2020 Delaware gubernatorial election
The 2020 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the governor of Delaware, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as [United States Senate United States Senate elections, 2020|elections, 2020|elections] to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Democratic governor John Carney was re-elected to a second term, defeating Republican Julianne Murray in a landslide.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- John Carney, incumbent governor of Delaware
Eliminated in the primary
- David Lamar Williams Jr., accountant and community activist
Republican primary
The Republican primary was hotly contested between Julianne Murray, an attorney from Georgetown, and Colin Bonini, a Delaware state senator from the 16th district and the Republican nominee for the governor of Delaware in 2016. Murray ended up winning the nomination. Although Bonini won Kent and New Castle counties, the latter of which is home to Wilmington and is the most populous county in the state, Murray won Sussex County, which is the most Republican county in the state and overall had the most votes, allowing her to carry the nomination.Candidates
Nominee
- Julianne Murray, attorney
Eliminated in the primary
- Colin Bonini, state senator, nominee for Delaware State Treasurer in 2010, and nominee for Governor of Delaware in 2016
- David Bosco, small business owner
- David Graham
- Bryant Richardson, state senator
- Scott Walker, 2018 Republican nominee for the United States House of Representatives in Delaware
Withdrawn
- Kevin Baron, veteran
- Neil Shea, brewer, U.S. Marine Corps veteran
Other candidates
Libertarian Party
Nominee
- John Machurek
Independent Party of Delaware
Nominee
- Kathy DeMatteis