1998Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1998 election for Delaware Senate District 18
Delaware State Senate · Delaware
F. Gary Simpson (R) won with 53.1% of the vote, defeating Gary W. Downes (D) by 6.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
F. Gary SimpsonRepublican · winner
53.1%6,458
Gary W. DownesDemocrat
46.9%5,696
12,154 votes
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET
The seat over time
D − R margin in this seat's races around 1998
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET