It was good night for Democrats in Delaware.
They expanded their majority in the General Assembly by taking one seat in the state Senate and one sat in the House.
The Wilmington News Journal reports that perhaps more significantly was the loss by the second highest ranking Republican in both chambers.
Senate Minority Whip Greg Lavelle was defeated by Democratic challenger Laura Sturgeon.
Former state prosecutor Krista Griffith defeated House Minority Whip Deborah Hudson.
That loss ending a 24-year career who was the longest serving member of the House.
Meanwhile, Democratic Senator Tom Carper easily won reelection over Republican candidate Rob Arlett.
And incumbent Democratic Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester turned back a challenge by Scott Walker who was disowned by the state Republican Party.
Kathleen Jennings Wins AG Spot
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Democrat and veteran prosecutor Kathleen Jennings has been elected Delaware's attorney general.
Jennings defeated Republican candidate Bernard Pepukayi on Tuesday in the contest for the state's top law-enforcement job. She'll replace incumbent Democrat Matt Denn, who chose not to seek re-election.
Jennings has served both as both the state's top prosecutor and as chief deputy attorney general, the number two spot in the Justice Department. She defeated three other candidates in a Democratic primary, raising almost $500,000 for her campaign, far more than the combined total of her opponents.
Pepukayi was a longtime Democrat who switched parties and filed to run in late August after former Sussex County prosecutor Peggy Marshall Strong abruptly quit the race, leaving the GOP without a candidate.
