DOVER, Del. — Delaware Democrats will hold more than two-thirds of the seats in both chambers of the General Assembly, according to unofficial results from Tuesday’s midterm election.

Under Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution, an amendment must receive votes from two-thirds of all members elected to each chamber. Democrats will have enough seats in the new General Assembly, which convenes in January, to give final approval to eight proposed amendments without Republican support.

Democrats gained three House seats and received the most votes in all five federal and statewide races. Turnout was 47.5%, up from 42.7% in the 2022 midterm.

All 530 election districts had reported by 3 a.m. Wednesday. The state also listed absentee ballot tabulation as done in all three counties. The Department of Elections cautions that those county updates do not necessarily mean every ballot has been counted. Results remain unofficial until the state certifies them.

Table 1: Seats in the General Assembly, before and after the 2026 midterm

Chamber
Two-thirds needed
Democrats before
Democrats after

House
28 of 41
27
30

Senate
14 of 21
15
15

(Note: “After” reflects unofficial election results for seats on the ballot and the incumbent for seats not on the ballot. Ten Senate seats were not on the ballot. Two-thirds of all members elected to each chamber is the vote required under Article XVI of the Delaware Constitution. Sources: Delaware Department of Elections, unofficial results [updated 3:03 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026]; Delaware General Assembly, House and Senate member lists [Oct. 31, 2026].)

Figure 1: The new 154th General Assembly
House: 11 Republicans, 30 Democrats                                                RepublicansDemocratsSenate: 6 Republicans, 15 Democrats                        RepublicansDemocrats
(Note: Each block is one seat. Blocks show each party’s side of the chamber, not each member’s assigned seat. Sources: same as Table 1.)

What it means for the Constitution

The Delaware Constitution is the state’s highest law. An amendment must pass twice: once in one General Assembly and again in the next one, after an election. Amendments passed this way become part of the Constitution without going to voters.

The 153rd General Assembly passed eight proposed amendments once. They cover topics including early voting, absentee voting, marriage and the death penalty. The 154th General Assembly will decide whether to give them final approval. If Democrats vote together, they would have enough votes to pass the amendments without Republican support, and Republicans would not have enough votes to block them. Democrats could spare no more than two votes in the House and one in the Senate.

Where the House changed

Three House seats held by Republicans went to Democrats. No seat held by a Democrat went to a Republican.

• House District 34, Kent County: Democrat Annie Norman received 4,905 votes to 4,755 for Republican Rep. Lyndon D. Yearick, a 150-vote margin. It was the closest House race in the state, and Rep. Yearick was the only incumbent state legislator who lost Tuesday.
• House District 4, Sussex County: Democrat Gregg Lindner received 8,039 votes to 7,658 for Republican Dan Zitofsky, a 381-vote margin, for the seat Republican Rep. Jeff Hilovsky is leaving.
• House District 9, New Castle County: Democrat Ayanna Khan-Flowers received 8,451 votes to 4,753 for Republican Jamar Money, for the seat Republican Rep. Kevin Hensley is leaving.

Republicans kept the other open seats they held: House districts 33, 38 and 41, and Senate District 15, the seat Republican Sen. Dave Lawson is leaving. Table 3 has those results.

The statewide picture

In this midterm, with no presidential race on the ballot, the Democratic candidates in the five federal and statewide races each received between 60% and 65% of the vote. U.S. Sen. Chris Coons received 63.6%, U.S. Rep. Sarah McBride 64.3% and Attorney General Kathy Jennings 63.6%. In the open race for state treasurer, Democrat Ted Lauzen received 62.4% to 37.6% for Republican Michael Ramone. Auditor Lydia York received 60.4%.

Registered Democrats make up 41% of Delaware’s registered voters, registered Republicans 25% and everyone else 34%, according to the state’s Nov. 1 registration report. Democrats will have 73% of the seats in the House and 71% in the Senate.

Turnout was higher than in the 2014 and 2022 midterms but lower than in 2018, as Table 2 shows.

Table 2: Turnout in Delaware midterms since 2014

Year
Registered voters
Voted
(turnout)
Registered Democrats who voted
Registered Republicans who voted

2014
642,152
236,923
36.9%
109,867
36.0%
81,857
45.5%

2018
694,923
365,467
52.6%
180,039
54.6%
112,719
58.2%

2022
763,088
325,558
42.7%
154,605
42.6%
109,672
52.1%

2026
810,407
384,862
47.5%
Not yet released

(Note: The percentage under “Voted” is turnout among all registered voters. Percentages in the party columns show the share of each party’s registered voters who voted, not that party’s share of all ballots cast. The state has not yet released 2026 voting by party. Sources: Delaware Department of Elections, Registered Voters by Age Group and Party reports for 2014, 2018 and 2022, statewide totals; 2026 from the unofficial results [updated 3:03 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026].)

The seven races to watch

Before the election, Delaware LIVE picked seven races to watch, all for open seats. Table 3 shows how each one came out.

Table 3: Delaware LIVE’s seven races to watch, 2026 midterm unofficial results

Race
Most votes
Democrat
Republican

State treasurer
Statewide
✓Ted Lauzen (D)62.4%
Ted Lauzen
235,597 (62.4%)
Michael Ramone
141,755 (37.6%)

Senate District 15
Kent
✓Emily A. Thompson (R)56.8%
Nisha Lodhavia
7,823 (43.2%)
Emily A. Thompson
10,281 (56.8%)

House District 4
Sussex
✓Gregg Lindner (D)51.2%Seat changes from Republican to Democrat
Gregg Lindner
8,039 (51.2%)
Dan Zitofsky
7,658 (48.8%)

House District 33
Kent
✓Morgan Hudson (R)54.5%
Joshua Pennington
4,121 (45.5%)
Morgan Hudson
4,941 (54.5%)

House District 38
Sussex
✓Carlie Carey (R)54.9%
Maureen Madden
8,065 (45.1%)
Carlie Carey
9,803 (54.9%)

House District 41
Sussex
✓John Atkins (R)53.2%
Ryan Stuckey
5,441 (46.8%)
John Atkins
6,173 (53.2%)

New Castle County Council, District 3
New Castle
✓Kira Alejandro (D)63.4%
Kira Alejandro
13,116 (63.4%)
Melissa S. Brayman
7,587 (36.6%)

(Note: “Most votes” shows the candidate who received the most votes. Percentages are each candidate’s share of the votes cast in that race, with all election districts reporting. Source: Delaware Department of Elections, unofficial results [updated 3:03 a.m. Nov. 4, 2026].)

Full results for every race, including county offices, are in the Delaware LIVE 2026 Voters Guide.