An election was held on November 6, 2012, to elect all 41 members to

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was held on September 11, 2012.

Results

Statewide

Predictions

Detailed Results

Results of the 2012 Delaware House of Representatives election by district:

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Dennis Williams has represented the 1st district since 1994. Williams retired to run for Mayor of Wilmington and fellow Democrat

Charles Potter Jr. Charles Potter Jr. is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2013 to 2019. He was defeated by Nnamdi Chukwuocha in the 2018 Democratic primary. Early life and education Potter was bo ...

won the open seat. Democratic primary
General election

District 2

Incumbent Democrat Stephanie Bolden has represented the 2nd district since 2010. Democratic primary
General election

District 3

Incumbent Democrat Helene Keeley has represented the 3rd district and its predecessors since 1996.

District 4

Incumbent Democrat Gerald Brady has represented the 4th district since 2006.

District 5

Incumbent Democrat

Melanie George Smith Melanie George Smith (formerly Melanie George Marshall) is an American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2003 to 2019. Smith was elected in 2002 to represent District 5 after winning the De ...

has represented the 5th district since 2002.

District 6

Incumbent Democrat Debra Heffernan has represented the 6th district since 2010.

District 7

Incumbent Democrat

Bryon Short Bryon H. Short (born March 7, 1966) is an American politician. He was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2006 to 2018. Short earned a BA in psychology from Salisbury University. Electoral history *2007 When Re ...

has represented the 7th district since 2006.

District 8

Incumbent Democrat

Quinn Johnson Quinn Marcus Johnson (born September 30, 1986) is an American former professional football fullback. He was selected by the Green Bay Packers in the fifth round of the 2009 NFL draft. Johnson was a part of the Packers' Super Bowl XLV championshi ...

has represented the 8th district since 2008.

District 9

Incumbent Democrat

Rebecca Walker Rebecca Walker (born Rebecca Leventhal; November 17, 1969) is an American writer, feminist, and activist. Walker has been regarded as one of the prominent voices of Third Wave Feminism, and the coiner of the term "third wave", since publishing ...

has represented the 9th district since 2010.

District 10

Incumbent Democrat Dennis Williams has represented the 10th district since 2008. Democratic primary
General election

District 11

The new 11th district is an open seat which strectches from Townsend to Chapeltown and has no incumbent. Republican

Jeffrey Spiegelman Jeffrey N. Spiegelman is an American politician and a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives since January 8, 2013 representing District 11. Elections *2012 When Republican Representative Gregory Lavelle ran for Delaware ...

won the open seat. Democratic primary
General election

District 12

The new 12th district includes the homes of incumbent Republicans

Deborah Hudson Deborah D. Hudson, formerly Deborah Hudson Capano, (born August 16, 1952) is an American politician. She was a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 1995 to 2019 representing District 12. She earned her BS in human res ...

, who has represented the 12th district since 1994, and

Gregory Lavelle Gregory F. Lavelle is an American politician who was a Republican member of the Delaware General Assembly from 2001 to 2019, serving in both the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. In the 2018 midterm elections, he lost hi ...

, who has represented the 11th district since 2001. Lavelle retired to run for the

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, while Hudson was re-elected here.

District 13

Incumbent Democrat Larry Mitchell has represented the 13th district since 2006.

District 14

Incumbent Democratic Majority Leader

Peter Schwartzkopf Peter C. Schwartzkopf (born January 15, 1955) is an American politician and former Speaker of the Delaware House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented the 14th district from 2002 to 2024. His district covers Reh ...

has represented the 14th district since 2002.

District 15

Incumbent Democrat

Valerie Longhurst Valerie J. Longhurst (born December 17, 1963) is an American politician. She was a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives until 2024 and served as speaker her final two years in office. She was first elected in 2004 to repre ...

has represented the 15th district since 2004. Democratic primary
General election

District 16

Incumbent Democrat J.J. Johnson has represented the 16th district since 2004.

District 17

Incumbent Democrat Michael Mulrooney has represented the 17th district since 1998.

District 18

Incumbent Democrat Michael Barbieri has represented the 18th district since 2008.

District 19

Incumbent Democratic House Speaker Robert Gilligan has represented the 19th district since 1972. Gilligan didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Kimberly Williams won the open seat. Democratic primary
General election

District 20

The new 20th district is based in Sussex County and has no incumbent. Republican Stephen Smyk won the open seat. Democratic primary
General election

District 21

Incumbent Republican

Michael Ramone Michael J. Ramone (born July 11, 1961) is an American politician from the state of Delaware. A member of the Republican Party, Ramone served in the Delaware House of Representatives from 2008 to 2024, when he resigned to run for governor in the ...

has represented the 21st district since 2008.

District 22

The new 22nd district includes the homes of incumbent Republicans Joseph Miró, who has represented the 22nd district since 1998, and Nick Manolakos, who has represented the 20th district since 2006. Miró defeated Manolakos in the Republican primary and went on to win the general election. Republican primary
General election

District 23

Incumbent Democrat Teresa Schooley has represented the 23rd district since 2004. Schooley didn't seek re-election and fellow Democrat Paul Baumbach won the open seat. Democratic primary
General election

District 24

Incumbent Democrat

Edward Osienski Edward S. Osienski is an American politician. He is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 24. He was elected in 2010 after the retirement of Republican William Oberle. Electoral history *In 2010, ...

has represented the 24th district since 2010.

District 25

Incumbent Democrat John Kowalko Jr. has represented the 25th district since 2006.

District 26

Incumbent Democrat John Viola has represented the 26th district since 1998.

District 27

Incumbent Democrat Earl Jaques Jr. has represented the 27th district since 2008.

District 28

Incumbent Democrat William Carson Jr. has represented the 28th district since 2008.

District 29

Incumbent Republican Lincoln Willis has represented the 29th district since 2010. Willis lost re-election to Democrat Charles Paradee.

District 30

Incumbent Republican William Outten has represented the 30th district since 2004.

District 31

Incumbent Democrat Darryl Scott has represented the 31st district since 2008.

District 32

Incumbent Democrat Brad Bennett has represented the 32nd district since 2008. Bennett didn't seek re-election and his wife Andria Bennett won the open seat. Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election

District 33

Incumbent Republican Harold Peterman has represented the 33rd district since 2010.

District 34

Incumbent Republican Donald Blakey has represented the 34th district since 2006.

District 35

Incumbent Republican David Wilson has represented the 35th district since 2008.

District 36

Incumbent Republican

Harvey Kenton Harvey R. Kenton (born 1940/1941) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Delaware House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019, representing District 36. Career and education After graduating from high school, Kenton enli ...

has represented the 36th district since 2010.

District 37

Incumbent Republican

Ruth Briggs King Ruth Briggs King (born March 8, 1956) is an American politician. A Republican, she served as a member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing district 37, from 2009 to 2023. In 2024, she ran for lieutenant governor but lost to De ...

has represented the th district since 2009.

District 38

Incumbent Republican

Gerald Hocker Gerald W. Hocker (born January 9, 1948) is an American politician who is a Republican member of the Delaware Senate, where he has represented the 20th district since 2012. Hocker previously served in the Delaware House of Representatives where ...

has represented the 38th district since 2002. Hocker retired to run for the

and fellow Republican

Ronald Gray Ronald Adrin Gray (born August 14, 1965) is an American serial killer and rape, rapist whose convictions include four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder and eight counts of rape. His crimes were committed when he was in the United ...

won the open seat.

District 39

Incumbent Republican Daniel Short has represented the 39th district since 2006. Republican primary
General election

District 40

Incumbent Republican Clifford Lee has represented the 40th district since 1990. Lee didn't seek re-election and fellow Republican Timothy Dukes won the open seat. Democratic primary
General election

District 41

Incumbent Democrat John Atkins has represented the 41st district since 2008.

Notes

References

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