Delaware 2008 General Election

The Green Papers: Delaware 2008 General Election

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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Primary: Tuesday 9 September 2008
General Election: Tuesday 4 November 2008

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
Tuesday 9 September 2008 polling hours 7:00a EDT (1100 UTC) to 8:00p EDT (0000 UTC).
Tuesday 4 November 2008 polling hours 7:00a EST (1200 UTC) to 8:00p EST (0100 UTC).

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Delaware State and Local Government

Delaware 2008 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

2 January 2009: State of Delaware - General Election - (Official Results) - Last Updated: 12/15/08 04:24 PM

21 September 2008: Synchronized to Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware - General Election Ballot Qualified Candidates.

Tuesday 9 September 2008 PRIMARIES

DELAWARE PRIMARY Returns from an official source
DELAWARE PRIMARY results from a media source
DELAWARE PRIMARY results from a media source

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.



President 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. 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.


		Democratic	255,459	61.94%	Senator Barack Hussein Obama (3 Electoral Votes) • Vice President: Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC P80003338: $778,642,047

		Republican	152,374	36.95%	Senator John Sidney McCain, III • Vice President: Governor Sarah H. Palin • FEC P80002801: $399,826,076

		Independent Party Of Delaware	2,401	0.58%	Ralph Nader • Vice President: Matt Gonzalez • FEC P20000527: $4,520,160

		Libertarian	1,109	0.27%	former Congressman Bob Barr • Vice President: Wayne A. Root • FEC P80005580: $1,405,899

		Constitution	626	0.15%	Charles Obadiah "Chuck" Baldwin • Vice President: Darrell L. Castle • FEC P80005499: $262,010

		Green	385	0.09%	former Congressman Cynthia A. McKinney • Vice President: Rosa A. Clemente • FEC P80004930: $240,360

		Socialist Workers Party	58	0.01%	Róger Calero • Vice President: Alyson Kennedy • FEC P80005481: Financial report not available

		Write-in			Frank Moore • Vice President: Susan Block
Total			412,412	100.00%

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 Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 1972; re-elected: 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 9 September 2008 Primary 23 August 2008: Nominated for Vice President by Senator Barack Hussein Obama of Illinois. Elected to the Vice Presidency 4 November 2008.
		Polls: Democratic Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr.

		Democratic	257,539	64.69%	Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr. • FEC S8DE00012: $1,453,307

		Republican	140,595	35.31%	Christine T. O'Donnell • Received her party's nomination at the 3 May 2008 State Convention • FEC S6DE00131: $116,471
Total			398,134	100.00%
	24 November 2008: Governor Ruth Ann Minner (D-Delaware) has announced that she will appoint Ted Kaufman, a long-time aide to Senator (now Vice President-elect) Joseph Biden, to the seat Biden will have to vacate prior to Noon Eastern Time next 20 January, when he is scheduled to be sworn in as the Nation's new Vice-President. Senator Biden won re-election to his seat (as well as the Vice-Presidency) in the 4 November Elections; Kaufman would be appointed to serve until a successor is chosen by the People of the State of Delaware in a Special Election in November 2010.

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

Open		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
		Polls: Democratic Treasurer Jack A. Markell
			Open Chair (no incumbent)

		Democratic	266,861	67.52%	Treasurer Jack A. Markell

		Republican	126,662	32.05%	William Swain "Bill" Lee • Received his party's nomination at the 3 May 2008 State Convention.

		Blue Enigma Party	1,681	0.43%	Jeffrey Brown
Total			395,204	100.00%

Lieutenant Governor 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2004, 2008. Elected separately from Governor

Open		Democratic	Lieutenant Governor John C. Carney, Jr. • First elected: 2000; re-elected: 2004 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Open Seat - Ran for but lost his party's nomination for Governor in 2008
		Polls: Democratic Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
			Open Office (no incumbent)

		Democratic	236,744	61.32%	Insurance Commissioner Matthew P. "Matt" Denn

		Republican	149,223	38.65%	Charles L. "Charlie" Copeland

		Blue Enigma Party	92	0.02%	Peter Cullen
Total			386,059	100.00%

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 Renominated)

At-Large {map}		Republican	Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle • Re-elected Tuesday 4 November 2008 • First elected: 1992; [also served as Governor- elected: 1984; re-elected: 1988] • Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2008 • Renominated - 9 September 2008 Primary
		Polls: Republican Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle

		Republican	235,437	61.08%	Congressman Michael N. "Mike" Castle • FEC H2DE00072: $1,480,591

		Democratic	146,434	37.99%	Karen M. Hartley-Nagle • FEC H6DE00180: $27,845

		Libertarian; (Boston Tea)	3,586	0.93%	Mark Anthony Parks • FEC H8DE00087: Financial report not available
Total			385,457	100.00%

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. He was deployed to Iraq on 3 October 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 • Open Seat - Ran for and won the contest 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

Open		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
		Polls: Democratic / Working Families Karen Weldin Stewart
			Open Office (no incumbent)

		Democratic; Working Families	219,097	57.48%	Karen Weldin Stewart

		Republican	156,439	41.04%	John F. Brady

		Independent Party Of Delaware; (Democratic)	5,632	1.48%	Thomas "Tom" Savage • Lost 9 September 2008 Democratic Primary
Total			381,168	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): 7 incumbents, 7 candidates
	• Republican: 2 incumbents, 6 candidates
Major Third Parties
	• Green (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Libertarian: 2 candidates
Other Third Parties
	• Blue Enigma Party: 2 candidates
	• Boston Tea: 1 candidate
	• Constitution (affiliates): 1 candidate
	• Independent Party Of Delaware: 2 candidates
	• Socialist Workers Party: 1 candidate
	• Working Families: 1 candidate
Write-in/Scattered/otherwise not readily classifiable
	• Write-in: 1 candidate
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.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.