2000 Delaware Senate election

2000 Delaware Senate election

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11 of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Thomas Sharp Steven Amick Party Democratic Republican Leader's seat 9th - Wilmington 10th - Newark Last election 13 8 Seats before 13 8 Seats won 9 2 Seats after 13 8 Seat change Popular vote 111,070 50,974 Percentage 68.48% 31.43%
President pro tempore before election Thomas Sharp Democratic Elected President pro tempore Thomas Sharp Democratic

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The 2000 Delaware Senate election was held on November 7, 2000, to elect 11 of the 21 members to Delaware's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. President, U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and state house. The primary election was held on September 9, 2000.^[1]

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1	Harris McDowell III		Dem	Harris McDowell III		Dem
5	Myrna Bair		Rep	Catherine Cloutier		Rep
7	Patti Blevins		Dem	Patti Blevins		Dem
8	David Sokola		Dem	David Sokola		Dem
9	Thomas Sharp		Dem	Thomas Sharp		Dem
12	Dorinda Connor		Rep	Dorinda Connor		Rep
13	David McBride		Dem	David McBride		Dem
14	James Vaughn		Dem	James Vaughn		Dem
15	Nancy Cook		Dem	Nancy Cook		Dem
19	Thurman Adams Jr.		Dem	Thurman Adams Jr.		Dem
20	George Bunting		Dem	George Bunting		Dem

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	11	111,070	68.48%	13		61.90%
	Republican	7	50,974	31.43%	8		38.10%
	Constitution	1	138	0.09%	0		0.00%
Total		19	162,182	100%	21		100%

Popular vote Democratic   68.48% Republican   31.43% Constitution   0.09%

Senate seats Democratic   61.90% Republican   38.10%

Results of the 2000 Delaware Senate election by district:^[2][3]

Incumbent Democrat Harris McDowell III has represented the 1st district since 1977.

Delaware Senate 1st district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harris McDowell III (incumbent)	8,970	63.63%
	Republican	Lee Murphy	5,127	36.37%
Total votes			14,097	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Myrna Bair has represented the 5th district and its predecessors since 1981. Bair didn't seek re-election and fellow Republican Catherine Cloutier won the open seat. Republican primary

Delaware Senate 5th district Republican primary election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Cloutier	1,529	68.57%
	Republican	Michael Walsh II	701	31.43%
Total votes			2,230	100%

General election

Delaware Senate 5th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Cloutier	8,099	52.16%
	Democratic	William McGlinchey	7,428	47.84%
Total votes			15,527	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat Patti Blevins has represented the 7th district since 1991.

Delaware Senate 7th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patti Blevins (incumbent)	10,047	67.88%
	Republican	John Pasquale Jr.	4,755	32.12%
Total votes			14,802	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat David Sokola has represented the 8th district since 1991.

Delaware Senate 8th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Sokola (incumbent)	9,873	56.01%
	Republican	Paul Welsh	7,755	43.99%
Total votes			17,628	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat and President pro tempore Thomas Sharp has represented the 9th district since 1975.

Delaware Senate 9th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thomas Sharp (incumbent)	10,189	100%
Total votes			10,189	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Republican Dorinda Connor has represented the 12th district since 1997.

Delaware Senate 12th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dorinda Connor (incumbent)	9,758	55.74%
	Democratic	William McMurray	7,748	44.26%
Total votes			17,506	100%
	Republican hold

Incumbent Democrat David McBride has represented the 13th district since 1979.

Delaware Senate 13th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David McBride (incumbent)	11,190	100%
Total votes			11,190	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat James Vaughn has represented the 14th district since 1980.

Delaware Senate 14th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Vaughn (incumbent)	15,899	100%
Total votes			15,899	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat Nancy Cook has represented the 15th district since 1975.

Delaware Senate 15th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Cook (incumbent)	7,283	56.00%
	Republican	David Burris	5,584	42.94%
	Constitution	Rick Schroeter	138	1.06%
Total votes			13,005	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat and President pro tempore Thurman Adams Jr. has represented the 19th district since 1973.

Delaware Senate 19th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thurman Adams Jr. (incumbent)	9,808	100%
Total votes			9,808	100%
	Democratic hold

Incumbent Democrat George Bunting has represented the 20th district since 1997. Republican primary

Delaware Senate 20th district Republican primary election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gerald Hocker	2,538	77.88%
	Republican	Thomas McCabe	721	22.12%
Total votes			3,259	100%

General election

Delaware Senate 20th district general election, 2000

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Bunting (incumbent)	12,635	56.08%
	Republican	Gerald Hocker	9,896	43.92%
Total votes			22,531	100%
	Democratic hold