2020 United States Senate election in Delaware

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2020 United States Senate election in Delaware

November 3, 2020

Nominee Chris Coons Lauren Witzke Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 291,804 186,054 Percentage 59.4% 37.9%

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

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

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

Independent Party of Delaware

Nominee

• Mark Turley, small business owner

Results

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2020
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