2024 United States Senate election in Delaware
November 5, 2024
 
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent U.S. senator

Tom Carper
Democratic


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.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester
U.S. senators
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2023
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) $2,927,848 $908,129 $2,019,719
Source: Federal Election Commission[18]

Polling

Hypothetical polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Lisa Blunt
Rochester		 John
Carney		 Others Undecided
Slingshot Strategies[upper-alpha 1] October 7–14, 2023 600 (RV) ± 3.9% 43% 33% 9% 15%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Eric Hansen, business manager[19]

Filed paperwork

Independent Party of Delaware

Candidates

Nominee

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[22] Solid D November 9, 2023
Elections Daily[23] Safe D November 9, 2023
Inside Elections[24] Solid D November 9, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[25] Safe D January 24, 2023
CNalysis[26] Solid D November 21, 2023

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ The poll was commissioned by Citizens for Judicial Fairness.

References

  1. ↑ "2024 State Primary Election Dates". www.ncsl.org. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 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.
  3. ↑ Mizelle, Shawna (June 21, 2023). "Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester announces Senate bid in Delaware". CNN. Retrieved June 21, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Ballots & Boundaries". Bloomberg Government. May 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ Newman, Meredith (July 19, 2023). "State Treasurer Colleen Davis enters race for Delaware's US House seat". The News Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ Mutnick, Ally (May 30, 2023). "Democrats hope the Senate could finally have more than one Black woman". POLITICO.
  7. ↑ Mutnick, Ally; Otterbein, Holly (June 1, 2023). "Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester to launch run for Delaware Senate seat in June". POLITICO.
  8. ↑ "Candidates". The Collective PAC. Retrieved September 8, 2023.
  9. ↑ "Senate Candidates". Council for a Livable World. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. 1 2 "End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester for U.S. Senate". End Citizens United | We the People, Not "We the Wealthy". August 9, 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  12. ↑ "GIFFORDS PAC Endorses Lisa Blunt Rochester for US Senate". Giffords. November 17, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Lisa Blunt Rochester". JStreetPAC. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
  14. ↑ "LCV Action Fund Announces First Round of Congressional Endorsements". League of Conservation Voters. Retrieved July 27, 2023.
  15. ↑ "Endorsed Candidates". National Women's Political Caucus. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
  16. ↑ "2024 Endorsements". Population Connection Action Fund. Retrieved August 25, 2023.
  17. ↑ "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.
  18. ↑ "2024 Election United States Senate - Delaware". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved October 16, 2023.
  19. ↑ Pencek, Matthew (October 18, 2023). "Wilmington Business Manager Hansen Announces Run For Senate". WRDE-FM. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  20. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1721033". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved August 5, 2023.
  21. ↑ "Former Democrat State Senator To Challange LBR For Carper's US Senate Seat". First State Update. July 5, 2023. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  22. ↑ "2024 Senate Race ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 25, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. August 1, 2023. Retrieved August 2, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Senate Ratings". Inside Elections. January 6, 2023. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
  25. ↑ "2024 Senate". Sabato's Crystal Ball. January 24, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  26. ↑ "'24 Senate Forecast". CNalysis. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
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