Delaware official results
Counts exactly as Delaware Department of Elections reports them, with a link to the official source.
Unofficial results until certified. These are counts as published by the official state election authority on election night. Counts change as ballots are counted. Power & Politics does not call races or project winners. Where news organizations' projections are shown, each is labeled as that outlet's and kept apart from the official record.
Election Week: how news outlets are covering the count, beside the official record
No official record has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
Results: see Delaware Department of Elections official results page
Counts will appear here when the state reports them (checked Oct 5, 2026). Delaware posts statewide counts for every contest in one file per election, which we read correctly for the 2026 primary. We show counts only once the November 3 file is posted and names that election.
Certification and canvass: Delaware
Not yet certified. No official certification has been found at this time. We are watching for updates.
- County canvass deadline: Board of Canvass (Superior Court) convenes Thursday, Nov 5, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.; no separate statutory completion deadline stated. (15 Del. C. § 5701: official text) The statute: “The Superior Court ... shall convene in each county on the second day after the general election at 10 a.m.” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- State certification deadline: No fixed calendar date; Court transmits certificates within 3 days after making them, then Governor examines returns and proclaims/certifies statewide results with no further statutory time limit. (15 Del. C. §§ 5709-5710: official text) The statute: “transmit, deliver, and lodge 1 certificate of the result of the election with the State Election Commissioner” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Recount request deadline: No fixed calendar date; request must be made before the board of canvass adjourns (board convenes Nov 5, 2026). Automatic-recount margin: less than 1,000 votes or less than 0.5% of votes cast, whichever is less. (15 Del. C. § 5702: official text) The statute: “less than 1,000 votes or less than one half of one percent of all votes cast for the 2 candidates, whichever is less” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Election contest filing deadline: Not a computable fixed date; deadline is within 20 days after results are officially ascertained by the board of canvass, and at least 60 days before the relevant court term begins. (15 Del. C. § 5945: official text) The statute: “within 20 days after the result of the election shall have been officially ascertained by the board of canvass” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
- Mail and military ballot receipt and cure deadlines: Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026, before polls close — no allowance exists for mail or UOCAVA military/overseas ballots to be received or cured after election day. (15 Del. C. §§ 5508(b), 5509A, 5518: official text) The statute: “an elector voting by absentee ballot shall return the elector marked ballot to the Department office of the county in which the voter resides before the polls close on the day of the election” Source checked Sep 25, 2026.
Deadlines are the state's own statutes and official guidance, each linked. Where a deadline depends on when an earlier step happens, the rule is shown instead of a date. Every date shown is worked out from the statute quoted beside it. Certification status changes only from the certifying authority's own announcement or official results file. All states