2014 Delaware elections

none February 2026 September 2023 2014 11 4 2014 Delaware elections Delaware presidential Yes 2012 Delaware elections 2012 2016 Delaware elections 2016 A general election was held in the U.S. state of Delaware on November 4, 2014. Half of Delaware's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat and Delaware's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on September 9, 2014. 2025, this was the last time Republicans won any statewide election in Delaware. Federal Senate 2014 United States Senate election in Delaware Incumbent Democratic senator Chris Coons, who was elected in a 2010 special election, ran for re-election to a first full term in office.Charles Mahtesian Coons: Not taking any chances in 2014 https://www.politico.com/blogs/charlie-mahtesian/2012/11/coons-not-taking-any-chances-in-2014-150447 Politico November 27, 2012 December 3, 2012 He faced Republican businessman Kevin Wadehttp://www.wdde.org/64557-late-filings-2014-statewide-races-competitive Late filings make two 2014 statewide races more competitive WDDE July 8, 2014 July 8, 2014 Tom Byrne https://web.archive.org/web/20140715041816/http://www.wdde.org/64557-late-filings-2014-statewide-races-competitive July 15, 2014 dead mdy-all and Green Party computer science professor Andrew Groff in the general election, both of whom were their respective parties nominees for Delaware's other U.S. Senate seat in 2012. Coons was re-elected with 56% of the vote to Wade's 42% and Groff's 2% United States Senate election in Delaware, 2014http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20061206132203/http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml dead December 6, 2006 State of Delaware General Election (Official Results) State of Delaware Election Commissioner November 27, 2014 Democratic Party (United States) Chris Coons (incumbent) 130,655 55.83 Republican Party (United States) Kevin Wade 98,823 42.23 Green Party (United States) Andrew Groff 4,560 1.95 234,038 100.0 Democratic Party (United States) House of Representatives 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware Delaware has a single at-large congressional district. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Representative John Carney, who has represented the state in Congress since 2011, ran for re-election to a third term in office. Carney faced Republican Rose Izzo, Green Bernie August and Libertarian Scott Gesty in the general election. He was re-elected with 59% to Izzo's 37%, August's 2% and Gesty's 2%. State Constitutional officers Attorney general 2014 Delaware Attorney General election Incumbent Democratic Attorney General Beau Biden did not run for re-election to a third term in office. He was instead going to run for Governor of Delaware in the 2016 election to succeed term-limited Democratic governor Jack Markell, but he died of brain cancer on May 30, 2015, at the age of 46.Beau Biden says he plans to run for governor in Delaware http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/17/beau-biden-says-he-plans-to-run-for-governor-in-delaware/?hpt=hp_t2 2014-04-17 CNN April 17, 2014 2016-01-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20160118132828/http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/04/17/beau-biden-says-he-plans-to-run-for-governor-in-delaware/?hpt=hp_t2 deadhttps://www.foxnews.com/politics/beau-biden-son-of-vice-president-joe-biden-dies-of-brain-cancer/ Beau Biden, son of Vice President Joe Biden, dies of brain cancer FoxNews.com Fox News Network, LLC May 31, 2015 May 31, 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150712001335/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/31/beau-biden-son-vice-president-joe-biden-dies-brain-cancer/ July 12, 2015 live mdy-all Lieutenant Governor of Delaware Matthew Denn was unopposed for the Democratic nomination. State Prosecutor Kathleen Jennings had considered running, but decided not to and endorsed Denn.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2014/04/21/denn-attorney-general/7956989/ Denn enters AG's race; primary still possible Delaware Online April 21, 2014 September 27, 2014http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2014/04/25/state-prosecutor-jennings-run-attorney-general/8181263/ State prosecutor Jennings won't run for attorney general Delaware Online April 25, 2014 September 27, 2014 The Republicans attempted to recruit former United States Attorney for the District of Delaware Colm Connolly. He considered running, but declined to do so.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2014/05/08/connolly-running-ag/8850387/ Connolly not running for AG Delaware Online May 8, 2014 September 27, 2014 The Republican nominee was corporate attorney Ted Kittila, who was unopposed for his party's nomination.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2014/06/17/attorney-general-race/10690389/ Republican lawyer to enter AG race Delaware Online June 17, 2014 September 27, 2014 Also running were Independent Party nominee David Graham, a tax auditor, former Republican candidate for governor and attorney general and the Independent Party-endorsed write-in candidate for Governor in 2012;http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20140820/News/140829967 Election 2014: Denn, Graham, Kittila face off in Attorney General race Middletown Transcript August 20, 2014 September 27, 2014 Green Party nominee Catherine Damavandi, who served as a deputy attorney general of Delaware from 2000 to 2014;http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2014/09/14/green-partys-damavandi-running-attorney-general/15648267/ Green Party's Damavandi running for attorney general Delaware Online September 15, 2014 September 27, 2014 and Libertarian John Machurek, a candidate for the State House in 2012.http://elections.delaware.gov/reports/genl_fcddt.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20100707220239/http://elections.delaware.gov/reports/genl_fcddt.shtml dead July 7, 2010 State of Delaware Department of Elections General Election 11/04/2014 Filed Candidates by Office elections.delaware.gov September 26, 2014 Delaware Attorney General election, 2014http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20061206132203/http://elections.delaware.gov/results/html/election.shtml dead December 6, 2006 State of Delaware General Election (Official Results) State of Delaware Election Commissioner November 27, 2014 Delaware Democratic Party Matthew Denn 121,410 52.76 Republican Party (US) Ted Kittila 90,257 39.22 Green Party (United States) Catherine Damavandi 10,599 4.61 Independent Party of Delaware David Graham 4,879 2.12 Libertarian Party (United States) John Machurek 2,984 1.3 230,129 100.0 Delaware Democratic Party Treasurer 2014 Delaware State Treasurer election Delaware presidential no 2010 Delaware elections#Treasurer 2010 2018 Delaware State Treasurer election 2018 3x4.svg Sean Barney Democratic Party (United States) 123,105 53.2% File:Kenneth A. Simpler (cropped).jpg 150x150px Ken Simpler Republican Party (United States) 100,218 43.6% 110px County results 110px State House district results Simpler: #FFB2B2 40–50% #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%Barney: #A5B0FF 40–50% #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Treasurer Chipman Flowers Jr. Democratic Party (United States) Ken Simpler Republican Party (United States) Incumbent Democratic State Treasurer Chipman L. Flowers, Jr. had planned to run for re-election to a second term in office,http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2014/03/06/chip-flowers-reelection-bid/6118365/ Treasurer Flowers announces re-election bid Delaware Online March 7, 2014 September 27, 2014 but after being dogged by controversy through his term in office over his use of office credit cards and travel spending and his clashes with Governor Markell and the state Cash Management Policy Board, he announced his withdrawal from the race on August 15, 2014.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/15/delaware-state-treasurer-chip-flowers/14101139/ Flowers to finish term, leave Delaware Delaware Online August 15, 2014 September 27, 2014http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/71658-delaware-state-treasurer-chip-flowers-withdraws-from-election Delaware State Treasurer Chip Flowers withdraws from election (video) News Works August 15, 2014 September 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140904133817/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/71658-delaware-state-treasurer-chip-flowers-withdraws-from-election September 4, 2014 dead However, he filed a withdrawal form that was postdated to withdraw him from the race on August 28, which meant that he couldn't be removed from the ballot until that date, a move which drew criticism.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2014/08/25/flowers-primary-withdraw/14578205/ Chip Flowers delays withdrawal from primary Delaware Online August 25, 2014 September 27, 2014http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/72012-chip-flowers-remains-on-delaware-primary-ballot- Chip Flowers remains on Delaware primary ballot News Works August 26, 2014 September 27, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140828072059/http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/delaware/72012-chip-flowers-remains-on-delaware-primary-ballot- August 28, 2014 dead His failure to withdraw in time meant that his name appeared on absentee ballots and though his name was covered at polling places, he did still receive some votes.http://www.wdde.org/67346-ballot-flowers-earns-primary-votes https://archive.today/20140927201745/http://www.wdde.org/67346-ballot-flowers-earns-primary-votes dead September 27, 2014 Even off ballot, Flowers earns some primary votes WDDE September 10, 2014 September 27, 2014 The Democratic primary was won by Sean Barney, a former policy director for Governor Markell and former adviser to U.S. Senator Tom Carper, who had announced his candidacy before Flowers had attempted to run for re-election.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/firststatepolitics/2014/02/18/barney-to-primary-flowers/5576701/ Barney launches treasurer primary against Flowers Delaware Online February 18, 2014 September 27, 2014http://www.scsuntimes.com/article/20140228/News/140229553 Smyrna resident Sean Barney launches campaign for state treasurer Smyrna-Clacton Sun-Times February 28, 2014 September 27, 2014 Democratic primary election resultshttp://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect14/elect14_Primary/html/election.shtml https://archive.today/20140927201131/http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect14/elect14_Primary/html/election.shtml dead September 27, 2014 State of Delaware Primary Election (Official Results) elections.delaware.gov September 27, 2014 Delaware Democratic Party Sean Barney 2,022 71.05 Delaware Democratic Party Chip Flowers 824 28.95 2,846 100.0 Two individuals ran for the Republican party's nomination, money manager Ken Simpler and Sher Valenzuela, former Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in 2012. The Republican primary campaign was a bitter one, marked by infighting and with outside spending behind both candidates, who criticised each other frequently.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/30/treasury-race-gop-also-fighting/14870957/ In treasury race, GOP also fighting itself Delaware Online September 3, 2014 September 27, 2014 Republican primary election results Republican Party (US) Ken Simpler 13,491 53.88 Republican Party (US) Sher Valenzuela 11,549 46.12 25,040 100.0 Also running was Green Party nominee David Chandler, a mathematics professor at the University of Delaware.http://www.wdde.org/66265-2014-candidate-conversations-state-treasurer https://web.archive.org/web/20141126235640/http://www.wdde.org/66265-2014-candidate-conversations-state-treasurer dead November 26, 2014 2014 Candidate Conversations: State Treasurer WDDE August 15, 2014 September 27, 2014 Delaware State Treasurer election, 2014 Republican Party (US) Ken Simpler 123,105 53.59 Delaware Democratic Party Sean Barney 100,218 43.63 Green Party (United States) David Chandler 6,373 2.77 229,696 100.0 Republican Party (US) Democratic Party (US) Simpler's win meant that he became the first non-incumbent Republican to win a statewide election in Delaware since 1994.http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2014/11/05/simpler-first-new-statewide-gop-win-since/18518297/ Simpler: first non-incumbent statewide GOP win since '94 Delaware Online November 6, 2014 November 9, 2014 Auditor of Accounts 2014 Delaware State Auditor election Delaware presidential no 2010 Delaware elections#Auditor of Accounts 2010 2018 Delaware elections#Auditor of Accounts 2018 3x4.svg Brenda Mayrack Democratic Party (United States) 123,100 54.2% File:Auditor Tom Wagner.jpg 150x150px Tom Wagner Republican Party (United States) 103,939 45.7% 110px County results 110px State House district results Wagner: #E27F7F 50–60% #d75d5d 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%Mayrack: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90% Auditor Tom Wagner Republican Party (United States) Tom Wagner Republican Party (United States) Incumbent Republican Auditor of Accounts R. Thomas Wagner, Jr. ran for re-election to a seventh full term in office. He was unopposed in the Republican primary.http://www.middletowntranscript.com/article/20140820/News/140829966 Election 2014, State Auditor: Wagner files for reelection, Mayrack and Matlusky file for Democratic bid Middletown Transcript August 20, 2014 September 27, 2014 Two Democrats ran for their party's nomination: Certified Public Accountant and candidate for Auditor in 2010 Kenneth Matlusky; and businesswoman, attorney and former executive director of the Delaware Democratic Party Brenda Mayrack.http://www.milfordbeacon.com/article/20140821/News/140829885 Mayrack, Matlusky face off for Democratic bid in state auditor race The Beacon August 22, 2014 September 27, 2014http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/local/2014/09/03/democrats-battle-shot-auditors-seat/15047787/ Democrats battle for shot at auditors seat Delaware Online September 4, 2014 September 27, 2014 Democratic primary election results Delaware Democratic Party Brenda Mayrack 12,091 54.99 Delaware Democratic Party Kenneth Matlusky 9,896 45.01 21,987 100.0 Delaware Auditor of Accounts election, 2014 Republican Party (US) R. Thomas Wagner, Jr. (incumbent) 123,100 54.22 Delaware Democratic Party Brenda Mayrack 103,939 45.78 227,039 100.0 Republican Party (US) General Assembly Senate 2014 Delaware Senate election House of Representatives 2014 Delaware House of Representatives election References October 2014 Delaware