| The Green Papers: Delaware 2009 General Election |
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Delaware
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress |
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NOTE re: elections for the GENERAL ASSEMBLYDELAWARE 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. . |
| U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111th 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 |
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| Class 2 | Democratic | Senator Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman • Appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Joseph Robinette "Joe" Biden, Jr., effective 15 January 2009 after having been elected Vice President; appointed 15 January 2009 and sworn 16 January 2009 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Senator Kaufman has stated he will not run for election to the Senate in his own right. Next regular election: Tuesday 4 November 2014 |
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| 24 November 2008: Governor Ruth Ann Minner (D-Delaware) announced that she would 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 Vice-President of the United States. 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. 9 January 2009: Vice President-elect Biden will resign his Senate Seat effective at 5 PM Eastern Time (2000 UTC) on Thursday 15 January 2009. 15 January 2009: Vice President-elect Joseph R. Biden is resigning his Senate seat (to which he had been re-elected in the 4 November 2008 election) today; his long-time aide- Ted Kaufman (Democrat), appointed by Delaware's Governor as Biden's temporary replacement (pending a Special Election in November 2010)- is to be formally sworn in 16 January 2009. This change has no effect on the political breakdown of the U.S. Senate in the 111th Congress. Senator Biden was first elected in 1972; and re-elected in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002, and 2008. | |||||
| 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. |
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| 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 |
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| 111th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111th House | |||||
| Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Republican (1 Open) | |||||
| 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 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - 6 October 2009: Running for the Senate Class 2 Seat in 2010. |
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| 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 • Open Seat - Likely candidate for the Senate Class 3 seat in 2010 |
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| Treasurer 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2006, 2010 | |||||
| Democratic | Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter • Appointed: 2009 (by Governor and former Treasurer Jack Markell upon his ascention to the Governor's Chair) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 |
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| 20 January 2009: Delaware Governor Jack Markell (Democratic) appointed Velda Jones-Potter (Democratic) to replace him as State Treasurer. Jones-Potter states she will serve the remaining two years of the term and will not run for re-election in 2010. Governor Markell was elected Governor in 2008. He was first elected Treasurer in 1998 then re-elected in 2002 and 2006. | |||||
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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. |