2016 Delaware Senate election

← 2014 November 8, 2016 (2016-11-08) 2018 →
11 of the 21 seats in theDelaware Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	65.35%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Patti Blevins (lost re-election) Gary Simpson Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 8, 2013 January 8, 2009 Leader's seat 7th -Elsmere 18th -Milford Last election 12 9 Seats before 12 9 Seats won 6 5 Seats after 11 10 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 106,963 97,082 Percentage 52.30% 47.47%
Results:      Republican gain      Democratic hold     Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election Patti Blevins Democratic ElectedPresident pro tempore David McBride Democratic

The2016 Delaware Senate election was held on November 8, 2016 to elect 11 of the 21 members toDelaware'sSenate. The election coincided with theelections for other offices, including thePresidency,U.S. House of Representatives, andstate house. Theprimary election was held on September 13, 2016.^[1]

Delaware Republicans needed to have a net gain of two seats to flip the chamber from the Democrats. However, they gained only one seat (winning 10 seats compared to 11 seats for the Democrats).

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	9	106,963	52.30%	11	1	52.38%
	Republican	8	97,082	47.47%	10	1	47.62%
	Green	1	462	0.23%	0		0.00%
Total		18	204,507	100%	21		100%

^[3][4]

Incumbent DemocratHarris McDowell III had represented the 1st district since 1977.

Incumbent RepublicanCatherine Cloutier had represented the 5th district since 2001.

Incumbent Democrat President pro temporePatti Blevins had represented the 7th district since 1991. She lost re-election to RepublicanAnthony Delcollo.

Incumbent DemocratDavid Sokola had represented the 8th district since 1991.

Incumbent DemocratKaren Peterson had represented the 9th district since 2003. Peterson retired and fellow DemocratJack Walsh won the open seat.

Incumbent DemocratNicole Poore had represented the 12th district since 2013.

Incumbent Democrat Majority LeaderDavid McBride had represented the 13th district since 1979.

Incumbent DemocratBruce Ennis had represented the 14th district since 2007.

Incumbent RepublicanDavid Lawson had represented the 15th district since 2011.

Incumbent RepublicanBrian Pettyjohn had represented the 19th district since 2013.

Incumbent RepublicanGerald Hocker had represented the 20th district since 2013.

• 2016 state legislature elections in the United States
• 2016 Delaware elections
• Delaware Senate elections

• Use mdy dates from September 2023
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Pages using bar box without float left or float right