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State of Delaware
Department of Elections
2008 Primary Election

Election Date: 9/9/2008
Official Results
Last Updated: 10/02/08 01:37 PM
339 of 339 Districts Reporting = 100%
New Castle Abs Reported = Y Kent Abs Reported = Y Sussex Abs Reported = Y
For Statewide Offices:
Democratic Voter Turnout = 28 %
Republican Voter Turnout = 16 %
* = Incumbent
Results By Office
Machine Votes Absentee Votes Total Votes Percent Votes


REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS

339 of 339 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     KAREN HARTLEY-NAGLE 34880 1115 35995 55 . 4 %
     MICHEAL MILLER 21913 480 22393 34 . 5 %
     JERRY W. NORTHINGTON 6286 323 6609 10 . 1 %


GOVERNOR

338 of 338 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN CARNEY 35165 947 36112 48.8%
     JACK MARKELL 36622 1227 37849 51.2%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     WILLIAM SWAIN LEE 20013 813 20826 71.9%
     MICHAEL D. PROTACK 7896 250 8146 28.1%


INSURANCE COMMISSIONER

338 of 338 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     GENE REED 25247 733 25980 39.3%
     TOM SAVAGE 11708 294 12002 18.2%
     KAREN WELDIN STEWART 27165 915 28080 42.5%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 4

26 of 26 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DEE DURHAM 1370 56 1426 37.0%
     MICHAEL S. KATZ 2344 84 2428 63.0%
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     RICHARD L. ABBOTT 608 18 626 16.4%
     JOHN D. CLATWORTHY 1752 70 1822 47.8%
     MICHAEL FLEMING 1318 48 1366 35.8%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 6

15 of 15 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN MACKENZIE 1301 46 1347 51.2%
     MICHAEL A. TERRANOVA 1243 39 1282 48.8%


STATE SENATOR DISTRICT 10

15 of 15 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     ANDREA DALEY 404 14 418 34.3%
     JAMES DAVID WELDIN 779 23 802 65.7%


STATE REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT 41

9 of 9 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN C. ATKINS 1061 34 1095 53.9%
     BARBARA B. LIFFLANDER 922 16 938 46.1%


COUNTY EXECUTIVE

228 of 228 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     CHRISTOPHER A. COONS 30531 874 31405 64.8%
     THOMAS GORDON 16730 358 17088 35.2%


PRESIDENT OF COUNTY COUNCIL

228 of 228 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     PAUL G. CLARK 24001 583 24584 57.3%
     WILLIAM H. DUNN 17811 492 18303 42.7%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 8

20 of 20 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JOHN CARTIER 2169 64 2233 64.6%
     CARL S. COLANTUONO 1202 21 1223 35.4%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 12

23 of 23 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     WILLIAM BELL 3015 49 3064 65.3%
     THOMAS SCHERER 1606 23 1629 34.7%


MAYOR

37 of 37 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     JAMES M. BAKER 6679 249 6928 65.9%
     ROBERT I. BOVELL JR. 3520 67 3587 34.1%


PRESIDENT OF CITY COUNCIL

37 of 37 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     THEOPALIS K. GREGORY SR. 4331 109 4440 46.2%
     NORMAN D. GRIFFITHS 4964 197 5161 53.8%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 1

4 of 4 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     NNAMDI CHUKWUOCHA 911 31 942 48.2%
     CHARLES POTTER JR 992 22 1014 51.8%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2

5 of 5 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     ERNEST M. CONGO II 936 15 951 48.9%
     MICHELE A. GRIFFITHS 539 19 558 28.7%
     DEVON L. HYNSON 223 5 228 11.7%
     LAWRENCE C. SMITH 200 7 207 10.7%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3

4 of 4 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     STEPHANIE T. BOLDEN 487 14 501 52.1%
     RICHARD L. DYTON 451 9 460 47.9%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 4

5 of 5 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     MACK D. COCHRAN 301 13 314 29.4%
     HANIFA SHABAZZ 738 16 754 70.6%


CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 8

6 of 6 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     CAMPBELL HAY 464 34 498 33.9%
     STEPHEN L. MARTELLI 765 48 813 55.3%
     JOSEPH D. ZILCOSKY 152 6 158 10.8%


CITY COUNCIL AT LARGE

37 of 37 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     DARIUS J. BROWN 3137 122 3259 13.2%
     DWIGHT L. DAVIS 1527 49 1576 6.4%
     CHARLES M. FREEL 4235 176 4411 17.8%
     SAMUEL L. GUY 2208 72 2280 9.2%
     GARY E. HUTT 1910 51 1961 7.9%
     LORETTA WALSH 4818 195 5013 20.3%
     VINCENT M. WHITE 1505 38 1543 6.2%
     JUSTEN WRIGHT 4587 117 4704 19.0%


3RD LEVY COURT DISTRICT

8 of 8 Districts Reported
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
     ALLAN F. ANGEL 761 49 810 56.8%
     SEAN M. LYNN 598 19 617 43.2%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2

10 of 10 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     ROBERT L. REED 534 24 558 27.1%
     ROBERT W. RICKER 708 28 736 35.7%
     SAMUEL R. WILSON JR. 724 41 765 37.2%


COUNTY COUNCIL DISTRICT 3

14 of 14 Districts Reported
REPUBLICAN PARTY
     MARK W. BAKER 1766 47 1813 54.7%
     A. JUDSON BENNETT 1430 69 1499 45.3%