Democrats solidify control of Delaware government

DOVER, Del. – Democrats in the First State solidified their hold on state government on Tuesday, winning all statewide races and picking up another seat in the state Senate.

Democrats went into the election already in control of both chambers of the General Assembly, the governor’s office, and all other statewide elective offices.

Incumbent Democrat Kathleen Jennings defeated Republican challenger Julianne Murray to win a second four-year term as Attorney General of Delaware. Murray, a Georgetown lawyer, was making her second bid for public office, having lost the 2020 governor’s race to incumbent Governor John Carney.

The State Auditor’s race featured two political newcomers, with Democrat Lydia York defeating Republican Janice Lorrah. York won a Democratic primary in September against incumbent Kathy McGuiness, who was convicted in July on misdemeanor counts of conflict of interest and official misconduct related to the hiring of her daughter as a part-time employee in the auditor’s office. York beat McGuiness in the primary.

First-term incumbent treasurer Colleen Davis won re-election by defeating Republican challenger Greg Coverdale. Coverdale is a financial planner and former state school board member who lost a bid for a state House seat in 2014.

In other races, all 62 legislative seats, 21 in the Senate and 41 in the House, were on the ballot. Six Senate Democrats and six House Democrats were guaranteed re-election because they had no opponents. On the Republican side, four incumbent senators and eight House members had no challengers.