# 2024 Delaware gubernatorial election

The 2024 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of the U.S. state of Delaware, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives, and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor John Carney is term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office. Primary elections took place on September 10, 2024, in which Democratic New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer and Republican state representative Mike Ramone won their parties' nominations.
Meyer comfortably won the election, albeit by the closest margin since 2004. Meyer's 56.07% of the vote is the lowest for the Democrats since that election, while Ramone's 43.93% is the highest since 2004.

## Democratic primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Matt Meyer, New Castle County Executive

#### Eliminated in primary

* Bethany Hall-Long, Lieutenant Governor of Delaware
* Collin O'Mara, president of the National Wildlife Federation and former secretary of the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control

#### Declined

* Colleen Davis, Delaware State Treasurer (ran for U.S. House)
* Lisa Blunt Rochester, U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district (ran for U.S. Senate)

### Endorsements

Statewide officials
* John Carney, Governor of Delaware and former U.S. representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district
Political parties
* Delaware Democratic Party
Organizations
* EMILY's List
Labor unions
* Delaware State Education Association
State legislators
* Nnamdi Chukwuocha, state representative from the 1st district
Local officials
* Polly Sierer, former mayor of Newark
Organizations
* Delaware Democratic Party PRIDE Caucus
Newspapers
* The Philadelphia Inquirer
Organizations
* Center for Biological Diversity Action Fund
* Friends of the Earth Action
Political parties
* Working Families Party

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Bethany Hall-Long | Matt Meyer | Collin O'Mara | Other | Undecided |
| Trailblazer Opinion Strategies (D) | August 27, 2024 | — | — | 19% | 33% | 17% | — | 31% |
| Slingshot Strategies | August 8–13, 2024 | 500 (RV) | ± 4.4% | 23% | 27% | 11% | 7% | 31% |
| Concord Public Opinion Partners | August 4–7, 2024 | 453 (RV) | ± 4.6% | 23% | 30% | 8% | — | 40% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | July 16–17, 2024 | 661 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 31% | 19% | 9% | — | 41% |
| Slingshot Strategies | July 5–9, 2024 | 446 (RV) | ± 4.6% | 27% | 27% | 7% | 5% | 34% |
| Public Policy Polling (D) | January 10–11, 2024 | 643 (LV) | ± 3.9% | 30% | 23% | — | — | 47% |

### Results

Democratic primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Democratic | Matt Meyer | 40,518 | 46.98% |
| | Democratic | Bethany Hall-Long | 31,588 | 36.62% |
| | Democratic | Collin O'Mara | 14,142 | 16.40% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 86,248 | 100.0% |

#### Results by county

| County | Matt Meyer | Matt Meyer | Bethany Hall-Long | Bethany Hall-Long | Collin O'Mara | Collin O'Mara |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % |
| Kent | 3,881 | 33.6% | 5,891 | 51.0% | 1,771 | 15.3% |
| New Castle | 27,790 | 50.4% | 18,297 | 33.2% | 8,847 | 16.1% |
| Sussex | 9,041 | 46.2% | 7,400 | 37.8% | 3,330 | 17.0% |
| Total | 40,518 | 47.0% | 31,588 | 36.6% | 14,142 | 16.4% |

## Republican primary
### Candidates
#### Nominee

* Mike Ramone, Minority Leader of the Delaware House of Representatives (2023–present) from the 21st district (2008–present)

#### Eliminated in primary

* Jerry Price, retired police officer
* Bobby Williamson, contractor

#### Withdrawn

* Julianne Murray, chair of the Delaware Republican Party, nominee for governor in 2020, and nominee for attorney general in 2022

### Results

Republican primary results :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Republican | Mike Ramone | 26,414 | 72.29% |
| | Republican | Jerry Price | 5,971 | 16.34% |
| | Republican | Bobby Williamson | 4,153 | 11.37% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 36,538 | 100.0% |

### Results by county

| County | Mike Ramone | Mike Ramone | Jerry Price | Jerry Price | Bobby Williamson | Bobby Williamson |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % |
| Kent | 5,012 | 70.0% | 1,218 | 17.0% | 932 | 13.0% |
| New Castle | 9,064 | 77.8% | 1,521 | 13.1% | 1,059 | 9.1% |
| Sussex | 12,338 | 69.6% | 3,232 | 18.2% | 2,162 | 12.2% |
| Total | 26,414 | 72.3% | 5,971 | 16.3% | 4,153 | 11.4% |

## General election
### Predictions

| Source | Ranking | As of |
| The Cook Political Report | Solid D | June 13, 2024 |
| Inside Elections | Solid D | July 14, 2023 |
| Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe D | June 4, 2024 |
| RCP | Solid D | July 13, 2024 |
| Elections Daily | Safe D | July 12, 2023 |

### Post-primary endorsements

U.S. Representatives
* Maxwell Frost, U.S. representative for FL-10
Organizations
* 314 Action
* Democratic Governors Association
* Giffords
* Planned Parenthood
* Sierra Club

### Polling

| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Matt Meyer (D) | Mike Ramone (R) | Other | Undecided |
| Slingshot Strategies | September 19–21, 2024 | 500 (RV) | — | 52% | 25% | 5% | 18% |
| University of Delaware | September 11–19, 2024 | 400 (RV) | ± 5.8% | 51% | 32% | – | 17% |

### Results

* Republican — +0–2.5%
* Republican — +5–7.5%
* Republican — +10–12.5%
2024 Delaware gubernatorial election :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Democratic | Matt Meyer | 279,585 | 56.07% | −3.39% |
| | Republican | Mike Ramone | 219,050 | 43.93% | +5.30% |
| Total votes | Total votes | Total votes | 498,635 | 100.00% | |
| | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold | Democratic hold |

#### By county

By county :
| County | Matt Meyer Democratic | Matt Meyer Democratic | Mike Ramone Republican | Mike Ramone Republican | Margin | Margin | Total votes |
| County | # | % | # | % | # | % | Total votes |
| Kent | 43,179 | 50.25 | 42,750 | 49.75 | 429 | 0.50 | 85,929 |
| New Castle | 172,412 | 64.30 | 95,746 | 35.70 | 76,666 | 28.60 | 268,158 |
| Sussex | 63,994 | 44.27 | 80,554 | 55.73 | -16,560 | -11.46 | 144,548 |
| Totals | 279,585 | 56.07 | 219,050 | 43.93 | 60,535 | 12.14 | 498,635 |