The number of women in the Assembly increased from 20 to 21 while the number of women in the Senate doubled from 5 to 10. Candidates for Governor and Lt. He changed his party affiliation to Republican in 1994. Due to voter approved term limits 27 members of the state House were forced to retire or run for other office. Candidates for Governor and Lt.
Governor run on the same ballot.
The 151 members of the House and all 36 Senators were elected in Nov. 1998. The number of women in the Senate remained unchanged at 9 while the women in th House increased from 45 to 47. Neither the Governor nor the two U.S. Senators were up for re-election in 1998. The 41 members of the Delaware House and 10 of the 21 state Senators were elected in Nov. 1998. The party balance in the Senate remained unchanged at 13D-8R but the number of women decreased from 7 to 6.