Charles Postles

Republican Party

Delaware House of Representatives District 33

Tenure

2016 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

9

Compensation

Base salary

$51,692/year

Per diem

No per diem is paid.

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

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Charles Postles (Republican Party) is a member of theDelaware House of Representatives, representingDistrict 33. He assumed office on November 9, 2016. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Postles (Republican Party) ran for re-election to theDelaware House of Representatives to representDistrict 33. He won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Representative Postles was born and raised in Kent County, Delaware and graduated from Milford high school and the University of Delaware. In addition to serving as a farmer for over three decades, he served as the National Future Farmers of America vice president in 1970. Additionally, he was a member of the Delmarva Poultry Industry Board of Directors and the Governor's Council of Farm Organizations, and served as chairman of the Grower Committee.^[1]

Committee assignments

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2025-2026

Postles was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• Appropriations Committee
• Health & Human Development Committee
• Joint Finance Committee
• House Judiciary Committee
• Natural Resources and Energy Committee
• House Veterans Affairs Committee

2023-2024

Postles was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• House Education Committee
• Health & Human Development Committee
• Natural Resources and Energy Committee
• House Veterans Affairs Committee

2021-2022

Postles was assigned to the following committees:

• House Veterans Affairs Committee
• House Agriculture Committee
• House Education Committee
• House Energy Committee
• Health & Human Development Committee
• Natural Resources and Energy Committee

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Sponsored legislation

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Elections

2024

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33

IncumbentCharles Postles won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Postles (R)	100.0	9,101

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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentCharles Postles advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33.

Endorsements

2022

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33

IncumbentCharles Postles won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Postles (R)	100.0	5,703

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Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentCharles Postles advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33.

2020

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33

IncumbentCharles Postles defeatedRachael King in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Postles (R)	58.5	6,813
		Rachael King (D)	41.5	4,841

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 11,654
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled.Rachael King advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled. IncumbentCharles Postles advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33.

2018

See also:Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33

IncumbentCharles Postles defeatedJames Todd Webb in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 33 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Charles Postles (R)	60.5	5,001
	Submit photo	James Todd Webb (D)	39.5	3,264

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 8,265 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33

James Todd Webb advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33 on September 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔	Submit photo	James Todd Webb

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33

IncumbentCharles Postles advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 33 on September 6, 2018.

		Candidate
✔		Charles Postles

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2016

See also:Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for theDelaware House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on September 13, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was July 12, 2016.IncumbentHarold Peterman (R) died on August 10, 2016.

Charles S. Postles, Jr. defeatedKaren Williams in the Delaware House of Representatives District 33 general election.^[2][3]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 33 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charles S. Postles, Jr.	57.51%	5,780
	Democratic	Karen Williams	42.49%	4,271
Total Votes				10,051
Source:Delaware Department of Elections

Karen Williams ran unopposed in the Delaware House of Representatives District 33 Democratic primary.^[4][5][2]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 33 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Karen Williams (unopposed)

Charles S. Postles, Jr. defeatedMorgan Hudson andRobert Scott in the Delaware House of Representatives District 33 Republican primary.^[4][5][2]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 33 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Charles S. Postles, Jr.	45.22%	714
	Republican	Morgan Hudson	19.38%	306
	Republican	Robert Scott	35.40%	559
Total Votes				1,579

2014

See also:Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for theDelaware House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on September 9, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was July 8, 2014.John Kevin Robbins was unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentHarold J. Peterman defeatedCharles S. Postles, Jr. in the Republican primary. Peterman defeated Robbins in the general election.^[6][7][8][9]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 33, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Harold J. PetermanIncumbent	57.9%	3,336
	Democratic	John Kevin Robbins	42.1%	2,429
Total Votes				5,765

Delaware House of Representatives, District 33 Republican Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Harold J. PetermanIncumbent	64.5%	657
Charles Postles, Jr.	35.5%	362
Total Votes		1,019

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

Charles Postles did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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