Delaware House: Party Control and History

Current seats

Democratic majorityDemocrats 27, Republicans 14. 41 seats; 21 for a majority.

Democrats 27Republicans 14

Control counts seats by party; coalitions and power-sharing agreements are not shown.

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

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Democrat 27Republican 14

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2024: the candidate(s) with the most votes in each contest (MEDSL); contests with unreliable rows are not shown. Lines of the 2024 elections (US Census Bureau).

Members as of November 3, 2026 (Open States), before the winners of the November 3, 2026 elections take office.

Seats after each election, 1968-2022

No majority line: the chamber changed size (39 to 41 seats).

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Seats	Control
2022	26	15	41	Democratic majority
2020	26	15	41	Democratic majority
2018	26	15	41	Democratic majority
2016	25	16	41	Democratic majority
2014	25	16	41	Democratic majority
2012	27	14	41	Democratic majority
2010	26	15	41	Democratic majority
2008	25	16	41	Democratic majority
2006	18	23	41	Republican majority
2004	15	26	41	Republican majority
2002	12	29	41	Republican majority
2000	15	26	41	Republican majority
1998	15	26	41	Republican majority
1996	14	27	41	Republican majority
1994	14	27	41	Republican majority
1992	19	22	41	Republican majority
1990	17	24	41	Republican majority
1988	19	22	41	Republican majority
1986	19	22	41	Republican majority
1984	19	22	41	Republican majority
1982	25	16	41	Democratic majority
1980	16	25	41	Republican majority
1978	21	20	41	Democratic majority
1976	26	15	41	Democratic majority
1974	25	16	41	Democratic majority
1972	20	21	41	Republican majority
1970	16	23	39	Republican majority
1968	13	26	39	Republican majority

Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022: version 1.0, released June 12, 2024; a fixed historic release.

District results, 2016-2024

The candidate with the most votes in each contest.

2024: 41 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	NNAMDI O CHUKWUOCHA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
2	STEPHANIE T BOLDEN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
3	JOSUE O ORTEGA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	JEFF HILOVSKY	Republican	58.0%
5	KENDRA JOHNSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
6	DEBRA J HEFFERNAN	Democrat	65.7%
7	LARRY D LAMBERT JR	Democrat	70.3%
8	SHERAE'A "RAE" MOORE	Democrat	57.8%
9	KEVIN S HENSLEY	Republican	52.8%
10	MELANIE ROSS LEVIN	Democrat	60.4%
11	JEFFREY N SPIEGELMAN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
12	KRISTA GRIFFITH	Democrat	61.3%
13	DESHANNA NEAL	Democrat	56.3%
14	CLAIRE SNYDER-HALL	Democrat	54.6%
15	KAMELA T SMITH	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
16	FRANKLIN D COOKE JR	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
17	MELISSA "MIMI" MINOR-BROWN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
18	SOPHIE PHILLIPS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
19	KIM WILLIAMS	Democrat	62.9%
20	STELL PARKER SELBY	Democrat	50.7%
21	FRANK BURNS	Democrat	57.9%
22	MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITH	Republican	54.8%
23	MARA GORMAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
24	ED OSIENSKI	Democrat	66.8%
25	CYNDIE ROMER	Democrat	64.9%
26	MADINAH WILSON-ANTON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
27	ERIC MORRISON	Democrat	56.2%
28	WILLIAM CARSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
29	WILLIAM BUSH	Democrat	61.8%
30	WM SHANNON MORRIS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
31	SEAN M LYNN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
32	KERRI EVELYN HARRIS	Democrat	61.9%
33	CHARLES S POSTLES JR	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
34	LYNDON D YEARICK	Republican	55.3%
35	JESSE R VANDERWENDE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
36	BRYAN WILLIAM SHUPE	Republican	62.9%
37	VALERIE JONES GILTNER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
38	RONALD E GRAY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
39	DANIEL B SHORT	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
40	TIMOTHY D DUKES	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
41	RICH COLLINS	Republican	64.4%

2022: 41 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	NNAMDI O CHUKWUOCHA	Democrat	88.1%
2	STEPHANIE T BOLDEN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
3	SHERRY DORSEY WALKER	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	JEFF HILOVSKY	Republican	57.3%
5	KENDRA JOHNSON	Democrat	79.6%
6	DEBRA J HEFFERNAN	Democrat	67.9%
7	LARRY LAMBERT	Democrat	71.3%
8	SHERAE'A "RAE" MOORE	Democrat	58.1%
9	KEVIN HENSLEY	Republican	55.9%
10	SEAN MATTHEWS	Democrat	65.3%
11	JEFFREY N SPIEGELMAN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
12	KRISTA GRIFFITH	Democrat	63.0%
13	DESHANNA U NEAL	Democrat	60.7%
14	PETE SCHWARTZKOPF	Democrat	65.0%
15	VALERIE LONGHURST	Democrat	68.8%
16	FRANKLIN D COOKE JR	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
17	MELISSA MINOR-BROWN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
18	SOPHIE PHILLIPS	Democrat	71.5%
19	KIMBERLY WILLIAMS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
20	STELL PARKER SELBY	Democrat	51.4%
21	MICHAEL RAMONE	Republican	50.2%
22	MICHAEL F SMITH	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
23	PAUL BAUMBACH	Democrat	61.5%
24	EDWARD OSIENSKI	Democrat	66.4%
25	CYNDIE ROMER	Democrat	64.5%
26	MADINAH WILSON-ANTON	Democrat	70.5%
27	ERIC MORRISON	Democrat	53.4%
28	BILL CARSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
29	WILLIAM BUSH	Democrat	58.5%
30	SHANNON MORRIS	Republican	90.2%
31	SEAN M LYNN	Democrat	65.5%
32	KERRI EVELYN HARRIS	Democrat	58.0%
33	CHARLES S POSTLES JR	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
34	LYNDON D YEARICK	Republican	59.9%
35	JESSE R VANDERWENDE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
36	BRYAN W SHUPE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
37	RUTH BRIGGS KING	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
38	RONALD E GRAY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
39	DANIEL B SHORT	Republican	70.5%
40	TIMOTHY D DUKES	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
41	RICH COLLINS	Republican	86.1%

2020: 41 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	NNAMDI O CHUKWUOCHA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
2	STEPHANIE T BOLDEN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
3	SHERRY DORSEY WALKER	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	GERALD L BRADY	Democrat	70.0%
5	KENDRA JOHNSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
6	DEBRA HEFFERNAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
7	LARRY LAMBERT	Democrat	67.2%
8	SHERAE'A "RAE" MOORE	Democrat	57.0%
9	KEVIN S HENSLEY	Republican	54.8%
10	SEAN MATTHEWS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
11	JEFFREY N SPIEGELMAN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
12	KRISTA GRIFFITH	Democrat	60.0%
13	JOHN L MITCHELL JR	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
14	PETE SCHWARTZKOPF	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
15	VALERIE LONGHURST	Democrat	67.8%
16	FRANKLIN D COOKE JR	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
17	MELISSA MINOR-BROWN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
18	DAVID S BENTZ	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
19	KIMBERLY A WILLIAMS	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
20	STEPHEN T SMYK	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
21	MICHAEL RAMONE	Republican	52.6%
22	MICHAEL F SMITH	Republican	63.3%
23	PAUL BAUMBACH	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
24	EDWARD OSIENSKI	Democrat	70.2%
25	JOHN KOWALKO JR	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
26	MADINAH WILSON-ANTON	Democrat	71.6%
27	ERIC A MORRISON	Democrat	61.4%
28	WILLIAM CARSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
29	WILLIAM BUSH	Democrat	55.8%
30	SHANNON W MORRIS	Republican	68.1%
31	SEAN M LYNN	Democrat	69.2%
32	ANDRIA BENNETT	Democrat	63.2%
33	CHARLES S POSTLES JR	Republican	58.5%
34	LYNDON D YEARICK	Republican	57.3%
35	JESSE R VANDERWENDE	Republican	68.6%
36	BRYAN W SHUPE	Republican	63.7%
37	RUTH BRIGGS KING	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
38	RONALD E GRAY	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
39	DANIEL B SHORT	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
40	TIMOTHY D DUKES	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
41	RICHARD G COLLINS	Republican	100.0%	one candidate

2018: 41 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	NNAMDI O CHUKWUOCHA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
2	STEPHANIE T BOLDEN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
3	SHERRY DORSEY WALKER	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	GERALD L BRADY	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
5	KENDRA JOHNSON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
6	DEBRA HEFFERNAN	Democrat	65.3%
7	RAYMOND SEIGFRIED	Democrat	62.9%
8	S QUINTON JOHNSON	Democrat	63.0%
9	KEVIN S HENSLEY	Republican	58.7%
10	SEAN MATTHEWS	Democrat	68.7%
11	JEFFREY N SPIEGELMAN	Republican	65.2%
12	KRISTA GRIFFITH	Democrat	53.1%
13	JAMES EDWARD CHRISTINA	Write-in	100.0%	one candidate
14	PETER C SCHWARTZKOPF	Democrat	62.5%
15	VALERIE LONGHURST	Democrat	87.9%
16	FRANKLIN D COOKE JR	Democrat	85.4%
17	CHRISTOPHER W MOCKERMAN	Write-in	100.0%	one candidate
18	DAVID S BENTZ	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
19	KIMBERLY WILLIAMS	Democrat	65.9%
20	STEPHEN T SMYK	Republican	56.1%
21	MICHAEL RAMONE	Republican	52.1%
22	MICHAEL F SMITH	Republican	50.6%
23	PAUL S BAUMBACH	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
24	EDWARD OSIENSKI	Democrat	69.3%
25	JOHN A KOWALKO JR	Democrat	64.8%
26	JOHN VIOLA	Democrat	73.9%
27	EARL G JAQUES JR	Democrat	85.3%
28	WILLIAM J CARSON JR	Democrat	68.0%
29	WILLIAM BUSH	Democrat	57.7%
30	W SHANNON MORRIS	Republican	64.7%
31	SEAN M LYNN	Democrat	65.1%
32	ANDRIA BENNETT	Democrat	62.3%
33	CHARLES S POSTLES JR	Republican	60.5%
34	LYNDON D YEARICK	Republican	58.1%
35	JESSE R VANDERWENDE	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
36	BRYAN W SHUPE	Republican	64.8%
37	RUTH BRIGGS KING	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
38	RONALD E GRAY	Republican	65.8%
39	DANIEL B SHORT	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
40	TIMOTHY D DUKES	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
41	RICHARD G COLLINS	Republican	60.8%

2016: 41 contests

Incomplete in the source: rows with no district (dropped).

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	POTTER C	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
2	BOLDEN S	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
3	KEELEY H	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
4	BRADY G	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
5	SMITH M	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
6	HEFFERNAN	not in source	99.8%	seats not in source
7	SHORT B	not in source	90.1%	seats not in source
8	JOHNSON S	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
9	HENSLEY K	not in source	60.4%	seats not in source
10	MATTHEWS S	not in source	60.7%	seats not in source
11	SPIEGELMAN	not in source	69.6%	seats not in source
12	HUDSON D	not in source	99.8%	seats not in source
13	MITCHELL J	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
14	SCHWARTZKO	not in source	63.5%	seats not in source
15	LONGHURST	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
16	JOHNSON J	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
17	MULROONEY	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
18	BENTZ D	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
19	WILLIAMS K	not in source	63.0%	seats not in source
20	SMYK S T	not in source	61.6%	seats not in source
21	RAMONE M	not in source	82.2%	seats not in source
22	MIRO J	not in source	65.9%	seats not in source
23	BAUMBACH P	not in source	99.8%	seats not in source
24	OSIENSKI E	not in source	68.7%	seats not in source
25	KOWALKO J	not in source	68.5%	seats not in source
26	VIOLA J	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
27	JAQUES E	not in source	99.8%	seats not in source
28	CARSON W	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
29	PARADEE W	not in source	62.0%	seats not in source
30	OUTTEN W	not in source	70.7%	seats not in source
31	LYNN S	not in source	66.5%	seats not in source
32	BENNETT A	not in source	60.5%	seats not in source
33	POSTLES C	not in source	57.5%	seats not in source
34	YEARICK L	not in source	59.1%	seats not in source
35	WILSON D L	not in source	72.9%	seats not in source
36	KENTON H R	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
37	KING R B	not in source	62.5%	seats not in source
38	GRAY R E	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source; one candidate
39	SHORT D B	not in source	91.2%	seats not in source
40	DUKES T D	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
41	COLLINS R	not in source	59.2%	seats not in source

MEDSL precinct returns 2016-2024: a fixed historic release; the file records no release date.

Sources

Current members: Open States (CC0 1.0), commit 3a1d876 of November 3, 2026; seat totals from openstates-metadata (MIT).

Seats after each election: Carl Klarner, State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022, Harvard Dataverse (CC0 1.0).

District results: MEDSL precinct returns (2018-2024 CC0 1.0; 2016 MIT License).

District lines: US Census Bureau, TIGER/Line cartographic boundaries (public domain), state legislative districts 2024, 1:500,000.

Data through November 3, 2026.