The Green Papers: Delaware 2010 Midterm Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 14 September 2010
General Election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
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)
Capital:Dover
Tuesday 14 September 2010 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 2 November 2010 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
 

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Delaware State and Local Government

NOTE re: elections for the GENERAL ASSEMBLY

DELAWARE elects approximately half its State Senate every two years, Senators so elected serving four-year terms (except in General Elections held in the calendar year of a Federal Decennial Census, when Senators elected that year are elected for two-year terms so that all 21 State Senators can be elected two years later [to better accommodate redistricting as a result of the latest Census], approximately half of whom elected in such an "all-up" election will be elected to two-year terms).

In 2008, State Senators in the following 10 Senatorial Districts: 2, 3, 4, 6, 10, 11, 16, 17, 18 and 21 will up for election; the State Senators representing the remaining 11 Senatorial Districts were elected to four-year terms in 2006 and, therefore, these seats will be up for election to a 2-year term in 2010 (that being the year of a Federal Decennial Census).

The entire House of Representatives is elected for two-year terms and, thus, State Representatives in all 41 Representative Districts will be up for election in 2008.

The state legislators who will meet over the two years from 2009 through 2010 will make up the 145th DELAWARE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

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U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th 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
Open		 Democratic Senator Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman
• Appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr., effective 15 January 2009 after having been elected Vice President; appointed 15 January 2009 and sworn 16 January 2009
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - Senator Kaufman has stated he will not run for election to the Senate in his own right.
Next regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014
    Democratic     Attorney General  Joseph R. "Beau" Biden, III - apparently not a candidate
• 25 January 2010: "I have a duty to fulfill as Attorney General .... Therefore I cannot and will not run for the United States Senate in 2010. I will run for reelection as Attorney General."
  Candidate Democratic     Brooke Bovard
• FEC S0DE00100: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     New Castle County Executive  Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
• FEC S0DE00092: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Ocean View Town Councilman Perry Joseph Mitchell
• FEC S0DE00118: Financial report not available
  Candidate Democratic     Erik Monroe Underwood
• FEC S0DE00084: $0
  Candidate Republican     Congressman  Michael N. "Mike" Castle
• FEC S0DE00068: $1,337,001
  Candidate Republican     Christine O'Donnell
• FEC S6DE00131: $21,988
  Candidate Republican     Carlet Deetta Ward
• FEC S0DE00076: Financial report not available
    Libertarian     Wendy Jones - apparently not a candidate
  Candidate Libertarian     Jim Rash
Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors
  Democratic Governor  Jack A. Markell
• First elected: 2008
• Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
• The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected separately from Governor
  Democratic Lieutenant Governor  Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
111th U.S. House of Representatives  2 year term, Election Cycle 2008, 2010. No Term Limit. 111th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Republican (1 Open)
At-Large
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Seat up for election
Open		 Republican Congressman  Michael N. "Mike" Castle
• First elected: 1992; [also served as Governor- elected: 1984; re-elected: 1988]
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• Open Seat - 6 October 2009: Running for the Senate Class 2 Seat in 2010.
  Candidate Democratic     former Lieutenant Governor John Charles Carney, Jr.
• FEC H0DE01017: $714,897
  Candidate Democratic     Scott Richard Spencer
• FEC H0DE00084: Financial report not available
    Republican     Congressman  Michael N. "Mike" Castle - apparently not a candidate
• Running for the Senate Class 2 Seat in 2010.
• FEC H2DE00072: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Frederick R. "Fred" Cullis
• FEC H0DE00092: $5,140
  Candidate Republican     Rose Izzo
• FEC H0DE01025: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Glen Urquhart
• FEC H0DE01033: Financial report not available
  Candidate Republican     Kevin Lynn Wade
• FEC H0DE00134: Financial report not available
  Candidate Constitution     Douglas Allen "Doug" Campbell, Jr.
• FEC H0DE00118: Financial report not available
  Candidate Constitution     Earl R. Lofland
• FEC H0DE00100: Financial report not available
  Candidate Libertarian     Brent Wangen
• FEC H0DE00126: Financial report not available
Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Democratic Attorney General  Joseph R. "Beau" Biden, III
• First elected: 2006
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
• 25 January 2010: "I cannot and will not run for the United States Senate in 2010. I will run for reelection as Attorney General."
Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election Democratic Treasurer  Velda Jones-Potter
• Appointed: 2009 (by Governor and former Treasurer Jack Markell upon his ascention to the Governor's Chair)
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010
  Candidate Democratic     Chipman "Chip" Flowers, Jr.
  Candidate Democratic     Treasurer  Velda Jones-Potter
  Candidate Republican     state Senator  Colin R. J. Bonini
Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010
Seat up for election 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
  Candidate Democratic     Richard Korn
Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012
  Democratic Commissioner of Insurance Karen Weldin Stewart
• First elected: 2008
• Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 
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, 9 candidates
 • Republican: 2 incumbents, 8 candidates
Major Third Parties
 • Constitution (affiliates): 2 candidates
 • Green (affiliates)
 • Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
 • Independent Party Of Delaware
 • Unity
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 a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to 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
 • The Unity 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 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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