2020 United States Senate election in Delaware

The 2020 United States Senate election in Delaware will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Delaware, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate, elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.

2020 United States Senate election in Delaware
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee TBD TBD
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent U.S. senator

Chris Coons
Democratic
Elections in Delaware

The Democratic and Republican primaries will be held on September 15, 2020. Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Coons is running for reelection to a second full term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements
Chris Coons
U.S. Vice Presidents
Organizations
Jessica Scarane
State legislators
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
  • American Progressives in STEM[34]
  • Rose Caucus[35]

Polling
Hypothetical head-to-head polling
with Lisa Blunt Rochester and Chris Coons
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Lisa
Blunt Rochester		 Chris
Coons		 Undecided
Data for Progress November 15–25, 2019 528 ± 6.1% 31% 35% 34%
with Chris Coons and more liberal female Democrat
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 2]		 Margin
of error		 Chris
Coons		 More liberal
female Democrat		 Undecided
Data for Progress November 15–25, 2019 528 ± 6.1% 24%[lower-alpha 3] 45% 31%
32%[lower-alpha 4] 36% 32%
32%[lower-alpha 5] 36% 33%

Results
Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Chris Coons (incumbent)
Democratic Jessica Scarane
Total votes 100.0%

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Results
Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican James DeMartino
Republican Lauren Witzke
Total votes 100.0%

Other candidates

Libertarian Party

Nominee

Independent Party of Delaware

Declared
  • Mark Turley, small business owner[40]

General election

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[41] Safe D July 23, 2020
Inside Elections[42] Safe D July 10, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[43] Safe D August 5, 2020
Daily Kos[44] Safe D July 22, 2020
Politico[45] Likely D July 6, 2020
RCP[46] Safe D August 6, 2020
Niskanen[47] Safe D July 26, 2020
270towin[48] Safe D August 6, 2020

Polling

Results
United States Senate election in Delaware, 2020
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic TBA
Republican TBA
Libertarian Nadine Frost
Delaware Independent Mark Turley
Total votes 100.0%

Notes
  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  3. After being presented with a liberal set of arguments regarding Chris Coons
  4. After being presented with a conservative set of arguments regarding Chris Coons
  5. Voting intention without being presented with any arguments regarding Chris Coons

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