Delaware 2012 General Election

The Green Papers: Delaware 2012 General Election

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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 11 September 2012 (tentative date)
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012 (tentative date)

Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:	1
2010 Census:	900,877	(0.29% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	785,068	(0.28% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
Capital:	Dover
Tuesday 11 September 2012 (tentative date) polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 (tentative date) polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).

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Delaware State and Local Government

Delaware 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 112^th 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

		*Democratic*		*Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper* • FEC S8DE00079; 31 Dec 11; Tot $1,873,021; Dsb $635,266

		Republican		Kevin L. Wade • FEC S2DE00064

Class 2		Democratic	Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons • First elected in a special election: 2010 (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Joe Biden [Democrat] in January 2009 in order to accede to the Vice-Presidency of the United States; he replaces Senator Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman [Democrat] who had been appointed by the Governor of DELAWARE to temporarily fill the vacancy.) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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.

		Republican		Jeff Cragg

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

		Republican		Sher Valenzuela

112^th U.S. House of Representatives 2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
At-Large		Democratic	Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr. • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
	Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment

		*Democratic*		*Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr.* • FEC H0DE01017; 31 Dec 11; Tot $630,719; Dsb $140,502

		Republican		Rose Izzo • FEC H0DE01025; 31 Dec 11; Tot $11,437; Dsb $61
		Republican		New Castle County Councilman Thomas H. "Tom" Kovach • FEC H2DE00130; 31 Dec 11; Tot $75,492; Dsb $28,219

		Libertarian		Brent Wangen

Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

		Democratic	Attorney General Joseph R. "Beau" Biden, III • First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

		Democratic	Treasurer Chipman "Chip" Flowers, Jr. • First elected: 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

		Republican	Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner, Jr. • Appointed: 1989 (by Governor Michael N. Castle); first elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

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

		Democratic		Mitch Crane
		Democratic		Vincent White

		Republican		Ben Mobley
		Republican		Jim Van Houghton

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): 8 incumbents, 4 candidates
	• Republican: 1 incumbent, 7 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Constitution (affiliates)
	• Green (affiliates)
	• Libertarian: 1 candidate
Other Third Parties
	• Blue Enigma Party
	• Independent Party Of Delaware
	• Working Families
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.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.

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
	• Delaware Working Families Party
	• Independent Party of Delaware
	• Libertarian Party of Delaware
	• The Blue Enigma Party
	• The Green Party of Delaware
Media & others
	• Cape Gazette - Lewes
	• DC's Political Report - Delaware
	• Delaware Coast Press - Salisbury
	• Delaware Grapevine
	• Delaware State News - Dover
	• 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