Shupe was ahead of Smith by 11 votes in the Republican Primary for the southern Delaware seat, covering Milford, Lincoln, Ellendale, Cedar Neck, Broadkill Beach, Slaughter Beach, and parts of Milton. Shupe was first elected to the House seat in 2018 after serving as a Milford councilmember and the city’s mayor.
State Senator Sarah McBride faces nominal opposition in the Democratic primary for Delaware’s at-large U.S. House seat — a bid that, if successful in November, would make her the first openly transgender member of the U.
Now it all comes down to November, when frontrunner Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester will face an unopposed Republican challenger in Eric Hansen.
Voters in Delaware are set to decide the nominees for several political contests, including a closely watched campaign for governor and a potentially historic race for U.S.
Val Longhurst’s 20-year run in the state House is over. The first female speaker in state history lost to WFP-backed Kamela Smith.
It is the first time in recent memory that a House Speaker was defeated in a primary in Delaware. Smith is unopposed in November's general election. Smith defeated Longhurst by 180 votes on the Sept. 10 primary. Longhurst held the office and represented District 15, in Bear, for almost 20 years. Her term ends on Nov. 5.
See live election results and maps by county of the 2024 Delaware lieutenant governor race from The Washington Post
State Senator Sarah McBride could make history as the first openly transgender person elected to the U.S. Congress, with Delaware's Democratic primary to take place on Tuesday.
The results are pouring in as voters in Delaware took to the polls for the primary for several political contests, including a closely watched campaign for governor and a potentially historic race for U.