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2012Final results

2012 election for Delaware Senate District 6

Delaware State Senate · Delaware

Ernesto B. Lopez (R) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Andrew W. Staton (D) by 13.4 points.

Ernesto B. LopezRepublican · winner
56.1%13,603
42.7%10,352
Gwendolyn JonesLibertarian
1.2%286
24,241 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenR+18.11992R+9.92002R+2.62008R+13.42012R+26.82014R+5.32018

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The candidates

Ernesto B. Lopez (R)Andrew W. Staton (D)

Also on the ballot: Gwendolyn Jones (Libertarian), 1.2%