Delaware 2007 Off Year Election

The Green Papers: Delaware 2007 Off Year Election

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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

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

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Delaware State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 110^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

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

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. • Open Chair - At term limit

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 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2008

110^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 110^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Undetermined)

At-Large {map}	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

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

	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

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
	• Republican: 2 incumbents
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.

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