Gerald Hocker

On the November 2026 ballot

Running for State Senator · District 20 · Republican

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931 roll-call votes on record - 843 yes, 76 no; these state roll calls carry no party-by-party tally. state roll calls
Serves as State Senator, District 20 (Delaware) since Nov 2012. github.com ↗

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931

Roll-call votes on record.

931 votes · 843 yes · 76 no · 12 absent. These roll calls don’t record a party-by-party tally, so there’s no party-alignment rate to show - the votes themselves are below. official roll calls · Jul 1, 2026

Votes by topic: top topics first, the rest behind filters

State Government37 votes · yes on 36, no on 1

Public Safety29 votes · yes on 23, no on 6

Education28 votes · yes on 27, no on 1

Consumer Protection22 votes · yes on 19, no on 3

Business Regulation18 votes · yes on 14, no on 4

One vote can touch several topics.

LATEST: YESAN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 10 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO SEXUAL VIOLENCE PROTECTIVE ORDERS.HB 421 · Jul 1, 2026

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Shor-McCarty · votesConservative

More conservative than 93% of Delaware Senate members

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Score+0.58 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom roll-call votes

Party median0.39 more conservative than the Republican median in this group (+0.19)

Compared with54 members of Delaware Senate members (1995–2022)

Covers2003–2022

● This person Democrats (32) Republicans (22)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Shor, Boris. 2025. "Individual State Legislator Shor-McCarty Ideology Data, January 2025 Update." Harvard Dataverse, V1. Method: Shor, Boris, and Nolan McCarty. 2011. "The Ideological Mapping of American Legislatures." American Political Science Review 105(3). Shor-McCarty ↗

DIME CFscore · donorsVery Conservative

More conservative than 69% of 2022 Delaware Senate candidates

Details

Score+1.11 on a −2.5 to +2.5 scale

BasisFrom campaign donors

Party medianAt the Republican median in this group (+1.11)

Compared with39 members of 2022 Delaware Senate candidates

Covers2000–2022

● This person Democrats (21) Republicans (17)Thick bar: middle half · thin line: middle 80%

Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0. Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime DIME CFscore ↗

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