The 2024 Delaware lieutenant gubernatorial election will be held on November 5, 2024, to elect the

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, concurrently with the

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, as well as

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to the

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to the

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, and various other state and local elections. Incumbent

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Lieutenant Governor

Bethany Hall-Long Bethany A. Hall-Long (born November 12, 1963) is an American politician and a member of the Democratic Party. She has served as the 26th lieutenant governor of Delaware since 2017. Hall-Long previously served in the Delaware Senate from 2008 to ...

is term-limited and cannot seek re-election to a third term in office; she is instead

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. The filing deadline is July 9, 2024, with primaries being held on September 10.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Kyle Evans Gay Kyle Evans Gay is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware Senate representing District 5. Biography Gay was born in Wilmington, Delaware, and grew up in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, graduating from Unionville Hig ...

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from the

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*Debbie Harrington, 2nd vice chair of the

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Sherry Dorsey Walker Sherry Dorsey Walker is an American politician. She is a Democratic member of the Delaware House of Representatives, representing District 3. In 2018, Dorsey Walker was elected after winning a three-way primary race against Jim Miller and Paul F ...

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from the 3rd district *David Lamar Williams Jr., contract specialist and candidate for governor in

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Republican primary

Candidates

Potential

Anthony Delcollo Anthony Delcollo (born 1985) is an American politician. He is a former Republican member of the Delaware Senate representing District 7. Early life and education Delcollo was born in Marshallton Heights in 1985 to Daniel and Barbara Delcollo. ...

, former State Senator No Republican candidates have announced their campaigns yet.

References

External links

;Official campaign websites
Kyle Evans Gay (D) for Lieutenant GovernorDebbie Harrington (D) for Lieutenant GovernorSherry Dorsey Walker (D) for Lieutenant GovernorDavid Lamar Williams Jr. (D) for Lieutenant Governor
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