Result
Rep. Shannon Morris (R-Wyoming) won a fifth term in Delaware State House District 30 on Tuesday, Nov. 3, as the only candidate on the ballot. No Democrat or other challenger filed for the Kent County seat, so Morris also had no primary contest on Sept. 15.
Delaware legislators start their terms the day after the election, so Morris began his new two-year term Wednesday, Nov. 4, according to Ballotpedia’s guide to when state legislators take office.
Candidates and Platforms
Morris works as chief code enforcement officer for the Kent County Levy Court and is president of the Delaware Building Officials Association, according to his House Republican caucus profile. He sits on eight House committees, including Agriculture, Transportation, Public Safety and Homeland Security, and Veterans Affairs.
This year he challenged House Democrats’ early-morning override of the governor’s veto of Senate Bill 75, which limits county authority over marijuana businesses. “So why wait until now to do this?” Morris asked during the roughly 3 a.m. vote on July 1, according to a House Republican caucus release.
District and Chamber
District 30 covers the Farmington, Felton and Harrington areas of Kent County. Morris has held the seat since November 2018, when he succeeded fellow Republican William Outten, and he also won it without opposition in 2024.
Democrats held 27 of the House’s 41 seats going into the election. On Nov. 3 they flipped Republican seats in all three counties and won supermajorities in both chambers, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported.
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