United States Senate election in Delaware, 2006

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2006
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U.S. Senator before election; Thomas Carper; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator; Thomas Carper; Democratic

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The 2006 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Thomas R. Carper won re-election to a second term.^[1] Carper's term will end on January 3, 2013^{[citation needed]}.

[edit] Republican primary

[edit] Candidates

Christine O'Donnell, pro-life advocate (ran as a write-in candidate in general election)
Mike Protack, commercial airline pilot
Jan C. Ting, Temple University Law Professor

[edit] Results

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

[edit] General election

[edit] Candidates

Thomas R. Carper (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Jan C. Ting (R), Law Professor
Bill Morris (L), activist

[edit] Polling

Source	Date	Carper (D)	Ting (R)
Fairleigh Dickinson	October 31, 2006	60%	26%
Fairleigh Dickinson^[3]	September 22, 2006	63%	23%

[edit] Results

General election results^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thomas Carper (inc.)	170,567	67.13%	+11.60%
	Republican	Jan 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

[edit] References

"The Complete list of Candidates". September 2, 2006. p. 85.
"2006 General Election Candidates". Department of Elections for New Castle County, State of Delaware. 2006-10-18. http://www.state.de.us/doe_ncc/Candidates/2006/2006_ge_candidates.shtml. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
Matthew Jonas (13 September 2006). "Ting, Spivack pass first test". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060913/NEWS/609130376. Retrieved 2006-10-29. ^{[dead link]} Topic: Primary results

^ "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections. 2006-11-16. http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_general/html/elect06_general_office.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-09.
^ http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_primary/elect06_primary_office.shtml
^ Chris Barrish (2006-09-22). "Independent poll says Carper has huge lead on Ting". Delaware News Journal. http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS/609220344/1006/NEWS. Retrieved 2006-10-29. ^{[dead link]} Quote: "the first nonpartisan opinion poll in Delaware this year". The poll was conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind research center.
^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2006/2006senate.pdf

[edit] External links

Political position

Roxann Moore (2006-10-25). "Candidates for U.S. Senate share their objectives, thoughts". DelmarvaNow!. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20061121094412/http://www.delmarvanow.com/bethanybeach/stories/20061025/2341786.html. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
Joe Rogalsky (2006-10-21). "Senate hopefuls stake out stances: Carper seeks record 12th win against newcomer Ting". NewsZap.com. http://www.newszap.com/articles/2006/10/21/dm/central_delaware/dsn05.txt. Retrieved 2006-10-28. ^{[dead link]}
William E. Morris (2006-09-28). "Our Readers' Views: U.S. must address the cost of baby boomer benefits". Letters to the Editor (Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online)). http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060928/OPINION10/609280323/1004. Retrieved 2006-10-28. ^{[dead link]}
"Candidates for U.S. Senate". Local News. Dover Post. 2006-10-25. Archived from the original on 2006-10-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20061025010030/http://www.doverpost.com/pages/newssenate.html. Retrieved 2006-10-28.
Cris Barrish. "Three Republicans vie for chance to wage uphill battle against Carper". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060903/NEWS/60903009/1006&theme=ELECTION06. Retrieved 2006-09-03. ^{[dead link]}

"Carper's campaign website". http://www.carperforsenate.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
"Ting's campaign website". http://voteting.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
"Protack's campaign website". http://www.mikeprotackforsenate.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006.
"O'Donnell's campaign website". http://www.christineodonnell.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006.

[off-gen-0] "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections. 2006-11-16. http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_general/html/elect06_general_office.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-09.

[1] ttp://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_primary/elect06_primary_office.shtml

[2] Chris Barrish (2006-09-22). "Independent poll says Carper has huge lead on Ting". Delaware News Journal. http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS/609220344/1006/NEWS. Retrieved 2006-10-29. ^{[dead link]} Quote: "the first nonpartisan opinion poll in Delaware this year". The poll was conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind research center.

[3] ttp://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2006/2006senate.pdf

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[edit] Republican primary

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[edit] Results

[edit] General election

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