2020 United States Senate election in Delaware

2020 United States Senate election in Delaware
	County results; Coons: 50–60% 60–70% ; Witzke: 50–60%
U.S. Senator before election; Chris Coons; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Chris Coons; Democratic

An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Delaware. The main two people in the election were Chris Coons (Democratic Party) and Lauren Witzke (Republican Party). Mark Turley (Independent Party) and Nadine Frost (Libertarian Party) were also in the election. Coons won the election and stayed as Senator.

Primary elections happened on September 15, 2020. The Democratic Party primary was between Chris Coons and Jessica Scarane, which Coons won. The Republican Party primary was between Lauren Witzke and James DeMartino, which Witzke won.

Democratic Party primary

Results by county:

Coons—70–80%

Coons—60–70%

Democratic primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Chris Coons (incumbent)	87,332	72.85%
	Democratic	Jessica Scarane	32,547	27.15%
Total votes			119,879	100.00%

Republican Party primary

Results by county:

Witzke—60–70%

Witzke—50–60%

Republican primary results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Lauren Witzke	30,702	56.89%
	Republican	James DeMartino	23,266	43.11%
Total votes			53,968	100.00%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Nadine Frost, Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018^[2]

Independent Party of Delaware

Nominee

Mark Turley, small business owner^[3]

Results

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2020^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Chris Coons (incumbent)	291,804	59.44%	+3.61%
	Republican	Lauren Witzke	186,054	37.90%	-4.33%
	Independent	Mark Turley	7,833	1.59%	N/A
	Libertarian	Nadine Frost	5,244	1.07%	N/A
Total votes			490,935	100.0%
	Democratic hold

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "2020 State Primary Election Report". Delaware.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
↑ "State of Delaware - Department of Elections · Office of the State Election Commissioner". elections.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
↑ Mueller, Sarah. "Independent party candidate challenges Sen. Coons in 2020". delawarepublic.org.
↑ "2020 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

[DEsosr-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "2020 State Primary Election Report". Delaware.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2020.

[2] "State of Delaware - Department of Elections · Office of the State Election Commissioner". elections.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on 2019-07-28. Retrieved 2021-01-10.

[3] Mueller, Sarah. "Independent party candidate challenges Sen. Coons in 2020". delawarepublic.org.

[4] "2020 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2020.

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