The Green Papers: Delaware 2008 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 9 September 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
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 9 September 2008 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).
 

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Delaware State and Local Government

Delaware 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           
President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all)
Up for election in 2008
U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 110th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes
Class 1 Democratic Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
• 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
Class 2
Seat up for election		 Democratic Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
• First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996; 2002
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
• FEC S8DE00012: $833,543
  Candidate Republican     Christine T. O'Donnell
• Received her party's nomination at the 3 May 2008 State Convention
• FEC S6DE00131: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Tim Smith
• FEC S8DE00087: Financial report not available
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
Chair up for election
Open		 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
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor John C. Carney, Jr.
  Candidate Democratic     Treasurer Jack A. Markell
  Candidate Republican     Dave Graham
  Candidate Republican     William S. "Bill" Lee
• Received his party's nomination at the 3 May 2008 State Convention.
    Republican     Alan B. Levin - apparently not a candidate
• 17 January 2008: Announced he would not run for Governor.
  Candidate Republican; Independent Party Of Delaware     Michael D. "Mike" Protack
  Candidate Independent Party Of Delaware     Robert "Rob" Foraker
• Formerly a Democrat
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected separately from Governor
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Lieutenant Governor John C. Carney, Jr.
• First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Ted Blunt
  Candidate Democratic     Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
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
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Seat up for election		 Republican Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle
• First elected: 1992; [also served as Governor- elected: 1984; re-elected: 1988]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Christopher A. "Chris" Bullock
• FEC H8DE00079: $11,090
  Candidate Democratic     Karen M. Hartley-Nagle
  Candidate Democratic     Michael C. "Mike" Miller, Sr.
  Candidate Democratic     Jerry Winn Northington
• FEC H8DE00053: $23,622
  Candidate Democratic     Dennis Spivack
• ?
  Candidate Republican     Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle
• FEC H2DE00072: $875,112
  Candidate Independent     Liza Dawn Cherricks
• "Party of Unity"
• FEC H8DE00046: Financial report not available
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.
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
  Democratic Treasurer Jack A. Markell
• First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002, 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Candidate for Governor in 2008
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
Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008
Seat up for election
Open		 Democratic Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
• First elected: 2004
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008
• Open Seat - Candidate for Lieutenant Governor in 2008
  Candidate Democratic     Gene Reed
    Democratic     Thomas Savage - apparently not a candidate
    Democratic     Karen Weldin Stewart - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Republican     John F. Brady
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, 11 candidates
 • Republican: 2 incumbents, 7 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian
Other Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates)
 • Independent Party Of Delaware: 2 candidates
Independents
 • Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
 • Not readily classifiable
 
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 the person so listed will actually appear on the ballot.
 
FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.
Links Links to other web sites
Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
 • http://www.state.de.us/facts/constit/welcome.htm
Election Authority
 • Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
 • Delaware General Assembly
Democratic
 • Delaware Democratic Party
Republican
 • The Republican State Committee of Delaware
Third Party
 • Communist Party of Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware
 • Constitution Party of Delaware
 • Independent Party of Delaware
 • Libertarian Party of Delaware
 • The Green Party of Delaware
Media & others
 • Cape Gazette - Lewes
 • DC's Political Report - Delaware
 • Delaware Coast Press - Salisbury
 • Delaware Grapevine
 • Delaware Wave - Bethany Beach
 • delawareonline.com - Wilmington - New Castle - Georgetown
 • Dover Post
 • Politics1.com - Delaware
 • Smyrna/Clayton Sun-Times - Smyrna
 • The Business Ledger - Newark
 • The Daily Times - Salisbury
 • The Middletown Transcript
 • The Sussex Countian - Georgetown
 • WBOC TV - CBS, UPN - Salisbury
 • WDEL AM - Wilmington
 • WDOV AM - FOX - Dover
 • WGMD FM - Lewes - Rehoboth
 • WILM AM - Wilmington
 • WMDT TV - ABC - Salisbury
 

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