Sheriffs
The countywide position of sheriff was up for election in all of Delaware's three counties.
In heavily Democratic New Castle County, Democratic nominee Trinidad Navarro, 40, a senior corporal and chief media spokesman with the New Castle County Police, won with a very wide margin, defeating Republican William Hart, a commercial construction project manager and Independence Party of Delaware candidate Joseph O'Leary. In the Democratic primaries, Navarro routed 30-year incumbent Sheriff Mike Walsh, 72, with 63.3 percent of the vote. In the Republican primary, Hart defeated O'Leary, 14,377 to 11,105, but O'Leary chose to run as an Independence Party candidate.
| 2010 election, Sheriff of New Castle County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Trinidad Navarro | 125,133 | 68.8% | ||
| Republican | William Hart | 48,437 | 26.6% | ||
| Independent Party of Delaware | Joseph O'Leary | 8,414 | 4.6% | ||
In Sussex County, Republican Jeffrey Scott Christopher, 46, of Greenwood, a former Sussex County sheriff's chief deputy, won with 53.8 percent of the vote, defeating incumbent Democrat Eric D. Swanson, 56, of Lewes, who had been sheriff since 2007 and prior to that a Delaware State Policeman.
| 2010 election, Sheriff of Sussex County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Eric D. Swanson | 31,635 | 46.2% | ||
| Republican | Jeffrey S. Christopher | 36,900 | 53.8% | ||
In Kent County, Democrat Norman Wood of Camden, a Smyrna Police Department lieutenant, defeated Republican incumbent Sheriff James A. Higdon Jr. of Dover. Higdon pleaded guilty in July 2010 to driving under the influence on May 29, 2010. First elected in 1994, he won reelection three more times, in 1998, 2002, and 2006, and only in 1998 had an opponent.
| 2010 election, Sheriff of Kent County | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Democratic | Norman Wood | 25,136 | 52.0% | ||
| Republican | James Higdon Jr. | 20,010 | 41.4% | ||
| Independent Party of Delaware | Christopher Tallman | 3188 | 6.6% | ||
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