DOVER – The word of the night was “supermajority” in Delaware.

For the first time, Delaware Democrats have this status in both the House of Representatives and Senate.

Here are some takeaways from Tuesday:

The new supermajority

Democrats flipped three seats in the state House of Representatives.

The biggest of those was in District 34 in Kent County where political newcomer and former state librarian Annie Norman, of Rising Sun, defeated Republican Lyndon Yearick, of Magnolia, by 150 votes. Yearick has been in the office since 2015.

In Sussex County’s District 4 (Millsboro area), Democrat Gregg Lindner collected 51 percent of the vote to defeat Republican Dan Zitkofsky. The winner replaces Jeff Hilovsky, who did not seek re-election.

The third was in District 9 (Odessa area) where Democrat Ayanna Khan-Flowers defeated Republican Jamar Money. The seat has been held by Kevin Hensley who stepped down after 12 years in the House.

A two-thirds supermajority is enough for a party to pass constitutional amendments.

Democratic power statewide

Statewide races all went to Democratic Party incumbents – U.S. Sen. Chris Coons, U.S. Representative Sarah McBride and Attorney General Kathleen Jennings, each winning with about 64 percent of the vote.

Sussex County, which usually has greater results for Republicans, all had Democratic Party candidates winning in those races.

As of Sunday, the Department of Elections shared, there were 199,294 registered Republicans statewide, compared to 333,488 Democrats. Those who have not chosen a party are the second-largest voting bloc — 250,756 residents.

A Republican has not held a statewide office in Delaware since 2019, when Ken Simpler was the state treasurer. He served one term before losing to Democrat Colleen Davis.

Speaking of the treasurer, Democrat Ted Lauzen will replace Davis. He defeated Republican Michael Ramone with 62 percent of the vote.

Early voting

Some hints of how the election night would go came around 8:30 p.m. with the release of early voting and absentee numbers posted.

The state’s Department of Elections shared that 148,738 Delawareans — about 18% of eligible voters — had cast ballots via early-voting and absentee procedures.

Overall, more than 384,000 votes were cast.

By 11:15 p.m., the Department of Elections had posted numbers from 528 of 530 districts.

State Senate

The most prominent of Kent County races was in District 15 where Sen. Dave Lawson’s seat was vacant.

Political newcomer Emily Thompson won with 57 percent of the vote against Democratic Party challenger Nisha Lodhavia.

Lawson held the seat since 2010.

The race was the heaviest-funded campaign in the legislature this year, with the candidates bringing in a combined $177,497 (Lodhavia at $116,902, and Thompson at $60,595).

County races

The only incumbent to lose a row office was Eugenia Thornton.

Ramona Bracey, a Democrat, won the Recorder of Deeds race with 57 percent of the vote.