Delaware 2006 Midterm Election

The Green Papers: Delaware 2006 Midterm Election

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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 12 September 2006
General Election: Tuesday 7 November 2006

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	785,068	(0.28% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	582,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	505,360
Capital:	Dover
Tuesday 12 September 2006 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 7 November 2006 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).

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Delaware State and Local Government

DELAWARE PRIMARY

Tuesday 12 September 2006

DELAWARE PRIMARY Returns from an official source

DELAWARE Primary results from a media source

Contested STATEWIDE races:

United States Senate (Class 1):
- Republicans have nominated Jan Ting

Contested U.S. HOUSE races:

At Large:
- Democrats have nominated Dennis Spivack
  (NOTE: The loser of this Primary, Karen Hartley-Nagle, is also the candidate of the Independent Party of Delaware for this office)



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109^th Senate Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1	Democratic	Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 2000 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Democratic Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper

	Democratic	170,544	70.20%	Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper • FEC: $3,177,275

	Republican	69,732	28.70%	Jan C. Ting • FEC: $212,766

	Libertarian	2,671	1.10%	William E. Morris • FEC finanical report not available
Total		242,947	100.00%

Class 2	Democratic	Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. • First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

	Democratic	Governor Ruth Ann Minner • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004. • Chair up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • The current Governor is affected by a term limit and cannot run for re-election.

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected separately from Governor

	Democratic	Lieutenant Governor John C. Carney, Jr. • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

109^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Renominated)

At-Large {map}	Republican	Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1992; [also served as Governor- elected: 1984; re-elected: 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary
	Polls: Republican Congressman Michael N. Castle

	Republican	143,892	57.17%	Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle • FEC: $1,267,040

	Democratic	97,555	38.76%	Dennis Spivack • FEC: $388,917

	Independent Party Of Delaware	5,767	2.29%	Karen M. Hartley-Nagle • Ms. Hartley-Nagle unsuccessfully ran for the Democratic primary nomination. She will be on the general election ballot as the nominee of the Independent Party of Delaware. • FEC finanical report not available

	Green	4,463	1.77%	Michael S. Berg • FEC: $37,771
Total		251,677	100.00%

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

Open	Democratic	Attorney General Carl C. Danberg • Appointed: 7 December 2005 following the appointment of Attorney General Jane Brady to the Superior Court of Delaware. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - 21 November 2005: Mr. Danberg stated that he will not run for Attorney General in 2006.

	Democratic	133,142	52.58%	Joseph R. "Beau" Biden, III • son of U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.

	Republican	120,056	47.42%	Ferris Wharton
Total		253,198	100.00%

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Democratic	Treasurer Jack A. Markell • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary

	Democratic	174,382	70.49%	Treasurer Jack A. Markell

	Republican	73,003	29.51%	Esthelda R. Parker Selby
Total		247,385	100.00%

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006

	Republican	Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Appointed: 1989 (by Governor Michael N. Castle); first elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Renominated - 12 September 2006 Primary

	Republican	131,590	53.70%	Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner, Jr.

	Democratic	113,471	46.30%	Michael John Dalto
Total		245,061	100.00%

Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008

	Democratic	Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. "Matt" Denn • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

Political Parties Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
	• Democratic (affiliates): 7 incumbents, 5 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 5 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• Independent Party Of Delaware: 1 candidate
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from an election authority that this candidate is actually on the ballot.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.