Delaware State House District 18
Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Sophie Phillips Democratic · Member list as of Oct 28
One candidate on the printed ballot.
- Last election
- Sophie Phillips (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
- On the 2026 ballot
- 1 candidate
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- Sophie PhillipsIncumbentDemocratic
Source: elections.delaware.gov, dated Oct 28
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History (29 elections for this seat)
- Votes for listed candidates
- 7,760
- Election day
- November 5, 2024
- District map
- Older district map (2022 to 2024)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2024, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSophie PhillipsWon Democratic 7,760100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,679
- Election day
- November 8, 2022
- District map
- Older district map (2022)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2022, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticSophie PhillipsWon Democratic 4,06071.5% RepublicanGloria Hope Payne Republican 1,61928.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,772
- Election day
- November 3, 2020
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2020, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid S. BentzWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,772100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,876
- Election day
- November 6, 2018
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2018, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid S. BentzWon(incumbent) Democratic 5,876100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,348
- Election day
- November 8, 2016
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2016, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticDavid BentzWon Democratic 7,348100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,329
- Election day
- November 4, 2014
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2014, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticM. BarbieriWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,329100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 7,501
- Election day
- November 6, 2012
- District map
- Older district map (2012 to 2021)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2012, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael BarbieriWon(incumbent) Democratic 7,501100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,881
- Election day
- November 2, 2010
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2010, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael A. BarbieriWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,11553.0% RepublicanTerry R. Spence Republican 2,76647.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 8,009
- Election day
- November 4, 2008
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2008, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticMichael A. BarbieriWon Democratic 4,16452.0% RepublicanTerry R. Spence(incumbent) Republican 3,84548.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,847
- Election day
- November 7, 2006
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2006, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 2,72456.2% DemocraticMichael A. Barbieri Democratic 2,12343.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,118
- Election day
- November 2, 2004
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2004, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 5,118100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,221
- Election day
- November 5, 2002
- District map
- Older district map (2002 to 2011)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2002, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 3,221100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 6,754
- Election day
- November 7, 2000
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 2000, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 3,93158.2% DemocraticFrances Anglin Democratic 2,82341.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,245
- Election day
- November 3, 1998
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1998, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 2,245100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,551
- Election day
- November 5, 1996
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1996, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 4,551100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,806
- Election day
- November 8, 1994
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1994, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 2,71871.4% DemocraticSusan N. Mangini Democratic 1,08828.6% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,484
- Election day
- November 3, 1992
- District map
- Older district map (1992 to 2001)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1992, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 4,484100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,468
- Election day
- November 6, 1990
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1990, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 2,468100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,797
- Election day
- November 8, 1988
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1988, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 3,797100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,966
- Election day
- November 4, 1986
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1986, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 2,29077.2% DemocraticWilliam H. Hartzel Democratic 67622.8% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,535
- Election day
- November 6, 1984
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1984, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 4,08273.8% DemocraticSamuel R. Richeson Democratic 1,45326.3% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,973
- Election day
- November 2, 1982
- District map
- Older district map (1982 to 1991)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1982, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanTerry SpenceWon(incumbent) Republican 2,48562.5% DemocraticRonald E. Queen Democratic 1,48837.5% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,512
- Election day
- November 4, 1980
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1980, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard CathcartWon(incumbent) Republican 1,85652.9% DemocraticThomas Nesci Democratic 1,65647.1% - Votes for listed candidates
- 2,586
- Election day
- November 7, 1978
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1978, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanRichard CathcartWon Republican 1,38753.6% DemocraticKathleen H. Wilbur Democratic 1,19946.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,447
- Election day
- November 2, 1976
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1976, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKenneth W. BouldenWon(incumbent) Democratic 2,48372.0% RepublicanLouis G. Harrington Republican 96428.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 1,813
- Election day
- November 4, 1974
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1974, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKenneth W. BouldenWon(incumbent) Democratic 1,813100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 3,046
- Election day
- November 7, 1972
- District map
- Older district map (1972 to 1981)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1972, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share DemocraticKenneth W. BouldenWon(incumbent) Democratic 3,046100.0% - Votes for listed candidates
- 4,350
- Election day
- November 3, 1970
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1970, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn A. DillmanWon(incumbent) Republican 2,24351.6% DemocraticCharles A. Rutter Democratic 2,10748.4% - Votes for listed candidates
- 5,776
- Election day
- November 5, 1968
- District map
- Older district map (1968 to 1971)
Delaware House of Representatives District 18, 1968 to 2024, 1968, every candidate Candidate Party Votes and share Share RepublicanJohn A. DillmanWon Republican 2,89550.1% DemocraticFrancis J. Callahan Democratic 2,88149.9%
- 2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
- 1968 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source
Last contest in this district on file: 2024.
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Election Wrld. (2026). Delaware State House District 18, election results 1968 to 2024. https://www.electionwrld.com/de/house/18. Retrieved October 30, 2026.
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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.
District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:de/sldl:18
DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), DIME (ODC-BY), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026