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4 years
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Election
Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: The state treasurer manages Delaware's cash and investments, the state's retirement savings plans and its unclaimed property program's payments.

Ted Lauzen

Democratic

Co-founder, Grey Fox Wealth Advisors · Wilmington

The gist

  • Pledges to protect Delaware's AAA credit rating
  • Proposes modernizing the state's debt policy
  • Supports more transparency in state investments
  • Proposes enrolling more eligible families in ABLE accounts
More about Ted
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  1. Pledges to protect Delaware's AAA credit rating

    Delaware election 2026: 3 Democrats are hoping to replace Treasurer Colleen Davis

    News coverage · WHYY · whyy.org

    “One of Lauzen’s top priorities is protecting the state’s AAA credit rating.”
  2. Proposes modernizing the state's debt policy

    Delaware election 2026: 3 Democrats are hoping to replace Treasurer Colleen Davis

    News coverage · WHYY · whyy.org

    “Lauzen also wants to “modernize” the state’s debt policy.”
  3. Supports more transparency in state investments

    Delaware election 2026: 3 Democrats are hoping to replace Treasurer Colleen Davis

    News coverage · WHYY · whyy.org

    “Lauzen said he wants to increase transparency in how the state invests taxpayer money.”
  4. Proposes enrolling more eligible families in ABLE accounts

    Delaware election 2026: 3 Democrats are hoping to replace Treasurer Colleen Davis

    News coverage · WHYY · whyy.org

    “the state needs to be proactively identifying, contacting and helping those families move through the bureaucracy of setting up those accounts”

Michael Ramone

Republican

Former state representative; small business owner

The gist

  • Opposes creating new ways to raise state revenue
  • Pledges bipartisan problem-solving as treasurer
More about Michael
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  1. Opposes creating new ways to raise state revenue

    Mike Ramone announces candidacy for State Treasurer

    News coverage · WDEL · wdel.com

    “not to find the best ways to spend your money or even to create more ways to raise new money.”
  2. Pledges bipartisan problem-solving as treasurer

    Mike Ramone announces candidacy for State Treasurer

    News coverage · WDEL · wdel.com

    “most importantly some experience of working with people in a united bipartisan way.”

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