2020 United States Senate election in Delaware

The 2020 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Delaware, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

2020 United States Senate election in Delaware
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Chris Coons Lauren Witzke
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 291,804 186,054
Percentage 59.4% 37.9%
County results
Coons:      50–60%      60–70%
Witzke:      50–60%
U.S. senator before election

Chris Coons
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Coons
Democratic

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The Democratic and Republican primaries were held on September 15, 2020.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Eliminated in primary
  • Jessica Scarane, technology executive[4][5]

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Chris Coons
U.S. Vice Presidents
State Executives
  • Jack Markell, Governor of Delaware (2009-2017), Treasurer of Delaware (1999-2009)[16]
State legislators
Individuals
Organizations
Jessica Scarane
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Polling
Hypothetical head-to-head polling
with Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Lisa
Blunt Rochester		 Chris
Coons		 Undecided
Data for Progress November 15–25, 2019 528 (LV) ± 6.1% 31% 35% 34%
with Chris Coons and more liberal female Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Chris
Coons		 More liberal
female Democrat		 Undecided
Data for Progress November 15–25, 2019 528 (LV) ± 6.1% 24%[lower-alpha 3] 45% 31%
32%[lower-alpha 4] 36% 32%
32%[lower-alpha 5] 36% 33%

Results
Results by county:
  Coons—70–80%
  Coons—60–70%
Democratic primary results[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Coons (incumbent) 87,332 72.85%
Democratic Jessica Scarane 32,547 27.15%
Total votes 119,879 100.00%

Republican primary

Nominee
  • Lauren Witzke, conservative activist and proponent of the QAnon conspiracy theory[57][58][59]

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Endorsements
James DeMartino
Organizations
  • Delaware Colonial Region Republicans[62]
Political Parties
Lauren Witzke
U.S. Representatives
  • Paul Gosar, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona (2011-present)[64]

Results
Results by county:
  Witzke—60–70%
  Witzke—50–60%
Republican primary results[56]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lauren Witzke 30,702 56.89%
Republican James DeMartino 23,266 43.11%
Total votes 53,968 100.00%

Other candidates

Nominee
  • Nadine Frost, Libertarian candidate for U.S. Senate in 2018[65]

Nominee
  • Mark Turley, small business owner[66]

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[67] Safe D August 17, 2020
Inside Elections[68] Safe D September 18, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[69] Safe D August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[70] Safe D August 31, 2020
Politico[71] Safe D October 15, 2020
RCP[72] Safe D September 17, 2020
Niskanen[73] Safe D September 15, 2020
DDHQ[74] Safe D September 16, 2020
538[75] Safe D September 18, 2020

Endorsements
Chris Coons (D)
U.S. Vice Presidents
State Executives
  • Jack Markell, Governor of Delaware (2009-2017), Treasurer of Delaware (1999-2009)[16]
State legislators
Individuals
Labor Unions
Organizations
Lauren Witzke (R)
Members of U.S. Congress
  • Paul Gosar, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Arizona (2011-present)[64]
Individuals
  • Nick Fuentes, far-right political commentator, podcaster and white nationalist[79]

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 6]		 Margin
of error		 Chris
Coons (D)		 Lauren
Witzke (R)		 Other/
Undecided
University of Delaware September 21–27, 2020 847 (LV) – 57% 27% 17%[lower-alpha 7]

Results
United States Senate election in Delaware, 2020[80]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Chris Coons (incumbent) 291,804 59.44% +3.61%
Republican Lauren Witzke 186,054 37.90% -4.33%
Delaware Independent Mark Turley 7,833 1.59% N/A
Libertarian Nadine Frost 5,244 1.07% N/A
Total votes 490,935 100.0%
Democratic hold

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. After being presented with a liberal set of arguments regarding Chris Coons
  4. After being presented with a conservative set of arguments regarding Chris Coons
  5. Voting intention without being presented with any arguments regarding Chris Coons
  6. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  7. "None/other/undecided" with 11%; Turley (DI) with 4%; Frost (L) with 2%

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