2020 New Castle County Executive election

2020 New Castle County Executive election

November 3, 2020 (2020-11-03)

Nominee Matt Meyer Party Democratic Popular vote 209,480 Percentage 99.2%

County Executive before election Matt Meyer Democratic Elected County Executive Matt Meyer Democratic

The 2020 New Castle County Executive election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, to elect the County Executive of New Castle County, Delaware. Incumbent Democratic County Executive Matt Meyer won re-election to a second term. Matt Meyer first won election in 2016 with 66.6% of the vote.

Incumbent County Executive Matt Meyer and New Castle County Vo-Tech district staff member Maggie Jones ran for the Democratic nomination. On September 15, 2024, Meyer defeated Jones by a 13-point margin.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Matt Meyer, incumbent New Castle County Executive

Eliminated in primary

• Maggie Jones, Vo-Tech district staff member

Results

Democratic primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Matt Meyer (incumbent)	43,833	56.5%
	Democratic	Maggie Jones	33,735	43.5%
Total votes			77,568	100%

General election results

2020 New Castle County Executive election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Matt Meyer (incumbent)	209,480	99.16%	+32.57%
	Write-In	Mike Stewart	1,770	0.84%	+0.84%
Total votes			211,250	100.00%
	Democratic hold