United States Senate election in Delaware, 2024

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U.S. Senate, Delaware
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: July 9, 2024
	Primary: September 10, 2024; General: November 5, 2024
How to vote
	Poll times: 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Voting in Delaware
Race ratings
	Cook Political Report: Solid Democratic; Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Democratic; Inside Elections: Solid Democratic
Ballotpedia analysis
	U.S. Senate battlegrounds; U.S. House battlegrounds; Federal and state primary competitiveness; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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Delaware 2024 elections

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Voters in Delaware will elect one member to the U.S. Senate in the general election on November 5, 2024. The primary is September 10, 2024. The filing deadline is July 9, 2024.

The election will fill the Class I Senate seat held by Tom Carper (D), who first took office in 2001.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

Note: The following list includes official candidates only. Ballotpedia defines official candidates as people who:

Register with a federal or state campaign finance agency before the candidate filing deadline
Appear on candidate lists released by government election agencies

General election

The primary will occur on September 10, 2024. The general election will occur on November 5, 2024. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Delaware

Pamela Brown and Lisa Blunt Rochester are running in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Delaware on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate
		Pamela Brown
		Lisa Blunt Rochester

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Delaware

Eric Hansen and William Taylor are running in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Delaware on September 10, 2024.

		Candidate
		Eric Hansen
		William Taylor

	There are no incumbents in this race.
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Voting information

See also: Voting in Delaware

Ballotpedia will publish the dates and deadlines related to this election as they are made available.

Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey responses

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No candidate in this race has completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey. Ballotpedia is seeking 100 percent participation so voters can learn more about all the candidates on their ballots.

Campaign finance

Name	Party	Receipts*	Disbursements**	Cash on hand	Date
Pamela Brown	Democratic Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Lisa Blunt Rochester	Democratic Party	$2,927,849	$908,129	$2,019,720	As of September 30, 2023
Eric Hansen	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
William Taylor	Republican Party	$0	$0	$0	Data not available***
Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC). * According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee." According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election. * Candidate either did not report any receipts or disbursements to the FEC, or Ballotpedia did not find an FEC candidate ID.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from three outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, and Sabato's Crystal Ball. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.^[1]
Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Race ratings: U.S. Senate election in Delaware, 2024
Race tracker	Race ratings
	January 2, 2024	December 19, 2023	December 12, 2023	December 5, 2023
The Cook Political Report	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Inside Elections with Nathan L. Gonzales	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic	Solid Democratic
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic	Safe Democratic
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access requirements

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates in Delaware in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Delaware, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. Senate candidates, 2024
State	Office	Party	Signatures required	Signature formula	Filing fee	Filing fee formula	Filing deadline	Source
Delaware	U.S. Senate	Democratic	N/A	N/A	$10,440.00^[5]	Fixed number	7/9/2024	Source
Delaware	U.S. Senate	Republican	N/A	N/A	TBD^[6]	Fixed number	7/9/2024	Source
Delaware	U.S. Senate	Unaffiliated	7,124	1% of all eligible voters	N/A	N/A	TBD	Source

Election history

The section below details election results for this state's U.S. Senate elections dating back to 2014.