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Delaware local elections

Every county.
Every municipality.

A source-first view of Delaware's 2026 county offices and locally administered municipal elections, with candidate profiles, current officials, prior results, and visible gaps.

Browse all 60 desksOfficial municipal index
3county governments
57incorporated municipalities
20county offices due in 2026
33published county candidate rows

Coverage ledger

The full denominator stays visible

All 20 county offices due in 2026, Delaware's three county governments, and all 57 incorporated municipalities appear even when a final local result or candidate notice is not yet available.

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County governments

3 / 3

All 20 county offices due in 2026 are present across the three county desks.

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Incorporated municipalities

57 / 57

The official statewide denominator is fully represented, including Delaware's special-rule municipalities.

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Municipal 2026 contest records

109 / —

Known offices and contests are structured; pending notices and unavailable local results remain explicit.

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Jurisdictions with prior results

25 / 60

Official and clearly labeled historical results are added without treating a missing archive as no election.

Local election desks

All 60 Delaware jurisdictions

Browse every county government and incorporated municipality. Candidate rosters, no-poll outcomes, prior results, and unresolved local records remain separate.

Showing 60 of 60 jurisdiction desks

Election calendar

Statewide and local checkpoints

Local municipal dates are staggered. The statewide primary is September 15 and the general election is November 3.

Minor-party convention deadline

Complete

Rehoboth Beach municipal election

Saturday, August 8, 2026

Primary early-voting sites designated

Upcoming

Minor-party ballot-status deadline

Upcoming

Henlopen Acres municipal election

Saturday, August 29, 2026*Election Canceled*

Major-party vacancy nominations and unaffiliated petitions due

Upcoming

State primary early voting

Upcoming

Bethany Beach municipal election

Saturday, September 12, 2026*Election Canceled*

State primary

Upcoming

County offices certify primary results

Upcoming

Dewey Beach municipal election

Saturday, September 19, 2026

Declared write-in deadline

Upcoming

Delmar municipal election

Monday, October 5, 2026

General-election early voting

Upcoming

General election

Upcoming

County Boards of Canvass certify general results

Upcoming

Dagsboro municipal election

Saturday, December 5, 2026

Update notebook

Scheduled research refreshes

These are the dates to recheck candidate rosters, primary outcomes, municipal notices, and official results.

Bowers Beach result check

Recheck the town and state municipal index for the August 1 candidate roster, cancellation notice, and certified result.

Rehoboth Beach result intake

Capture the August 8 municipal result or cancellation notice and preserve the published result status.

Milford Ward 3 vacancy check

Check for a new special-election solicitation after two no-candidate cancellations.

Primary-site and candidate refresh

Recheck designated early-voting sites and any minor-party nomination certificates.

Dewey Beach candidate refresh

Reconcile qualified candidates after the August 20 filing deadline.

Ballot-status refresh

Reconcile minor-party ballot eligibility and county candidate-list changes.

Post-petition roster refresh

Rebuild qualified primary/general candidate rosters after September 1 deadlines.

Primary result intake

Import the first official county-primary result release without overwriting later certification.

Certified primary refresh

Replace provisional primary outcomes with the September 18 certified releases.

Dewey Beach result intake

Check the September 19 municipal result and certification status.

Write-in roster refresh

Check declared write-in filings and final general-election contest rosters.

Delmar result intake

Check the October 5 municipal election result, cancellation status, and incoming officeholders.

General result intake

Import election-night county results as a separate unofficial release.

Certified general refresh

Publish the November 5 Board of Canvass certifications and officeholder transitions.

Dagsboro municipal result refresh

Check the December 5 municipal election notice, candidates, cancellation status, and results.

Known limits

What remains unresolved

Unknown means not yet supported by the cited record; it never means that no contest, candidate, or office exists.

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The state municipal page is a courtesy index populated from municipality submissions; local boards remain the election administrators.

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Arden, Ardencroft, Ardentown, Wilmington, the Lewes Board of Public Works, and the New Castle Municipal Services Commission follow special or exempt rules and require separate source treatment.

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A cancelled election is not treated as a zero-candidate election; named unopposed candidates are preserved only when an official cancellation notice publishes them.

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The municipal-officials directory has no visible publication date. Its names are labeled reported current, and selection method is unresolved unless another official source establishes it.

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No addresses, telephone numbers, or email addresses from candidate filings, notices, or official directories are retained or published.

Source register

Primary records first

State and municipal election records are prioritized. The University of Delaware directory supplies reported municipal officials where the state election roster does not.