2024 Delaware gubernatorial election explained

Election Name:	2024 Delaware gubernatorial election
Country:	Delaware
Type:	presidential
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2020 Delaware gubernatorial election
Previous Year:	2020
Next Election:	2028 Delaware gubernatorial election
Next Year:	2028
Election Date:	November 5, 2024
Image1:	Matt Meyer.png
Nominee1:	Matt Meyer
Party1:	Democratic Party (United States)
Popular Vote1:	279,585
Percentage1:	56.1%
Nominee2:	Mike Ramone
Party2:	Republican Party (United States)
Popular Vote2:	219,050
Percentage2:	43.9%
Map Size:	210px
Governor
Before Election:	John Carney
Before Party:	Democratic Party (United States)
After Election:	Matt Meyer
After Party:	Democratic Party (United States)

The 2024 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Delaware, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor John Carney is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office. Primary elections took place on September 10, 2024, in which Democratic New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer and Republican state representative Mike Ramone won their parties' nominations.^[1]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Matt Meyer, New Castle County Executive^[2]

Eliminated in primary

• Bethany Hall-Long, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware^[3]
• Collin O'Mara, president of the National Wildlife Federation and former secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control^[4]

Declined

• Colleen Davis, Delaware State Treasurer^[5] (ran for U.S. House)^[6]
• Lisa Blunt Rochester, U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district (ran for U.S. Senate)^[7]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Bethany Hall-Long	Matt Meyer	Collin O'Mara	Other	Undecided
Trailblazer Opinion Strategies (D)	August 27, 2024	—	—	19%		33%	17%	—	31%
Slingshot Strategies	August 8–13, 2024	500 (RV)	± 4.4%	23%		27%	11%	7%		31%
Concord Public Opinion Partners	August 4–7, 2024	453 (RV)	± 4.6%	23%		30%	8%	—		40%
Public Policy Polling (D)	July 16–17, 2024	661 (LV)	± 3.8%		31%	19%	9%	—		41%
Slingshot Strategies	July 5–9, 2024	446 (RV)	± 4.6%	27%	27%	7%	5%		34%
Public Policy Polling (D)	January 10–11, 2024	643 (LV)	± 3.9%		30%	23%	—	—		47%

Results

Results by county

County^[8]	Matt Meyer		Bethany Hall-Long		Collin O'Mara
	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%
Kent	3,881	33.6%	5,891	51.0%	1,771	15.3%
New Castle	27,790	50.4%	18,297	33.2%	8,847	16.1%
Sussex	9,041	46.2%	7,400	37.8%	3,330	17.0%
Total	40,518	47.0%	31,588	36.6%	14,142	16.4%

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Mike Ramone, Minority Leader of the Delaware House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 21st district (2008–present)^[9]

Eliminated in primary

• Jerry Price, retired police officer^[10]
• Bobby Williamson, contractor^[11]

Withdrawn

• Julianne Murray, chair of the Delaware Republican Party, nominee for governor in 2020, and nominee for attorney general in 2022^[12]

Results by county

County	Mike Ramone		Jerry Price		Bobby Williamson
	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%	data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"		data-sort-type="number" style="text-align:center;"	%
Kent	5,012	70.0%	1,218	17.0%	932	13.0%
New Castle	9,064	77.8%	1,521	13.1%	1,059	9.1%
Sussex	12,338	69.6%	3,232	18.2%	2,162	12.2%
Total	26,414	72.3%	5,971	16.3%	4,153	11.4%

General election

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
align=left	The Cook Political Report^[13]		June 13, 2024
align=left	Inside Elections^[14]		July 14, 2023
align=left	Sabato's Crystal Ball^[15]		June 4, 2024
align=left	RCP^[16]		July 13, 2024
align=left	Elections Daily^[17]		July 12, 2023

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Matt Meyer (D)	Mike Ramone (R)	Other	Undecided
Slingshot Strategies	September 19–21, 2024	500 (RV)	—		52%	25%	5%	18%
University of Delaware	September 11–19, 2024	400 (RV)	± 5.8%		51%	32%	–	17%

Results

By county

County	Matt Meyer Democratic		Mike Ramone Republican		Margin		Total votes
	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"			data-sort-type="number"	%	data-sort-type="number"		data-sort-type="number"	%
	Kent		43,179		50.25		42,750		49.75		429		0.50		85,929
	New Castle		172,412		64.30		95,746		35.70		76,666		28.60		268,158
	Sussex		63,994		44.27		80,554		55.73		-16,560		-11.46		144,548
Totals	279,585	56.07	219,050	43.93	60,535	12.14	498,635

Notes

Partisan clients

External links

Official campaign websites

• Matt Meyer (D) for Governor
• Mike Ramone (R) for Governor

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2024 State Primary Election Dates . 2023-08-06 . www.ncsl.org.
2. News: New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer becomes first to enter 2024 governor's race. . Newman . Meredith . 6 June 2023 .
3. News: . 12 September 2023 . Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long announces 2024 run for governor. To face Matt Meyer in primary. 12 September 2023 . Newman . Meredith .
4. News: Petrowich, Sarah . March 14, 2024 . March 14, 2024 . . Former DNREC Secretary Collin O'Mara officially joins 2024 governor's race.
5. News: May 26, 2023 . Ballots & Boundaries . .
6. Web site: State Treasurer Colleen Davis enters race for Delaware's US House seat . 19 July 2023 . . en-US . Newman . Meredith . 19 July 2023.
7. Web site: Frazier . Kierra . 2023-06-21 . Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester launches bid for Senate seat in Delaware . 2023-06-21 . POLITICO . en.
8. Web site: Delaware Election Results . 2024-09-18 . Department of Elections . en.
9. Web site: House GOP Leader Mike Ramone announces campaign for Governor. Fowser. Mark. May 3, 2024. May 6, 2024. WDEL.
10. News: January 29, 2024 . First GOP candidate joins 2024 Delaware governor's race. December 5, 2023 . . Petrowich, Sarah .
11. Web site: Williamson enters Republican primary for governor . July 10, 2024 . July 9, 2024 . Cape Gazette.
12. Web site: Delaware GOP chair won't run for governor now that House Rep. Mike Ramone plans to run. Fries. Amanda. May 6, 2024. May 6, 2024. The News Journal.
13. Web site: 2024 Governor Race ratings . 2023-07-24 . The Cook Political Report . en.
14. Web site: Gubernatorial Ratings . July 24, 2023 . Inside Elections.
15. Web site: 2024 Gubernatorial race ratings . July 24, 2023 . . en.
16. Web site: 2024 Governor Races . 2024-07-16 . www.realclearpolling.com . en.
17. Web site: 2023-07-22 . Election Ratings . 2023-07-24 . Elections Daily . en-US.