| The Green Papers: Delaware 2007 Off Year Election |
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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper (as candidate) • First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (as candidate) • First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| 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. • Open Chair - At term limit |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected separately from Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor John C. Carney, Jr. (as candidate) • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2008 |
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| 110th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| At-Large {map} |
Republican | Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle (as candidate) • First elected: 1992; [also served as Governor- elected: 1984; re-elected: 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Joseph R. "Beau" Biden, III • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • On 17 August 2007 it was announce that Delaware Attorney General Biden, who is a captain in the Delaware National Guard, is preparing to be deployed to Iraq in 2008. |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Jack A. Markell (as candidate) • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Candidate for Governor in 2008 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner, Jr. • Appointed: 1989 (by Governor Michael N. Castle); first elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. "Matt" Denn (as candidate) • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2008 |
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| 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. |