2006 United States Senate election in Delaware
November 7, 2006
 
Nominee Tom Carper Jan Ting
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 170,567 69,744
Percentage 67.13% 27.44%
County results
Carper:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
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

Results

Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Jan 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

Debates

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
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 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

See also

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
  1. ↑ "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections. November 16, 2006. 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).

Political position

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