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2024 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election

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2024 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election

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Nominee Kyle Evans Gay Ruth Briggs King
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 272,828 221,256
Percentage 55.2% 44.8%

County results
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Gay:      60–70%
King:      50–60%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Bethany Hall-Long
Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Kyle Evans Gay
Democratic

The 2024 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the lieutenant governor 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 other state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic Lieutenant Governor Bethany Hall-Long is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office; she instead unsuccessfully ran for governor. The Democratic primary was held on September 10, in which state senator Kyle Evans Gay won the nomination.[1] As Ruth Briggs King was the only Republican candidate who qualified, the Republican primary was cancelled.[2]

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Eliminated in primary

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Failed to file

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  • David Lamar Williams Jr., contract specialist and candidate for governor in 2020[4]

Endorsements

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Kyle Evans Gay
Political parties
Sherry Dorsey Walker
Political parties

Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kyle
Evans Gay
Debbie
Harrington
Sherry
Dorsey Walker
David
Lamar Williams Jr.
Other Undecided
Slingshot Strategies[A] August 8–13, 2024 500 (RV) ± 4.4% 10% 12% 14% 6% 6%[b] 52%
Slingshot Strategies[A] July 5–9, 2024 446 (RV) ± 4.6% 9% 8% 16% 9% 5%[c] 53%

Results

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Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Kyle Evans Gay 40,638 48.2%
Democratic Sherry Dorsey Walker 31,035 36.8%
Democratic Debbie Harrington 12,640 15.0%
Total votes 84,313 100%

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Nominee

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Endorsements

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Ruth Briggs King
Political parties

General election

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Post-primary endorsements

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Polling

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Poll source Date(s)
administered
Sample
size[a]
Margin
of error
Kyle
Evans Gay (D)
Ruth
Briggs King (R)
Other Undecided
Slingshot Strategies[B] September 19–21, 2024 500 (RV) 37% 29% 4% 30%

Results

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Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Kyle Evans Gay 272,828 55.22% −3.92%
Republican Ruth Briggs King 221,256 44.78% +3.92%
Total votes 494,084 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

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By county
County Kyle Evans Gay
Democratic
Ruth Briggs King
Republican
Margin Total
votes
# % # % # %
Kent 41,800 48.96 43,580 51.04 -1,780 -2.08 85,380
New Castle 171,958 64.84 93,264 35.16 78,694 29.68 265,222
Sussex 59,070 41.17 84,412 58.83 -25,342 -16.66 143,482
Totals 272,828 55.22 221,256 44.78 51,572 10.44 494,084

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "Someone else" with 6%
  3. ^ "Someone else" with 5%
Partisan clients
  1. ^ a b Poll sponsored by Citizens for a New Delaware Way PAC
  2. ^ Poll sponsored by Citizens for Judicial Fairness

References

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  1. ^ "Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2024". Ballotpedia. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "2024 General Election Candidate List - Department of Elections - State of Delaware". elections.delaware.gov. Retrieved 2024-07-10.
  3. ^ a b c Fries, Amanda; McVety, Molly; Newman, Meredith (October 17, 2023). "Who is running for office in 2024? Our updated list of Delaware candidates, announcements". Delaware Online. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  4. ^ Sawicki, Rachel (September 10, 2023). "Another Democrat joins the 2024 race for Lt. Governor". WDDE. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  5. ^ Phillips, Matt (July 11, 2024). "State Democratic leaders pick BHL over Meyer, O'Mara in race for Gov". WDEL. Retrieved July 12, 2024.
  6. ^ a b Petrowich, Sarah (May 20, 2024). "Former State Rep. Ruth Briggs King launches bid for Delaware Lt. Governor". WDDE. Retrieved May 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "2024 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections. November 13, 2024. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
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Official campaign websites