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2024 United States Senate election in Delaware
The 2024 United States Senate election in Delaware will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the
United States Senate to represent the state of
Delaware . Primary elections will take place on September 3, 2024.
[1] Incumbent
Democrat
Tom Carper , who was re-elected with 60.0% of the vote in
2018 , has announced he will not seek re-election to a fifth term in office.
[2]
Carper's political career began in 1976 with his election as
Delaware State Treasurer . He later served as U.S. Representative for
Delaware's at-large congressional district and as
Governor of Delaware before being elected to the Senate in
2000 , unseating incumbent Republican
Bill Roth , namesake of the
Roth IRA . Carper is currently the chair of the
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and is the last
Vietnam War veteran serving in the Senate. On May 22, 2023, Carper announced his retirement, saying "if there was ever an opportune time to step aside and pass the torch to the next generation, it's coming, and it will be here on January 3, 2025."
[2]
This will be the first open race for this seat since
1970 . The last time Republicans won a U.S. Senate race in Delaware was in
1994 .
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Declined
Endorsements
Lisa Blunt Rochester
U.S. senators
Organizations
Fundraising
Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2023
Candidate
Raised
Spent
Cash on hand
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
$4,048,326
$1,730,722
$2,317,604
Source:
Federal Election Commission
[22]
Polling
Hypothetical polling
Poll source
Date(s) administered
Sample size
[a]
Margin of error
Lisa Blunt Rochester
John Carney
Others
Undecided
Slingshot Strategies
[A]
October 7–14, 2023
600 (RV)
± 3.9%
43%
33%
9%
15%
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
Eric Hansen, business manager
[23]
Filed paperwork
Fundraising
Campaign finance reports as of December 31, 2023
Candidate
Raised
Spent
Cash on hand
Eric Hansen (R)
$421,688
[b]
$21,620
$400,067
Source:
Federal Election Commission
[22]
Independent Party of Delaware
Candidates
Nominee
Endorsements
General election
Predictions
Notes
^ Key: A – all adults RV – registered voters LV – likely voters V – unclear
^ $360,000 of this total was self-funded by Hansen
Partisan clients
^ The poll was commissioned by Citizens for Judicial Fairness.
References
^
"2024 State Primary Election Dates" . www.ncsl.org . Retrieved May 13, 2023 .
^
a
b
c
d Newman, Meredith (May 22, 2023).
"U.S. Sen. Tom Carper to retire from politics after nearly 50 years in office" .
Delaware Online . Retrieved May 22, 2023 .
^ Mizelle, Shawna (June 21, 2023).
"Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester announces Senate bid in Delaware" . CNN . Retrieved June 21, 2023 .
^
"Ballots & Boundaries" .
Bloomberg Government . May 26, 2023.
^ Newman, Meredith (July 19, 2023).
"State Treasurer Colleen Davis enters race for Delaware's US House seat" .
The News Journal . Retrieved July 19, 2023 .
^ Mutnick, Ally (May 30, 2023).
"Democrats hope the Senate could finally have more than one Black woman" .
POLITICO .
^ Mutnick, Ally; Otterbein, Holly (June 1, 2023).
"Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester to launch run for Delaware Senate seat in June" . POLITICO .
^
"Candidates" . The Collective PAC . Retrieved September 8, 2023 .
^
"Senate Candidates" . Council for a Livable World . Retrieved December 14, 2023 .
^
"RELEASE: Democrats Serve PAC endorses seven new candidates in competitive House and Senate races" . Democrats Serve . Retrieved March 2, 2024 .
^ Allison, Emily (June 22, 2023).
"EMILYs List Endorses Lisa Blunt Rochester for Election to the United States Senate" .
EMILY's List . Retrieved June 22, 2023 .
^
a
b
"End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester for U.S. Senate" . End Citizens United . August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023 .
^
"2024 – Feminist Majority PAC" . feministmajoritypac.org . Retrieved February 9, 2024 .
^
"GIFFORDS PAC Endorses Lisa Blunt Rochester for US Senate" . Giffords . November 17, 2023.
^
"Human Rights Campaign PAC Endorses U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester for Senate" . Human Rights Campaign . February 2, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2024 .
^
"Lisa Blunt Rochester" . JStreetPAC . Retrieved August 26, 2023 .
^
"LCV Action Fund Announces First Round of Congressional Endorsements" . League of Conservation Voters . Retrieved July 27, 2023 .
^
"Endorsed Candidates" . National Women's Political Caucus . Retrieved September 29, 2023 .
^
"ENDORSEMENT ALERT: Planned Parenthood Action Fund Backs Candidates in Key Senate Races" . www.plannedparenthoodaction.org . Retrieved March 25, 2024 .
^
"2024 Endorsements" . Population Connection Action Fund . Retrieved August 25, 2023 .
^
"Reproductive Freedom for All Endorses Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester for U.S. Senate in Delaware" . Reproductive Freedom for All . November 16, 2023. Archived from
the original on November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023 .
^
a
b
"2024 Election United States Senate - Delaware" . fec.gov .
Federal Election Commission . Retrieved October 16, 2023 .
^ Pencek, Matthew (October 18, 2023).
"Wilmington Business Manager Hansen Announces Run For Senate" .
WRDE-FM . Retrieved October 18, 2023 .
^
"FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1721033" . docquery.fec.gov . Retrieved August 5, 2023 .
^
"Former Democrat State Senator To Challange LBR For Carper's US Senate Seat" . First State Update . July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023 .
^
"2024 CANDIDATES" . Independent Party of Delaware . Retrieved March 12, 2024 .
^
"2024 Senate Race ratings" . Cook Political Report . Retrieved January 25, 2023 .
^
"Election Ratings" . Elections Daily . August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023 .
^
"Senate Ratings" .
Inside Elections . January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023 .
^
"2024 Senate" .
Sabato's Crystal Ball . January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023 .
^
" '24 Senate Forecast" . CNalysis . Retrieved November 21, 2023 .
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