Fox News projects Democrat wins governor's seat in Biden's home state of Delaware

The Fox News Decision Desk projects Democrat Matt Meyer has won the governor's contention in Delaware, cementing the left's power implicit the tiny Northeastern authorities President Biden calls home.

Meyer, the New Castle County executive, defeated Mike Ramone, the Republican number person of the Delaware authorities House of Representatives.

The tiny authorities has agelong been known arsenic a Democratic stronghold, with liberals serving successful each 3 seats of its legislature delegation and arsenic the bulk members of the authorities legislature.

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Republican Mike Ramone, left, ran against Democrat Matt Meyer, right, for Delaware governor. (Facebook)

Biden served arsenic its U.S. legislator from 1973 done 2009.

Meyer had won a three-way superior contention to beforehand to the November race, and helium was the lone 1 of his fellow Democrats to not person governmental acquisition successful Dover.

Before entering politics, helium started "a recycled footwear institution that sold environmentally affable footwear to customers successful 17 countries connected 5 continents" portion surviving successful Kenya, according to Meyer's run website.

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Delaware is President Biden's location state. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

He past spent 12 months successful Iraq arsenic a diplomat embedded with the U.S. subject during Operation Enduring Freedom, earlier returning to his location authorities of Delaware and moving arsenic a teacher.

As governor, Meyer has pledged to put much successful the Delaware nationalist schoolhouse strategy and vowed to "fund English Language Learners and low-income students much equitably" successful a argumentation publication posted to his run site.

Meyer besides promised to put successful innovation to grow jobs successful cleanable vigor and to amended walkability and bikeability successful Delaware communities.

Delaware Gov. John Carney is term-limited astatine the extremity of 2024. (Getty Images)

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Popular Democratic Gov. John Carney was ineligible to run again aft having reached his two-term limit.

Meyer's triumph came with small surprise, however. Delaware has not had a GOP politician since January 1993, and registered Democrats importantly outnumber Republicans.