United States elections, 2020
Delaware
Presidential: One of the rare Northeastern states where Clinton improves on her 2016 numbers, Delaware gives Clinton both a higher raw vote total and percentage, clocking in at 62% of the vote for her and she nearly wins rapidly growing Sussex County, though Pence still narrowly carries it in the end. The death of Joe Biden earlier in the year is cited as a factor in the strong support for the Democrat.
DE-Gov: This race is thrown into a flux by the death of Biden earlier in the year, as Ken Simpler dials back his campaign after Beau Biden's already-solid approval ratings skyrocket after his widely-lauded eulogy for his father. Simpler effectively abandons the campaign in late September and Biden cruises to a 70% victory.
DE-At Large: Brian Pettyjohn, rated Roll Call's Most Vulnerable Incumbent the whole race, goes down with a fight, returning to Delaware almost every other day even when Congress is in session for community events and holds nearly a hundred town hall meetings just in 2020. Still, the strong blue tide in Delaware powers former Governor Jack Markell over the moderate and well-liked Pettyjohn, 61-39. D+1.
DE Legislature: The Senate holds pat, while Democrats gain three more seats in the House.
Electoral Vote Count:
Clinton/Heinrich: 77
Pence/Rubio: 0
Maryland
Presidential: Clinton's numbers here only decline somewhat - she gains in raw votes, but higher turnout than in 2016 also tightens her percentage and so she wins by 61%, matching Obama's 2012 margin of victory.
MD-6: David Brinkley faces a challenge from State Senator Brian Feldman. Though Feldman is slightly favored initially in the D-leaning district, Brinkley wages a frantic campaign to narrowly hold on to his seat, 52-48. R hold.
MD Congress: All other incumbents reelected.
MD Legislature: Democrats lose a seat in the Senate and gain a seat in the House, crossing the 100-seat threshold to hold a commanding majority.
Electoral Vote Count:
Clinton/Heinrich: 87
Pence/Rubio: 0
Great timeline and can;t wait for the rest of the 2020 election. Although as far as i know Maryland only holds its state legislature elections in midterms years. unless the legislature passed a amendment to change to two year terms. I wish this timeline would happen for real
