Delaware Primary Election 2024

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Snyder-Hall wins 14th District primary

Melissa Steele
Sep 10
Claire Snyder-Hall said she personally met hundreds of people leading up to her win Sept. 10 in the Democratic primary for the 14th District, a seat held for two decades by retiring Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf. “I knocked on thousands of doors, and I heard from many people at...

Voters turn out for Delaware primary election

Sep 10
Delaware residents headed to the polls through 8 p.m., Sept. 10, to vote in the state’s primary election. Poll workers reported a slow but steady pace of voters throughout the morning and afternoon, and saw an uptick in volume after regular business hours. For local results...

Delaware Primary Election 2024

Sep 04
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Candidates vie for party’s support in Sept. 10 primary

Melissa Steele
Aug 30
Delaware residents will head to the polls Tuesday, Sept. 10, to vote in the state’s primary election. Also, early voting and permanent absentee ballots are back for the 2024 General Election after the Delaware Supreme Court unanimously vacated a February Superior Court...

Primary election letters deadline set Sept. 2

Aug 26
The Cape Gazette will accept letters to the editor about the upcoming Delaware primary election through 2 p.m., Monday, Sept. 2. Letters received after deadline will not be included in a print edition or online. Due to the amount of letters received, the Cape Gazette cannot...

Gubernatorial candidates differ on immigration, school discipline

Melissa Steele
Aug 23
Delaware gubernatorial candidates sat down for their third debate Aug. 14, hitting on similar topics as in previous debates but with some striking differences on immigration and discipline in the classroom. During the event sponsored by the Delaware Journalism Collaborative...

Democrat’s primary heats up

Melissa Steele
Aug 01
Rhetoric and accusations are heating up in the Democrat’s primary race for governor as one candidate is calling for a federal investigation into past campaign reporting by the current lieutenant governor, and hundreds of thousands of dollars in out-of-state money is flowing...

Williamson enters Republican primary for governor

Jul 09
Bridgeville resident Bobby Williamson filed for governor July 2, making him the third Republican seeking the state’s highest office. Williamson graduated from Seaford High and took classes at the Sussex vocational facility before earning a master’s certification and running...

McGuiness announces run for 14th District

Dan Cook
May 09
Kathy McGuiness, surrounded by friends, family and local business owners, announced her run to be the Democratic nominee of the 14th District in the Delaware House of Representatives during a May 4 event on the Dewey Beach Baywalk. The former state auditor was introduced by...

McGuiness officially files for state Legislature run

Apr 15
Former state auditor Kathy McGuiness officially filed to run as a Democrat for the seat held by a retiring Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf. Her filing for the 14th District seat comes on the heels of a Friends of Kathy McGuiness committee that was established April 11 with the...

O’Mara officially enters governor’s race

Mar 13
Collin O’Mara, former secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, officially entered the race for governor March 13, as the first Democrat to file for the seat, leading up to a possible three-person primary race in September. Lt. Gov...

Snyder-Hall announces run for 14th District seat

Jan 31
Claire Snyder-Hall announced her candidacy for the 14th Representative District Jan. 31, the same day she announced her resignation as executive director of Common Cause Delaware. A Senate candidate against former Sen. Ernie Lopez in 2014, Snyder-Hall said many of her...

Rendon files for 14th Representative District seat

Jan 19
Rehoboth Beach resident Marty Rendon has filed to run as a Democrat for the 14th Representative District seat held by retiring Rep. Pete Schwartzkopf, D-Rehoboth Beach. Rendon is a commissioner for the Delaware Human and Civil Rights Commission. He previously ran...

First Republican files for governor race

Melissa Steele
Dec 13
Lewes resident Jerry Price has put his name in the race for governor. The 58-year-old is the first Republican to file for the office, and while he said he has spoken with party officials, he has not received their backing. “There’s no commitment yet because there may be...

Hall-Long announces run for governor

Sep 12
Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long announced her candidacy for governor Sept. 12. “As a nurse, mom and proud Delawarean, I’m running for governor to make Delaware the best place to live, work and raise a family,” said the two-term lieutenant governor in a press release . “There’s...