Legislative Scorecard Based on the U.S. Constitution

The Legislative Scorecard is a nationwide educational program of The John Birch Society. Its purpose is to create an informed electorate on how state legislators are voting. The Scorecard is nonpartisan; it does not promote any candidate or political party. Bills are selected for their constitutional implications and cost to the taxpayers.

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U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

Legislative Scorecard

Based on the U.S. Constitution

DE Scorecard 2023-2024

Please share this Scorecard in your district to inform people about your legislator's record on key votes.
U.S. Constitution, Amendment I --- 11 C.F.R. §114(4)(c)(4) --- 616 F.2d 45 (2d Cir. 1980)

The following scorecard lists several key votes in the Delaware General Assembly in 2023-2024 and ranks state representatives and senators based on their fidelity to (U.S.) constitutional and limited-government principles.

This is our second state-level Scorecard; the selected votes may not be reflective of legislators’ overall records. Their cumulative scores will change as we add more votes. Please check regularly for updates.

Senate

House of Representatives

1. No Death Penalty for Convicted Murderers

Good Vote: No

HB70 No Death Penalty for Convicted Murderers (passed 33 to 8 on 6/18/2024). Eliminates the death penalty in Delaware.

2. "Free" School Meals

Good Vote: No

HS2-HB125 "Free" School Meals (passed 39 to 0 on 6/11/2024). Provides a “free breakfast and lunch every school day” for public school students who qualify, under federal guidelines, for a reduced-price meal.

3. Medicaid-Covered Abortion

Good Vote: No

HS2-HB110 Medicaid-Covered Abortion (passed 26 to 11 on 5/23/2024). Requires Medicaid to cover “services related to the termination of pregnancy.”

4. "Electronic Money" in the Uniform Commercial Code

Good Vote: No

SB157 "Electronic Money" in the Uniform Commercial Code (passed 41 to 0 on 6/30/2023). Changes Delaware’s definition of “money” to include “electronic money,” as provided by the Uniform Commercial Code.

5. LGBTQ+ "Pride Month"

Good Vote: No

HCR56 LGBTQ+ "Pride Month" (passed 34 to 6 on 6/6/2023). Acknowledges June 2023 as LGBTQ+ "Pride Month.”

6. Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act

Good Vote: No

HB99 Delaware Climate Change Solutions Act (passed 27 to 13 on 6/6/2023). Establishes a statewide target of “net zero” greenhouse gas emissions from “all economic sectors” by 2050, with at least a 50% reduction in emissions by 2030.

Legislator Scores

[ + ] Pro-liberty Vote[ - ] Anti-liberty Vote[ . ] Did not Vote

Name	Party	District	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6
Paul Baumbach	D	HD-023	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stephanie Bolden	D	HD-002	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ruth Briggs King	R	HD-037	33%	.	.	.	-	-	+
William Bush	D	HD-029	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
William Carson	D	HD-028	20%	+	-	.	-	-	-
Nnamdi Chukwuocha	D	HD-001	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Richard Collins	R	HD-041	50%	-	-	+	-	+	+
Franklin Cooke	D	HD-016	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sherry Dorsey Walker	D	HD-003	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Timothy Dukes	R	HD-040	60%	+	-	.	-	+	+
Ronald Gray	R	HD-038	50%	+	-	+	-	-	+
Krista Griffith	D	HD-012	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kerri Harris	D	HD-032	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debra Heffernan	D	HD-006	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kevin Hensley	R	HD-009	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeff Hilovsky	R	HD-004	33%	-	-	+	-	-	+
Kendra Johnson	D	HD-005	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valerie Jones Giltner	R	HD-037	33%	-	-	+	.	.	.
Larry Lambert	D	HD-007	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Valerie Longhurst	D	HD-015	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sean Lynn	D	HD-031	0%	-	.	-	-	-	-
Sean Matthews	D	HD-010	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
Melissa Minor-Brown	D	HD-017	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sherae'a Moore	D	HD-008	0%	-	-	-	-	.	.
Shannon Morris	R	HD-030	67%	+	-	+	-	+	+
Eric Morrison	D	HD-027	0%	-	-	.	-	-	-
DeShanna Neal	D	HD-013	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Edward Osienski	D	HD-024	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Stell Parker Selby	D	HD-020	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sophie Phillips	D	HD-018	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Charles Postles	R	HD-033	50%	-	-	+	-	+	+
Michael Ramone	R	HD-021	17%	-	-	-	-	-	+
Cyndie Romer	D	HD-025	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Peter Schwartzkopf	D	HD-014	17%	+	-	-	-	-	-
Daniel Short	R	HD-039	60%	+	.	+	-	-	+
Bryan Shupe	R	HD-036	33%	-	-	+	-	-	+
Michael Smith	R	HD-022	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jeffrey Spiegelman	R	HD-011	50%	+	-	+	-	-	+
Jesse Vanderwende	R	HD-035	67%	+	-	+	-	+	+
Kimberly Williams	D	HD-019	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Madinah Wilson-Anton	D	HD-026	0%	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lyndon Yearick	R	HD-034	50%	-	-	+	-	+	+

Average Constitutional Score by Party

Party	Score
Democrat	1.4%
Republican	40.8%

Freedom Index

A Legislative Scorecard Based on the Principles of the U.S. Constitution