Delaware State Senate seat · lines in effect since 2022

Delaware Senate District 4

A district of about 45,000 people, 65% of adults with a bachelor's degree. It votes D+21.8 relative to the nation for president.

2024 election

Nov 5, 2024
  1. Laura Sturgeon (D) · won100.0%

Unopposed.

Source: MIT Election Data and Science LabUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 12:13 PM ET

Where it sits among all 21 seats

Every Delaware State Senate seat by partisan lean, from most Democratic to most Republican. Lean is the seat's presidential vote on current lines, relative to the nation.

D+21.811th most
Democratic
Most DemocraticMost Republican11th seat · the majority lineDistrict 4

Source: 99chambers: 2024 and 2020 presidential results on current lines, relative to the nation (2024 weighted 3:1)Updated Oct 16, 2026, 5:19 AM ET

Every election for this seat

19 races since 1968; the seat changed party 2 times. District numbers are redrawn after each census: each group is one set of lines.

YearWinnerRunner-upWon by
Lines first used in 2022
2024Laura Sturgeon (D)—Unopposed
2022Laura Sturgeon (D)Ted Kittila (R)13.2
Lines first used in 2012
2018Laura Sturgeon (D)FlipGregory F. Lavelle (R)6.3
2014Gregory F. Lavelle (R)S. Buttner (D)23.9
2012Gregory F. Lavelle (R)Michael S. Katz (D)3.3
Lines first used in 2002
2008Michael S. Katz (D)FlipJohn D. Clatworthy (R)1.3
2004Charles L. Copeland (R)—Unopposed
2002Charles L. Copeland (R)Fred J. Boykin (D)44.7
Lines first used in 1992
1998Dallas Winslow (R)Kenneth W. Turoczy (D)17.9
1994Richard A. Hauge (R)Joseph T. Fitzgerald Jr. (D)28.2
1992Richard A. Hauge (R)Joseph T. Fitzgerald Jr. (D)13.9
Lines first used in 1982
1988Richard A. Hauge (R)William J. McKinley (D)31.1
1984Robert J. Berndt (R)—Unopposed
1982Robert J. Berndt (R)Randall B. King (I)92.9
Lines first used in 1972
1978Robert J. Berndt (R)James W. Hijar (D)36.1
1974Robert J. Berndt (R)Erle V. Peterson (I)87.5
1972Robert J. Berndt (R)Joann Hines (D)20.9
Lines first used in 1962
1970Dean C. Steele (R)Lawrence J. Nicholson (D)36.2
1968Dean C. Steele (R)Lawrence J. Nicholson (D)38.0

Won by: the winner's lead over the runner-up, in points of the vote. Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Districts that overlap District 4

The state's districts in other chambers that share residents with this one, and the share of District 4's area in each.

U.S. House
DE-AL 100%
Delaware House of Representatives
HD-12 68%, HD-22 22%, HD-10 5%

Every race on these lines

Results recomputed from precinct returns as if today's boundaries had always existed, so years compare like for like.

2024
PresidentD+20.5
U.S. SenateD+21.0
GovernorD+12.3

Outlined: the race for this seat itselfBlank: no race that year

Source: 99chambers results archive: precinct results allocated to current lines; 2026: civicAPIUpdated Nov 8, 2026, 7:01 PM ET

Who lives here, compared

Grey bars show the spread of all 21 seats. Small marks are other seats in Delaware. The black marker is District 4.

Adults with a bachelor's degree65% 100th pct · 1st of 21 in DE

Highest of 21 seats.

White adults without a degree26% 10th pct · 19th of 21 in DE

Lower than 90% of seats.

Hispanic residents5% 10th pct · 19th of 21 in DE

Lower than 90% of seats.

Black residents5% 10th pct · 19th of 21 in DE

Lower than 90% of seats.

Asian residents12% 100th pct · 1st of 21 in DE

Highest of 21 seats.

People per square mile1,014 50th pct · 11th of 21 in DE

Denser than 50% of seats.

Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates, allocated to current linesUpdated Oct 13, 2026, 5:06 AM ET