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2016 Delaware gubernatorial election

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Nominee John Carney Colin Bonini Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 248,404 166,852 Percentage 58.34% 39.18%

County results Precinct resultsCarney:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      >90% Bonini:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      No votes

Governor before election Jack Markell Democratic Elected Governor John Carney Democratic

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The 2016 Delaware gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 2016, to elect the governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

Incumbent Democratic governor Jack Markell was term-limited and could not run for re-election to a third term in office. Democratic congressman John Carney defeated Republican state senator Colin Bonini in a landslide.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• John Carney, U.S. representative, former lieutenant governor of Delaware and candidate for governor in 2008

Deceased

• Beau Biden, former Delaware Attorney General and son of Delaware senator, vice president, and future president Joe Biden (died May 30, 2015)

Withdrew

• Kevin Tinsley

Declined

• Matthew Denn, Delaware Attorney General and former lieutenant governor of Delaware
• Thomas P. Gordon, county executive of New Castle County
• John Kowalko, state representative
• Peter Schwartzkopf, Speaker of the Delaware House of Representatives
• Bryan Townsend, state senator (running for Delaware's at-large seat in Congress)

Polling

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Colin Bonini, state senator and nominee for State Treasurer in 2010

Eliminated in primary

• Lacey Lafferty, retired state trooper

Declined

• Greg Lavelle, state senator and Minority Whip of the Delaware Senate
• Alan Levin, director of the Delaware Economic Development Office and former president and CEO of Happy Harry's
• Michael Ramone, state representative
• Daniel Short, Minority Leader of the Delaware House of Representatives
• Ken Simpler, State Treasurer of Delaware

Polling

Results

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Declared

• Sean Louis Goward

General election

Debates

• Complete video of debate, October 19, 2016 - C-SPAN

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Sussex (largest city: Seaford)

References

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External links

Official campaign websites (Archived)

• John Carney (D) for Governor
• Colin Bonini (R) for Governor
• Lacey Lafferty (R) for Governor

• Delaware gubernatorial elections
• 2016 United States gubernatorial elections
• 2016 Delaware elections