2026 forecast · Delaware Auditor

Lydia York is all but certain to win Delaware's auditor race.

Lydia York vs April Callaway, with Lydia York running again. The model has York ahead by 31.1 points, with a 100 percent chance of winning.

Safe DModel D +31.1Updated October 22, 2026
Lydia York
Democrat
64.8%
270,855 projected votes
April Callaway
Republican
33.7%
140,796 projected votes
100%York
0%Callaway
York all but certainEach square is one simulated election night, York wins about 100 of 100

Delaware Auditor by county

Kent CountyNew Castle CountySussex CountyNew CastleSussexKent
D +40R +40Click a county to zoom · arrow keys step through counties by size
Where the margin is won
New Castle County: York +118,140Kent County: York +10,377Sussex County: York +1,543
York +130,060 net votes from 3 countiesStatewide D +31.1, a 130,060 vote marginCallaway +0 net votes from 0 counties

Projected statewide vote

417,920 votes
CandidateVotesShare
Lydia York D270,85564.8%
April Callaway R140,79633.7%
Austin Cassidy6,2681.5%
Total417,920100%

Expected votes at the projected turnout for this office, which runs a little below the top of the ticket because some voters skip down ballot races.

Projected vote by county

3 counties
CountyYorkCallawayOtherTotalMargin
Statewide270,856140,7966,268417,920D +31.1
New Castle County171,73253,5923,431228,755D +51.6
Sussex County58,66857,1251,763117,556D +1.3
Kent County40,45630,0791,07471,609D +14.5

Projected 2026 votes from the On Point simulation: each county's expected turnout times its simulated vote share. Totals may differ from the race total by rounding.

Range of outcomes

80 percent of simulations
D +40.7D +21.5D +31.1

80 percent of simulations fall between D +40.7 and D +21.5. The white dot is the forecast; the line is a tie.

How the model gets there

statewide margin at each step
Top of ticket, SenateD +29.8
Down ballot history, moved to 2026D +21.4
Blend of every legD +28.6
With incumbency and primary unityD +31.6
With polls, none in the raceD +31.1

Leg weights: Top of ticket 38%, Approval fundamentals 19%, Gallup, relaxed 13%, Down ballot history 31%. 80 percent of outcomes fall between D +40.7 and D +21.5.

Polls of the race

no polls
PollsterSampleEndedYorkCallawayMargin
No public polls of this race. The forecast rests on the top of ticket, past results and the primaries.