUE ENIGMA PARTY
     STEPHEN MICHAEL ANNAND 59 0 59 0.7%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 20

13 of 13 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     NICK T. MANOLAKOS 7693 352 8045 99.7%
THE BLUE ENIGMA PARTY
     DANIEL D. RAPPA JR. 9 15 24 0.3%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 21

14 of 14 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     PATRICIA D. CREEDON 4305 149 4454 44.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     MICHAEL RAMONE 5311 163 5474 55.1%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 22

14 of 14 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     REBECCA H. YOUNG 3419 166 3585 33.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JOSEPH E. MIRO 6703 296 6999 66.1%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 23

10 of 10 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     TERESA L. SCHOOLEY 5762 336 6098 75.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JESSE PRIESTER IV 1826 87 1913 23.5%
LIBERTARIAN PARTY
     JESSE PRIESTER IV 120 5 125 1.5%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 24

9 of 9 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DANIEL BASARA 3354 101 3455 46.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     WILLIAM A. OBERLE JR. 3823 118 3941 52.5%
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
     WILLIAM A. OBERLE JR. 113 3 116 1.5%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 25

9 of 9 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN A. KOWALKO JR. 4789 219 5008 73.4%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JAMES GATES 1724 92 1816 26.6%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 26

9 of 9 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN J. VIOLA 6148 168 6316 79.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JEREMY FILLIBEN 1536 50 1586 20.1%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 27

10 of 10 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     EARL JAQUES 4563 145 4708 48.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     VINCENT A. LOFINK 4397 147 4544 47.0%
INDEPENDENT PARTY OF DEL
     JAMES L. SPENCER 285 8 293 3.0%
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
     VINCENT A. LOFINK 111 7 118 1.3%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 28

14 of 14 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     WILLIAM J. CARSON 6857 341 7198 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 29

7 of 7 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     W. CHARLES PARADEE III 5345 229 5574 49.8%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * PAMELA THORNBURG 5357 267 5624 50.2%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 30

8 of 8 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     WILLIAM R. OUTTEN 6645 276 6921 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 31

7 of 7 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DARRYL M. SCOTT 3989 383 4372 52.6%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * NANCY H. WAGNER 3571 363 3934 47.4%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 32

10 of 10 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     E. BRADFORD BENNETT 3508 234 3742 57.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * DONNA STONE 2591 229 2820 43.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 33

10 of 10 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    * ROBERT E. WALLS 5247 299 5546 53.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     HAROLD J. PETERMAN 4521 269 4790 46.3%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 34

10 of 10 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     G. BRUCE HAMILTON 3690 243 3933 38.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * DONALD A. BLAKEY 5806 423 6229 61.3%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 35

7 of 7 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     L. AARON CHAFFINCH 3074 237 3311 39.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     DAVID L. WILSON 4936 238 5174 61.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 36

8 of 8 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * V. GEORGE CAREY 8440 523 8963 100.0%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 37

8 of 8 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     HELEN C. TRUITT 3087 393 3480 35.8%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * JOSEPH W. BOOTH 5690 552 6242 64.2%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 38

8 of 8 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MARY K. RYAN 3270 514 3784 27.9%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * GERALD W. HOCKER 8780 989 9769 72.1%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 39

7 of 7 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JERRY L. SEMPER 2147 145 2292 30.4%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * DANIEL B. SHORT 4858 327 5185 68.8%
WORKING FAMILIES PARTY
     JERRY L. SEMPER 60 0 60 0.8%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 40

7 of 7 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     BARBARA A. HUDSON 3486 144 3630 41.2%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * CLIFFORD G. LEE 4986 205 5191 58.8%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 41

9 of 9 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN C. ATKINS 5385 280 5665 53.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * GREGORY A. HASTINGS 4763 262 5025 47.0%


CLERK OF THE PEACE

304 of 304 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     KENNETH W. BOULDEN JR 186879 7141 194020 100.0%


COUNTY EXECUTIVE

304 of 304 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     CHRISTOPHER A. COONS 186727 7278 194005 100.0%


PRESIDENT OF COUNTY COUNCIL

304 of 304 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     PAUL G. CLARK 184462 6955 191417 100.0%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 7

24 of 24 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     GEORGE SMILEY 15029 376 15405 100.0%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 8

25 of 25 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN CARTIER 14625 501 15126 100.0%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 9

27 of 27 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     TIMOTHY P. SHELDON 15396 530 15926 100.0%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 10

28 of 28 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JEA P. STREET 11871 453 12324 100.0%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 11

21 of 21 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DAVID L. TACKETT 14453 418 14871 100.0%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 12

25 of 25 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     WILLIAM BELL 16064 546 16610 64.5%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     LAURA BROWN 8870 289 9159 35.5%


MAYOR

50 of 50 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JAMES M. BAKER 23940 1160 25100 100.0%


CITY TREASURER

50 of 50 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     HENRY W. SUPINSKI 22637 1093 23730 100.0%


PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL

50 of 50 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     NORMAN D. GRIFFITHS 20494 1076 21570 79.5%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     HERMAN M. HOLLOWAY JR 5257 310 5567 20.5%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1

4 of 4 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     CHARLES POTTER JR 3590 190 3780 100.0%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2

5 of 5 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     ERNEST M. CONGO II 3633 165 3798 100.0%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3

5 of 5 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     STEPHANIE T. BOLDEN 2017 66 2083 92.1%
INDEPENDENT PARTY OF DEL
     SHIRLEY H. BROWN 163 16 179 7.9%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4

9 of 9 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     HANIFA SHABAZZ 2672 108 2780 100.0%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 5

8 of 8 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     SAMUEL PRADO 2228 85 2313 100.0%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 6

6 of 6 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     KEVIN F. KELLEY 2790 100 2890 100.0%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 7

7 of 7 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     PAUL F. IGNUDO JR. 2737 100 2837 100.0%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 8

6 of 6 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     STEPHEN L. MARTELLI 3725 319 4044 100.0%


CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE

50 of 50 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     CHARLES M. FREEL 18857 1030 19887 27.2%
     LORETTA WALSH 19843 1066 20909 28.6%
     JUSTEN WRIGHT 20675 1067 21742 29.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     MICHAEL A. BROWN 6061 395 6456 8.8%
     PAUL DEGNARS 3874 251 4125 5.7%


CLERK OF THE PEACE

67 of 67 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    * LORETTA M. WOOTTEN 45303 2203 47506 96.3%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     TERENCE L. BURNS 520 1291 1811 3.7%


REGISTER OF WILLS

67 of 67 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    * THOMAS E. WEYANT 35046 2192 37238 60.3%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     JOHN J. FRIEDMAN 23262 1253 24515 39.7%


1ST LEVY COURT DISTRICT

13 of 13 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    * P. BROOKS BANTA 10451 337 10788 100.0%


3RD LEVY COURT DISTRICT

13 of 13 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     ALLAN F. ANGEL 4742 361 5103 68.3%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     DAVID LEVI ANDERSON 2210 161 2371 31.7%


5TH LEVY COURT DISTRICT

8 of 8 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     GEORGE SWEENEY 5246 355 5601 58.7%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     W. G. EDMANSON II 3643 298 3941 41.3%


COMPTROLLER

67 of 67 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     GEORGETTE F. WILLIAMS 33983 1748 35731 58.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     STEVEN ARTZ 24506 1418 25924 42.0%


CLERK OF THE PEACE

64 of 64 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     GREGORY FULLER 33642 3209 36851 44.4%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
    * GEORGE S. PARISH 42863 3377 46240 55.6%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1

12 of 12 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     MICHAEL H. VINCENT 9350 469 9819 100.0%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2

11 of 11 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MICHAEL R. WYATT 5429 467 5896 43.6%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     SAMUEL R. WILSON JR. 7137 487 7624 56.4%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3

14 of 14 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOAN R. DEAVER 9784 1060 10844 50.8%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     MARK W. BAKER 9721 792 10513 49.2%