Sean Lynn

Democratic Party

Delaware House of Representatives District 31

Tenure

2014 - Present

Term ends

2026

Years in position

11

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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Sean Lynn (Democratic Party) is a member of theDelaware House of Representatives, representingDistrict 31. He assumed office on November 5, 2014. His current term ends on November 3, 2026.

Lynn (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to theDelaware House of Representatives to representDistrict 31. He won in the general election onNovember 5, 2024.

Biography

Sean Lynn was born in Dover, Delaware. He graduated from Dover High School. He earned a bachelor's of Fine Arts from Marymount Manhattan College in 1997 and a law degree from Pace Law School in 2004. Lynn's career experience includes working as an Attorney/Managing Partner at The Law Offices of Sean M. Lynn, P.A. He has volunteer experience managing the Patrick H. Lynn Scholarship Fund, "a charitable trust established to benefit college bound local students with financial assistance."^[1] Lynn was elected to serve as the Representative for Delaware House District 31.^[1]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Lynn was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee
• Gaming & Parimutuels Committee
• House Judiciary Committee

2023-2024

Lynn was assigned to the following committees:

• House Education Committee
• Gaming & Parimutuels Committee
• House Judiciary Committee,Chair

2021-2022

Lynn was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• House Education Committee
• Health & Human Development Committee
• House Judiciary Committee,Chair
• Public Safety & Homeland Security Committee

2019-2020

Lynn was assigned to the following committees:

• House Agriculture Committee
• House Judiciary Committee,Chair
• House Education Committee

2017 legislative session

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

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lynn 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 31

IncumbentSean Lynn won election in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 31 on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Lynn (D)	100.0	7,109

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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentSean Lynn advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31.

Endorsements

2022

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 31

IncumbentSean Lynn defeatedJason Stewart in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 31 on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Lynn (D)	65.5	3,689
	Submit photo	Jason Stewart (R)	34.5	1,942

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,631
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentSean Lynn advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31.

Republican primary election

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Richard Harpster (R)

2020

See also: Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 31

IncumbentSean Lynn defeatedRichard Harpster in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 31 on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Lynn (D)	69.2	6,889
		Richard Harpster (R)	30.8	3,065

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 9,954
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Democratic primary election

The Democratic primary election was canceled. IncumbentSean Lynn advanced from the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31.

Republican primary election

The Republican primary election was canceled.Richard Harpster advanced from the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31.

2018

See also:Delaware House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Delaware House of Representatives District 31

IncumbentSean Lynn defeatedDavid Anderson in the general election for Delaware House of Representatives District 31 on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Lynn (D)	65.5	4,675
	Submit photo	David Anderson (R)	34.5	2,464

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,139 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31

IncumbentSean Lynn defeatedRalph Taylor in the Democratic primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31 on September 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Sean Lynn	62.3	1,225
		Ralph Taylor	37.7	740

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,965
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31

David Anderson defeatedM. Jean Dowding in the Republican primary for Delaware House of Representatives District 31 on September 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	David Anderson	72.2	611
	Submit photo	M. Jean Dowding	27.8	235

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 846
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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.

IncumbentSean M. Lynn defeatedM. Jean Dowding in the Delaware House of Representatives District 31 general election.^[2][3]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 31 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sean M. LynnIncumbent	66.56%	5,765
	Republican	M. Jean Dowding	33.44%	2,897
Total Votes				8,662
Source:Delaware Department of Elections

IncumbentSean M. Lynn ran unopposed in the Delaware House of Representatives District 31 Democratic primary.^[4][5][2]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 31 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Sean M. LynnIncumbent (unopposed)

M. Jean Dowding ran unopposed in the Delaware House of Representatives District 31 Republican primary.^[4][5][2]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 31 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	M. Jean Dowding (unopposed)

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.Sean M. Lynn defeatedRalph Leroy Taylor, Jr. in the Democratic primary, whileSamuel G. Chick was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lynn defeated Chick in the general election.^[6][7][8][9]

Delaware House of Representatives, District 31, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Sean M. Lynn	53.3%	2,609
	Republican	Samuel G. Chick	46.7%	2,286
Total Votes				4,895

Delaware House of Representatives, District 31 Democratic Primary, 2014

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sean M. Lynn	60.7%	482
Ralph Leroy Taylor, Jr.	39.3%	312
Total Votes		794

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Sean Lynn did not completeBallotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Sean Lynn did not completeBallotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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