2024 New Castle County Executive election

2024 New Castle County Executive election
November 5, 2024 (2024-11-05)
 
Nominee Marcus Henry
Party Democratic
Popular vote 204,846
Percentage 100.00%
County Executive before election

Matt Meyer
Democratic

Elected County Executive

Marcus Henry
Democratic

The 2024 New Castle County Executive election was held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, to elect the County Executive of New Castle County, Delaware. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Matt Meyer was re-elected in 2020 in an unopposed general election after defeating a primary challenge. Meyer announced on June 6, 2023, that he would not seek a third term as County Executive and would instead run for governor.[1]

Former New Castle County Economic Development Director Marcus Henry and incumbent New Castle County Council President Karen Hartley-Nagle ran for the Democratic nomination. On September 10, 2024, Henry defeated Hartley-Nagle by a 21-point margin.[2]

On November 5, 2024, Henry was officially elected County Executive.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Karen Hartley-Nagle, president of the New Castle County Council (2016–2024)[3]

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Marcus Henry 32,408 60.6%
Democratic Karen Hartley-Nagle 21,067 39.4%
Total votes 53,475 100%

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrawn

General election results

2020 New Castle County Executive election
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Marcus Henry 204,846 100.00% +0.84%
Total votes 204,846 100.00%
Democratic hold

References

  1. ^ a b Newman, Meredith. "New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer becomes first to enter 2024 governor's race". The News Journal. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Delaware Election Results". Department of Elections. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  3. ^ a b McVety, Molly. "New Castle County election results: Marcus Henry wins over Karen Hartley-Nagle". The News Journal. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "2024 General Election Candidate List". Department of Elections. Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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