2024 New Castle County Executive election

2024 New Castle County Executive election
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Nominee Marcus Henry
Party Democratic

Incumbent County Executive

Matt Meyer
Democratic



The 2024 New Castle County Executive election will be 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 21-point margin.[2]

Since no other party registered a nominee, Henry is the de facto County Executive-elect of New Castle County.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Karen Hartley-Nagle, president of the New Castle County Council (2016โ€“present)[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Withdrawn

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.