DOVER — Election Day is almost here.

 

And, it will be a day of change for Delaware as the First State is guaranteed a new U.S. senator and U.S. representative.

 

Delaware voters will select replacements for some of the state’s most prominent elected officials.

 

At the top of the ballot, Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will compete for the state’s three electoral votes in the race to replace Democratic President Joe Biden.

 

President Biden spent 36 years representing Delaware in the U.S. Senate.

 

U.S. Sen. Tom Carper is not seeking reelection. He has held the seat since 2001. Prior to that, he served two terms as governor after 10 years as Delaware’s congressman.

 

Term-limited Gov. John Carney is running to be mayor of Wilmington. Prior to becoming governor, he was Delaware’s congressman.

 

 

Here’s the Associated Press’ look at what to expect in the 2024 election in Delaware:

 

Poll closing time: 8 p.m.

 

Presidential electoral votes: Three awarded to statewide winner.

 

Key races and candidates:

•President — Harris vs. Trump vs. Vermin Supreme (Conservative) vs. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Independent Party of Delaware) vs. Chase Oliver (Libertarian).

•U.S. Senate — Blunt Rochester (Democrat) vs. Eric Hansen (Republican) vs. Michael Katz (Independent Party of Delaware).

•U.S. Congress — Sarah McBride (Democrat) vs. John J. Whalen III (Republican)

•Governor: Matt Meyer (Democrat) vs. Mike Ramone (Republican).

 

Delaware Department of Election lists 786,577 (as of Oct. 1). About 45% Democrats, 26% Republicans and 23% no party.

 

 

Democratic U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester is running to replace Carper. She has held the state’s sole U.S. House seat since 2017 and is the first African American and the first woman to represent Delaware in Congress. If Blunt Rochester wins, she could become the third Black woman ever elected to the U.S. Senate and the first since Harris assumed the vice presidency.

 

Democratic state Sen. Sarah McBride is running to replace Blunt Rochester in the U.S. House. If she wins, she would be the first transgender federal elected official and the youngest Delaware has sent to Washington since Biden won a Senate seat in 1972.

 

 

Delaware was once one of the most reliable presidential bellwethers of the 20th century but it has not voted for a Republican in the last eight presidential elections, dating back to 1992.

 

Delaware Republicans have not won the governorship since 1988, a U.S. Senate seat since 1994 or a U.S. House seat since 2008.

 

 

Presidential results: Biden (Democrat) 59%, Trump (Republican) 40%

 

Voter registration and turnout: 68%

 

•Votes cast before Election Day 2020: about 32% of the total vote.

•Votes cast before Election Day 2022: about 24% of the total vote.

•Votes cast before Election Day 2024: As of Friday morning, more than 150,000 Delawareans casted votes. Get the latest number.

 

 

The Associated Press said it does not make projections and will declare a winner only when it has determined there is no scenario that would allow the trailing candidates to close the gap. If a race has not been called, the Associated Press will continue to cover any newsworthy developments, such as candidate concessions or declarations of victory. In doing so, the Associated Press will make clear that it has not yet declared a winner and explain why.

 

 

State House races: Of 41 districts, there are 21 contested races.

 

Of those, voters will send at least six new representatives to Dover.

 

In Sussex County, the most watched will likely be the District 14 race between Democratic Party primary winner Claire Snyder-Hall and Republican Mike Simpler. The winner will replace Pete Schwartzkopf, who retired this year, after 22 years in the legislature.

 

In District 21 in New Castle County, Republican Mike Ramone’s run for governor opened his seat. Democrat Frank Burns and Republican Linda Mennella are running.

 

In New Castle, District 10 will get a new representative to replace Democrat Sean Matthews, who held the seat since 2014. The candidates are Democrat Melanie Ross Levin and Republican Brent Burdge.

 

In the Democratic Party state primary, Kamela T. Smith upset Valerie Longhurst with 53% of the vote. The Smith victory means a new representative in District 15 for the first time in 20 years and it guarantees a new Speaker of the House.

 

In District 3, Democrat Josue Ortega is unopposed in his bid to replace Democrat Sherry Dorsey Walker who unsuccessfuly bid for lieutenant governor in the primary.

 

In District 23, Democrat Mara Gorman is unopposed. She will fill the vacancy left by Democrat Paul Baumbach who held the seat since 2012.

Democrats currently hold the House majority, 26-15.

 

State Senate races: There are only two contested races in the Delaware State Senate. Incumbent Democrat Russ Huxtable and Republican Kim Hoey Stevenson are on the ballot in District 6, which includes Milton, Lewes, Rehoboth Beach and Dewey Beach.

In District 2 in New Castle County, incumbent Democrat Darius Brown is opposed by Conservative Party candidate John Roe.

 

Currently, Democrats outnumber Republicans, 15-6, in the Senate.