2010 Delaware Senate election

2010 Delaware Senate election
11 of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate; 11 seats needed for a majority
President pro tempore before election; Tony DeLuca; Democratic	Elected President pro tempore ; Tony DeLuca; Democratic

The 2010 Delaware Senate election was held on November 2, 2010, to elect 11 of the 21 members to Delaware's Senate. The election coincided with the elections for other offices, including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state house. The primary election was held on September 13, 2010.^[1]

Results summary

District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
1	Harris McDowell III	Dem	Harris McDowell III	Dem
5	Catherine Cloutier	Rep	Catherine Cloutier	Rep
7	Patti Blevins	Dem	Patti Blevins	Dem
8	David Sokola	Dem	David Sokola	Dem
9	Karen Peterson	Dem	Karen Peterson	Dem
12	Dorinda Connor	Rep	Dorinda Connor	Rep
13	David McBride	Dem	David McBride	Dem
14	Bruce Ennis	Dem	Bruce Ennis	Dem
15	Nancy Cook	Dem	David Lawson	Rep
19	Joseph Booth	Rep	Joseph Booth	Rep
20	George Bunting	Dem	George Bunting	Dem

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
Party		Candi- dates	No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	9	84,446	60.09%	14	1	66.67%
	Republican	8	55,933	39.80%	7	1	33.33%
	Working Families	1	165	0.12%	0		0.00%
Total		17^[a]	140,544	100%	21		100%

Popular vote

Democratic			60.09%
Republican			39.80%
Working Families			0.12%

Senate seats

Democratic			66.67%
Republican			33.33%

Detailed results

Results of the 2010 Delaware Senate election by district:^[2]^[3]

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Harris McDowell III has represented the 1st district since 1977.

Delaware Senate 1st district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harris McDowell III (incumbent)	11,862	100%
Total votes			11,862	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Catherine Cloutier has represented the 5th district since 2001.

Delaware Senate 5th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Cloutier^[b] (incumbent)	7,814	54.93%
	Democratic	Christopher Counihan	6,411	45.07%
Total votes			14,225	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Democrat Patti Blevins has represented the 7th district since 1991.

Delaware Senate 7th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patti Blevins (incumbent)	7,877	60.96%
	Republican	Frederick Cullis	5,044	39.04%
Total votes			12,921	100%
	Democratic hold

District 8

Incumbent Democrat David Sokola has represented the 8th district since 1991.

Delaware Senate 8th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Sokola (incumbent)	8,572	60.56%
	Republican	A. Louis Saindon	5,583	39.44%
Total votes			14,155	100%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Karen Peterson has represented the 9th district since 2003.

Delaware Senate 9th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Peterson (incumbent)	8,008	71.47%
	Republican	Robert Johnston	3,196	28.53%
Total votes			11,204	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Republican Dorinda Connor has represented the 12th district since 1997.

Delaware Senate 12th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dorinda Connor (incumbent)	9,110	100%
Total votes			9,110	100%
	Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Majority Leader David McBride has represented the 13th district since 1979.

Delaware Senate 13th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David McBride (incumbent)	8,736	100%
Total votes			8,736	100%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat Bruce Ennis has represented the 14th district since 2007.

Delaware Senate 14th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Bruce Ennis (incumbent)	12,238	65.57%
	Republican	John Moritz	6,427	34.43%
Total votes			18,665	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Nancy Cook has represented the 15th district since 1975. Cook lost re-election to Republican David Lawson.

Delaware Senate 15th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Lawson	8,370	52.34%
	Democratic	Nancy Cook (incumbent)	7,623	47.66%
Total votes			15,993	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic

District 19

Incumbent Republican Joseph Booth has represented the 19th district since winning a special election in 2009 to replace Democrat Thurman Adams Jr., who had died in office.

Republican primary

Delaware Senate 19th district Republican primary election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Booth (incumbent)	2,157	51.43%
	Republican	Eric Bodenweiser	2,037	48.57%
Total votes			4,194	100%

General election

Delaware Senate 19th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joseph Booth (incumbent)	10,554	100%
Total votes			10,554	100%
	Republican hold

District 20

Incumbent Democrat George Bunting has represented the 20th district since 1997.

Democratic primary

Delaware Senate 20th district Democratic primary election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Bunting (incumbent)	1,858	78.83%
	Democratic	Perry Mitchell	499	21.17%
Total votes			2,357	100%

General election

Delaware Senate 20th district general election, 2010
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Bunting (incumbent)	13,119	100%
Total votes			13,119	100%
	Democratic hold

Notes

^ Catherine Cloutier was jointly nominated by the Republican Party and the Working Families Party.
^ Also nominated by the Working Families Party.

References

^ "Delaware Senate elections, 2010". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ "State of Delaware Primary Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Department of Elections. September 17, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
^ "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Department of Elections. November 5, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[2] Catherine Cloutier was jointly nominated by the Republican Party and the Working Families Party.

[5] Also nominated by the Working Families Party.

[1] "Delaware Senate elections, 2010". Ballotpedia. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[3] "State of Delaware Primary Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Department of Elections. September 17, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

[4] "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Department of Elections. November 5, 2010. Retrieved June 16, 2023.

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