Riding profile

Delaware

US Senate seat — DE · us sen de

The question

Delaware: a safe seat for the Democrats?

Editorial read

Delaware, a mixed riding in DE, has no direct baseline for the current cycle. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 65% vote share, against 32% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

COONS, CHRISTOPHER A.

Sits with Democrat

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Coons, Christopher A.

  • Democrat Challenger

    Beardsley, Christopher Mr.

  • Republican Challenger

    Katz, Michael S Dr.

  • Republican Challenger

    Shulli, John

Current forecast

Democrat

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
32.5
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 64.9%
  • Republican 32.4%
  • Other 2.7%

In context

How this riding stacks up

Democrat Republican Other
HereDelaware 64.9%32.4%2.7%
National averageUnited States 48.3% +16.6 48.8% −16.4 2.9% −0.3

Nationwide averages computed across the 100 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

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Last model run
Cycle
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