The Green Papers: Delaware 2012 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 11 September 2012
General Election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
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 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 6 November 2012 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


6 November 2012 Statewide General Candidate Listing and General Election Candidates from the Delaware Department of Elections.

6 November 2012 General Election returns from State Of Delaware Department of Elections.

 
           

President  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: No more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime. Electors: 3 (Winner-take-all), How Appointed, Meeting Place, Duly Appointed Presidential Electors, List of Presidential Candidates.
Up for election in 2012
  Elected Democratic 242,584 58.61% President Barack Hussein Obama
(3 Electoral Votes)
Vice President: Vice President Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

FEC P80003338; 26 Nov 12; Tot $732,741,988; Dsb $729,647,987
  Candidate Republican 165,484 39.98% former Massachusetts Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney
Vice President: Wisconsin Congressman Paul D. Ryan

FEC P80003353; 26 Nov 12; Tot $478,704,347; Dsb $465,787,141
  Candidate Libertarian 3,882 0.94% former New Mexico Governor Gary Earl Johnson
Vice President: James P. "Jim" Gray

FEC P20002671; 26 Nov 12; Tot $2,575,529; Dsb $2,572,585
  Candidate Green 1,940 0.47% Jill E. Stein
Vice President: Cheri Honkala

FEC P20003984; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,005,788; Dsb $1,093,022
  Candidate Write-in; (Constitution) 23 0.01% former Congressman Virgil Hamlin Goode, Jr.
FEC P20004685; 26 Nov 12; Tot $202,258; Dsb $202,253
  Candidate Write-in; (America's Party) 7 0.00% Thomas "Tom" Hoefling
FEC P20005260
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Jill Ann Reed
Vice President: Thomas A. "Tom" Cary.
Twelve Visions

FEC P20003208; 26 Nov 12; Tot $45,217; Dsb $46,660
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Paul Chehade
Vice President: Steve McAllister

FEC P20002580
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Will Christensen
FEC P20005245
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Richard Austin Duncan
FEC P20005252
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Stephen Gaylord Durham
Vice President: Christina López
Freedom Socialist

FEC P20004651; 31 Dec 12; Tot $38,295; Dsb $38,295
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Darrell Hykes
FEC P20002903
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Nelson Keyton, Jr.
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Dennis Jerome Knill
FEC P20002218; 31 Oct 12; Tot $1,089; Dsb $1,208
  Candidate Write-in; (Independent) 0 0.00% Dean Daniel Morstad
FEC P20004172; 26 Nov 12; Tot $11,372; Dsb $11,371
  Candidate Write-in; (Peace And Freedom) 0 0.00% Leon Leo Ray
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Platt Allen Robertson
  Candidate Write-in 0 0.00% Rick L. Rogers
Vice President: Marilyn Jean Downs

FEC P20005179
Total 413,921 100.00%  

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

Class 1
Seat up for election
Democratic Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
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
Renominated - 11 September 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 265,415 66.42% Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
FEC S8DE00079; 26 Nov 12; Tot $3,504,154; Dsb $3,276,837
  Candidate Republican 115,700 28.95% Kevin L. Wade
FEC S2DE00064; 26 Nov 12; Tot $179,867; Dsb $171,648
  Candidate Independent Party Of Delaware 15,300 3.83% Alexander J. "Alex" Pires, Jr.
FEC S2DE00080; 17 Oct 12; Tot $369,743; Dsb $355,045
  Candidate Green 3,191 0.80% Andrew Richard Groff
FEC S2DE00098
  Candidate Write-in 1 0.00% Richard Thomas Ruzicka
FEC S2DE00106
Total 399,607 100.00%  

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

Chair up for election Democratic Governor Jack A. Markell
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.
Renominated - 11 September 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 275,993 69.34% Governor Jack A. Markell
  Candidate Republican 113,793 28.59% Jeffrey E. "Jeff" Cragg
  Candidate Green 4,575 1.15% Mark Joseph Perri
  Candidate Libertarian 3,668 0.92% Jesse McVay
  Candidate Write-in 4 0.00% David C. Graham
Total 398,033 100.00%  

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected separately from Governor

Seat up for election Democratic Lieutenant Governor Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 11 September 2012 Primary
  Elected Democratic 238,959 61.56% Lieutenant Governor Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
  Candidate Republican 143,978 37.09% Cheryl Anne "Sher" Valenzuela
  Candidate Libertarian 5,206 1.34% Margaret "Margie" Waite-McKeown
Total 388,143 100.00%  

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

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
At-Large
Seat up for election
Democratic Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr.
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
Renominated - 11 September 2012 Primary
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Elected Democratic 249,933 64.41% Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr.
FEC H0DE01017; 26 Nov 12; Tot $1,524,043; Dsb $953,401
  Candidate Republican 129,757 33.44% New Castle County Councilman Thomas H. "Tom" Kovach
FEC H2DE00130; 26 Nov 12; Tot $209,427; Dsb $203,760
  Candidate Green 4,273 1.10% Bernard "Bernie" August
FEC H2DE00155
  Candidate Libertarian 4,096 1.06% Scott Gesty
FEC H2DE00148
Total 388,059 100.00%  

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

Seat up for election Democratic Commissioner of Insurance Karen Weldin Stewart
• Re-elected Tuesday 6 November 2012
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Elected Democratic 233,354 61.11% Commissioner of Insurance Karen Weldin Stewart
  Candidate Republican 140,669 36.84% Benjamin M. "Ben" Mobley
  Candidate Libertarian 7,838 2.05% David R. Eisenhour
Total 381,861 100.00%  
 

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, 6 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
  Green (affiliates): 4 candidates
  Libertarian: 5 candidates
Other Third Parties
  America's Party: 1 candidate
  Independent Party Of Delaware: 1 candidate
  Peace And Freedom: 1 candidate
Independents
  Independent: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
  Write-in: 16 candidates
 
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.


 


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