Incumbent Democratic governor John Carney is term-limited and could not seek re-election to a third term in office.

[a] Primary elections took place on September 10, 2024, in which Democratic New Castle County Executive Matt Meyer and Republican state representative Mike Ramone won their parties' nominations.

[1] Meyer comfortably won the election, albeit by the closest margin since 2004.

Meyer's 56.07% of the vote is the lowest for the Democrats since that election, while Ramone's 43.93% is the highest since 2004.

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