Delaware Voter Guide 2026

Chris Coons is Delaware's incumbent U.S. senator and a Democratic candidate for re-election in 2026. His Senate work centers on foreign policy, judiciary issues, manufacturing and innovation, climate, and bipartisan legislative relationships.

Priorities: Support Delaware jobs, manufacturing, and innovation · Work on foreign policy, judiciary, and democracy issues · Advance climate and clean-energy policy through bipartisan legislation

Michael Katz is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware, a physician, and former Delaware state senator. His campaign emphasizes health care, economic opportunity, public safety, and a centrist-to-Republican challenge to Delaware's Democratic Senate delegation.

Priorities: Use health-care experience in federal policy · Support economic opportunity and fiscal restraint · Offer a Republican alternative in Delaware's Senate race

John Shulli is a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Delaware and an instructor at the U.S. Army War College. His campaign emphasizes national security, constitutional government, fiscal restraint, and conservative representation for Delaware.

Priorities: Strengthen national security and constitutional government · Promote fiscal restraint · Offer conservative representation for Delaware

Dexter Bland is an independent candidate who has filed for Delaware's 2026 U.S. Senate race. Public candidate materials identify him as a business owner running outside the major-party primary structure.

Priorities: Run as an independent option · Emphasize business experience · Offer a non-major-party alternative in the Senate race

Ted Lauzen is a Democratic candidate for Delaware state treasurer in the 2026 race to succeed retiring Treasurer Colleen Davis. Public campaign coverage identifies him as part of a Democratic primary field focused on the state's financial stewardship, investment oversight, and taxpayer accountability.

Priorities: Strengthen state financial stewardship · Improve transparency in treasury operations · Protect taxpayer resources

Mike Miller is a Democratic candidate for Delaware state treasurer. Public candidate coverage describes his campaign as part of the open 2026 treasurer race after Colleen Davis announced she would not seek another term.

Priorities: Manage Delaware's public money responsibly · Improve financial accountability · Support practical treasury services for residents

Mike Ramone is a Republican candidate for Delaware state treasurer, a former state representative, former Delaware House minority leader, business owner, and the 2024 Republican nominee for governor. His campaign profile emphasizes fiscal discipline, small-business experience, and Republican oversight of state finances.

Priorities: Bring business experience to the treasurer's office · Increase fiscal discipline and transparency · Provide Republican oversight of state finances

Michael Smith is a Democratic candidate for Delaware state treasurer in the open 2026 race. Public candidate tracking lists him in the Democratic field for the office responsible for state cash management, investments, and public-finance oversight.

Priorities: Protect Delaware's public finances · Improve transparency and accountability · Support responsible investment and cash management