The 2016 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2016, coinciding with the
Delaware gubernatorial election. The office had been vacant since former
Democratic lieutenant governor
Matthew Denn
Matthew P. Denn (born February 9, 1966) is an American lawyer and politician from New Castle County, Delaware. He served as the 45th attorney general of Delaware from 2015 until 2019. Denn previously served as the 25th lieutenant governor of Del ...
was inaugurated as
attorney general
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on January 6, 2015.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
* Sherry Dorsey Walker,
Wilmington City Councilwoman and candidate for the State Senate in 2014
* Brad Eaby,
Kent County Levy Court Commissioner
* Greg Fuller, former
Sussex County Register of Wills
*
Bethany Hall-Long
Bethany A. Hall-Long (born November 12, 1963) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Hall-Long served as the 75th governor of Delaware for two weeks in January 2025, after having served as the 26th lieutenant governor of D ...
, state senator
*
Kathy McGuiness
Kathleen Kramedas McGuiness (born February 14, 1967) is an American politician who was the Delaware state auditor, from January 2019 until October 2022. In July 2022, she was found guilty on multiple corruption charges.
On September 13, 2022, ...
,
Rehoboth Beach Commissioner
* Ciro Poppiti,
New Castle County
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Register of Wills
Declined
* Chris Bullock, president of the
New Castle County
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Council
*
Peter Schwartzkopf
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, Speaker of the
Delaware House of Representatives
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Results
Republican primary
State Senator Colin Bonini had announced that he was running for governor in November 2014, but reportedly was considering switching to run for lieutenant governor.
[ Bonini announced on November 23, 2015, that he would remain in the race for governor.][
]
Candidates
Declared
* La Mar Gunn, president of the NAACP
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of Central Delaware and nominee for Kent County Recorder of Deeds in 2014
Declined
* Colin Bonini
Colin Rafferty Marie Jude Bonini (born April 14, 1965) is an American politician and a Republican former member of the Delaware Senate, where he represented the 16th District from 1994 to 2022.
Education
Bonini received his Bachelor of Arts fr ...
, state senator and nominee for state treasurer in 2010 ( running for governor)
See also
* Delaware gubernatorial election, 2016
References
External links
Official campaign websites
Sherry Dorsey Walker for Lieutenant Governor
Brad Eaby for Lieutenant Governor
Greg Fuller for Lieutenant Governor
La Mar Gunn for Lieutenant Governor
Bethany Hall-Long for Lieutenant Governor
Kathy McGuiness for Lieutenant Governor
Ciro Poppiti for Lieutenant Governor
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Lieutenant Governor
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