2025 DE Legislative Scorecard
The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Delaware General Assembly in 2025 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.
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House Votes
1. State and Federal Education Alignment
Aligns Delaware's special-education law with the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It also clarifies that parents may obtain copies of a student's special-education records.
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Constitutional Vote: No
2. Assisted Suicide
The "Ron Silverio/Heather Block End of Life Options Act" establishes a process for a terminally ill adults to obtain and self-administer "medication to end their life in a humane and dignified manner."
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Constitutional Vote: No
3. “Free” School Breakfast
Provides a "free breakfast every school day" for all public-school students in schools participating in the federal School Breakfast Program, regardless of household income.
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Constitutional Vote: No
4. Abortion and Gender-mutilation Protections
Protects healthcare providers from disciplinary actions, civil liabilities, and out-of-state judgments for providing abortion, "fertility treatments," and "gender-affirming care" services that are legal in Delaware but illegal elsewhere.
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Constitutional Vote: No
5. Affordable Rental Housing Program
Creates the Affordable Rental Housing Program (ARHP) within the Housing Development Fund. The ARHP is modeled on the federal Section 515 program, and provides loans for very low to moderate-income families, as well as elderly and disabled individuals.
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Constitutional Vote: No
6. Death Penalty Prohibition Amendment
Proposes a constitutional amendment to Article I of the Delaware Constitution to prohibit the imposition of the death penalty by adding language that explicitly bans it.
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Constitutional Vote: No
How did they vote?
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| Name | Party | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephanie T. Bolden | D | 17% | ||||||
| Frank Burns | D | 0% | ||||||
| William G. Bush | D | 0% | ||||||
| William J. Carson | D | 0% | ||||||
| Nnamdi Chukwuocha | D | 17% | ||||||
| Richard G. Collins | R | 80% | ||||||
| Franklin D. Cooke | D | 17% | ||||||
| Timothy D. Dukes | R | 60% | ||||||
| Mara Gorman | D | 0% | ||||||
| Ronald E. Gray | R | 50% | ||||||
| Krista Griffith | D | 0% | ||||||
| Kerri Evelyn Harris | D | 0% | ||||||
| Debra J. Heffernan | D | 17% | ||||||
| Kevin S. Hensley | R | 33% | ||||||
| Jeff Hilovsky | R | 50% | ||||||
| Kendra Johnson | D | 0% | ||||||
| Valerie Jones Giltner | R | 50% | ||||||
| Larry D. Lambert | D | 0% | ||||||
| Sean M. Lynn | D | 0% | ||||||
| Melissa Minor-Brown | D | 0% | ||||||
| Sherae'a A. Moore | D | 0% | ||||||
| Shannon Morris | R | 50% | ||||||
| Eric A. Morrison | D | 0% | ||||||
| DeShanna U. Neal | D | 0% | ||||||
| Josue O. Ortega | D | 17% | ||||||
| Edward S. Osienski | D | 0% | ||||||
| Sophie Phillips | D | 0% | ||||||
| Charles S. Postles | R | 50% | ||||||
| Cyndie Romer | D | 0% | ||||||
| Melanie Ross Levin | D | 0% | ||||||
| Daniel B. Short | R | 60% | ||||||
| Bryan W. Shupe | R | 40% | ||||||
| Kamela T. Smith | D | 0% | ||||||
| Michael F. Smith | R | 0% | ||||||
| Rebecca Claire Snyder-Hall | D | 0% | ||||||
| Jeffrey N. Spiegelman | R | 33% | ||||||
| Jesse Rawlins Vanderwende | R | 50% | ||||||
| Kimberly Williams | D | 0% | ||||||
| Madinah Wilson-Anton | D | 0% | ||||||
| Lyndon Dean Yearick | R | 50% |
Average Freedom Score by Party
| Party | Score |
|---|---|
| Democrat | 3.3% |
| Republican | 46.9% |
