Delaware Senate: Party Control and History

Current seats

Democratic majorityDemocrats 15, Republicans 6. 21 seats; 11 for a majority.

Democrats 15Republicans 6

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 15Republican 6

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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 (19 to 21 seats).

Seats by election, table

Year	D	R	Seats	Control
2022	15	6	21	Democratic majority
2020	14	7	21	Democratic majority
2018	12	9	21	Democratic majority
2016	11	10	21	Democratic majority
2014	12	9	21	Democratic majority
2012	13	8	21	Democratic majority
2010	14	7	21	Democratic majority
2008	16	5	21	Democratic majority
2006	13	8	21	Democratic majority
2004	13	8	21	Democratic majority
2002	13	8	21	Democratic majority
2000	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1998	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1996	12	9	21	Democratic majority
1994	12	9	21	Democratic majority
1992	15	6	21	Democratic majority
1990	15	6	21	Democratic majority
1988	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1986	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1984	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1982	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1980	12	9	21	Democratic majority
1978	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1976	13	8	21	Democratic majority
1974	11	10	21	Democratic majority
1972	10	11	21	Republican majority
1970	6	13	19	Republican majority
1968	6	13	19	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: 10 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	DARIUS BROWN	Democrat	93.0%
3	S ELIZABETH LOCKMAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	LAURA V STURGEON	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
6	RUSS HUXTABLE	Democrat	54.4%
10	STEPHANIE L HANSEN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
11	BRYAN TOWNSEND	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
16	ERIC L BUCKSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
17	TREY PARADEE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
18	DAVE WILSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
21	BRYANT L RICHARDSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate

2022: 21 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	SARAH MCBRIDE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
2	DARIUS J BROWN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
3	S ELIZABETH LOCKMAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	LAURA STURGEON	Democrat	56.6%
5	KYLE EVANS GAY	Democrat	66.3%
6	RUSS HUXTABLE	Democrat	51.5%
7	SPIROS MANTZAVINOS	Democrat	58.7%
8	DAVID P SOKOLA	Democrat	62.9%
9	JACK WALSH	Democrat	61.5%
10	STEPHANIE L HANSEN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
11	BRYAN TOWNSEND	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
12	NICOLE POORE	Democrat	62.1%
13	MARIE PINKNEY	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
14	KYRA HOFFNER	Democrat	51.8%
15	DAVE LAWSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
16	ERIC BUCKSON	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
17	TREY PARADEE	Democrat	64.4%
18	DAVE WILSON	Republican	70.0%
19	BRIAN G PETTYJOHN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
20	GERALD W HOCKER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
21	BRYANT L RICHARDSON	Republican	86.8%

2020: 11 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	SARAH MCBRIDE	Democrat	73.3%
5	KYLE EVANS GAY	Democrat	52.3%
7	SPIROS MANTZAVINOS	Democrat	51.4%
8	DAVID P SOKOLA	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
9	JACK WALSH	Democrat	67.1%
12	NICOLE POORE	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
13	MARIE PINKNEY	Democrat	75.8%
14	BRUCE C ENNIS	Democrat	59.5%
15	DAVID LAWSON	Republican	55.3%
19	BRIAN G PETTYJOHN	Republican	100.0%	one candidate
20	GERALD W HOCKER	Republican	100.0%	one candidate

2018: 10 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
2	DARIUS BROWN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
3	S ELIZABETH LOCKMAN	Democrat	100.0%	one candidate
4	LAURA STURGEON	Democrat	53.1%
6	ERNESTO B LOPEZ	Republican	52.7%
10	STEPHANIE L HANSEN	Democrat	62.1%
11	BRYAN TOWNSEND	Democrat	75.8%
16	COLIN BONINI	Republican	55.1%
17	W CHARLES PARADEE III	Democrat	64.3%
18	DAVID L WILSON	Republican	65.2%
21	BRYANT L RICHARDSON	Republican	65.0%

2016: 11 contests

District	Most votes	Party	Share	Note
1	MCDOWELL H	not in source	56.3%	seats not in source
5	CLOUTIER C	not in source	59.5%	seats not in source
7	DELCOLLO A	not in source	50.5%	seats not in source
8	SOKOLA D	not in source	50.8%	seats not in source
9	WALSH J	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
12	POORE N	not in source	99.9%	seats not in source
13	MCBRIDE D	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
14	ENNIS B	not in source	59.5%	seats not in source
15	LAWSON D	not in source	99.8%	seats not in source
19	PETTYJOHN	not in source	100.0%	seats not in source
20	HOCKER G W	not in source	72.4%	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.