| The Green Papers: Delaware 2005 Off Year Elections |
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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 109th Senate Senate Electoral Classes | |||||
| Class 1 | Democratic | Senator Thomas R. Carper • First elected: 2000 [also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990; elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. • 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. |
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| Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected separately from Governor | |||||
| Democratic | Lieutenant Governor John C. Carney, Jr. • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 |
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| 109th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 109th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined) | |||||
| At-Large | Republican | Congressman Michael N. Castle • First elected: 1992; [also served as Governor- elected: 1984; re-elected: 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Attorney General 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Democratic | Attorney General Carl C. Danberg • Appointed: 7 December 2005 following the appointment of Attorney General Jane Brady to the Superior Court of Delaware. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 • Open Seat - 21 November 2005: Mr. Danberg stated that he will not run for Attorney General in 2006. |
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| Republican Attorney General M. Jane Brady, who was first elected in 1994 and re-elected in 1998 and 2002, was appointed to the Superior Court of Delaware effective 7 December 2005. On 21 November 2005, Democratic Governor Ruth Ann Minner announced the appointment of Democratic Chief Deputy Attorney General Carl C. Danberg to the position of Attorney General. | |||||
| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Jack Markell • First elected: 1998; re-elected: 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Auditor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2002, 2006 | |||||
| Republican | Auditor R. Thomas Wagner, Jr. • Appointed: 1989 (by Governor Michael N. Castle); first elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 7 November 2006 |
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| Commissioner of Insurance 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008 | |||||
| Democratic | Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. "Matt" Denn • First elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 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. |
| • Constitution | |
| • Democratic | |
| • Green | |
| • Independent Party Of Delaware | |
| • Libertarian | |
| • Not readily classifiable | |
| • Republican |
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