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New Castle County, Delaware

2026 election results. Chris Coons (D) got 73% of the U.S. Senate vote in New Castle County. The margin is 12.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in New Castle County

U.S. Senate

Chris Coons
72.5%144,910
Michael Katz
27.5%54,919
100% counted

Statewide: Chris Coons wins. Called.

The leader in New Castle County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 10, 4:48 PM.

9 local contests in New Castle County

County offices on New Castle County's ballots, from Delaware's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures. The state's results leave out write-in votes, which it lists in a separate official write-in report.

County offices

New Castle County Recorder of Deeds

CandidateVotesShare
David Tackett D155,696100.0%

David Tackett is unopposed.

New Castle County Register of Wills

CandidateVotesShare
Ciro Poppiti D156,275100.0%

Ciro Poppiti is unopposed.

New Castle County Sheriff

CandidateVotesShare
Scott Phillips D155,459100.0%

Scott Phillips is unopposed.

New Castle County Council District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Brandon Toole D10,719100.0%

Brandon Toole is unopposed.

New Castle County Council District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Dee Durham D14,22867.0%
Jamie Collins R7,01333.0%

Dee Durham ahead in New Castle County.

New Castle County Council District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Kira Alejandro D13,12163.4%
Melissa S. Brayman R7,58936.6%

Kira Alejandro ahead in New Castle County.

New Castle County Council District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Jason Hoover D13,562100.0%

Jason Hoover is unopposed.

New Castle County Council District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Valerie George D10,925100.0%

Valerie George is unopposed.

New Castle County Council District 6

CandidateVotesShare
David Carter D13,02464.2%
Alison T. Gibbs R7,25535.8%

David Carter ahead in New Castle County.

Delaware's official results, file posted Nov 10, 11:49 AM. The state labels these results official.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
DE SenateD +45.0D +33.1D +12.0
DE-ALD +46.2——

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How New Castle County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris65.3%Donald Trump32.9%D +32.5276,573
2020Joe Biden67.8%Donald Trump30.7%D +37.1287,650
2016Hillary Clinton62.1%Donald Trump32.6%D +29.5262,391
2012Barack Obama66.3%Mitt Romney32.2%D +34.1252,012
2008Barack Obama69.7%John McCain29.1%D +40.6256,417
2004John Kerry60.5%George W. Bush38.5%D +22.0241,444
2000Al Gore59.9%George W. Bush36.9%D +23.0212,995

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved D +9.5.

Other counties in Delaware

Delaware results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Delaware certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Delaware's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.