2006 United States Senate election in Delaware

2006 United States Senate election in Delaware
	Carper: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% >90%
U.S. senator before election; Tom Carper; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Tom Carper; Democratic

The 2006 United States Senate election in Delaware was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Carper won re-election to a second term, by a landslide 40 points.^[1]

This election was the first time since 1893 that a Democratic incumbent United States Senator from Delaware was re-elected or won re-election to this seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

Christine O'Donnell, anti-abortion advocate (ran as a write-in candidate in the general election)
Mike D. Protack, commercial airline pilot
Jan C. Ting, Temple University law professor

Results

Republican primary results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jan C. Ting	6,110	42.47
	Republican	Michael D. Protack	5,771	40.12
	Republican	Christine O'Donnell	2,505	17.41
Total votes			14,386	100.00

General election

Candidates

Tom Carper (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Jan C. Ting (R), law professor
William E. Morris (L), activist
Christine O'Donnell (write-in), anti-abortion activist

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 20, 2006

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report^[3]	Solid D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball^[4]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report^[5]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics^[6]	Safe D	November 6, 2006

Polling

Source	Date	Tom Carper (D)	Jan C. Ting (R)
Fairleigh Dickinson^[7]	September 22, 2006	63%	23%
Fairleigh Dickinson	October 31, 2006	60%	26%

Results

General election results^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tom Carper (incumbent)	170,567	67.13%	+11.60%
	Republican	Jan C. Ting	69,734	27.44%	−16.26%
	Write-in	Christine O'Donnell	11,127	4.38%
	Libertarian	William E. Morris	2,671	1.05%	+0.71%
Majority			100,833	39.68%	+27.85%
Turnout			254,099
	Democratic hold		Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Kent (largest city: Dover)
Sussex (largest city: Seaford)

References

Specific

The News Journal (September 2, 2006). "The Complete list of Candidates". p. 85.
"2006 General Election Candidates". Department of Elections for New Castle County, State of Delaware. October 18, 2006. Archived from the original on October 30, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2006.
Matthew Jonas (September 13, 2006). "Ting, Spivack pass first test". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2006. Topic: Primary results

General

^ "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 16, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2010.
^ "State of Delaware - Department of Elections - State of Delaware".
^ "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021.
^ "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.
^ Chris Barrish (September 22, 2006). "Independent poll says Carper has huge lead on Ting". Delaware News Journal. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2006. Quote: "the first nonpartisan opinion poll in Delaware this year". The poll was conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind research center.
^ "Election and voting information" (PDF).

External links

Political position

Roxann Moore (October 25, 2006). "Candidates for U.S. Senate share their objectives, thoughts". DelmarvaNow!. Archived from the original on November 21, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2006.
Joe Rogalsky (October 21, 2006). "Senate hopefuls stake out stances: Carper seeks record 12th win against newcomer Ting". NewsZap.com. Retrieved October 28, 2006. ^{[dead link]}
William E. Morris (September 28, 2006). "Our Readers' Views: U.S. must address the cost of baby boomer benefits". Letters to the Editor. Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 28, 2006.
"Candidates for U.S. Senate". Local News. Dover Post. October 25, 2006. Archived from the original on October 25, 2006. Retrieved October 28, 2006.
Cris Barrish. "Three Republicans vie for chance to wage uphill battle against Carper". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
"Carper's campaign website". Archived from the original on August 1, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
"Ting's campaign website". Archived from the original on November 1, 2006. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
"Protack's campaign website". Archived from the original on July 15, 2006. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
"O'Donnell's campaign website". Retrieved September 3, 2006.

[1] "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 16, 2006. Archived from the original on May 28, 2019. Retrieved March 9, 2010.

[2] "State of Delaware - Department of Elections - State of Delaware".

[3] "2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006" (PDF). The Cook Political Report. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 5, 2008. Retrieved September 30, 2021.

[4] "Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[5] "2006 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[6] "Election 2006". Real Clear Politics. Retrieved June 25, 2021.

[7] Chris Barrish (September 22, 2006). "Independent poll says Carper has huge lead on Ting". Delaware News Journal. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved October 29, 2006. Quote: "the first nonpartisan opinion poll in Delaware this year". The poll was conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind research center.

[8] "Election and voting information" (PDF).

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Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

Candidates

Debates

Predictions

Polling

Results

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

See also

References

External links