2006 United States Senate election in Delaware

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2006 United States Senate election in Delaware
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  2000 November 7, 2006 2012  
  Thomas Carper.jpg Jan C Ting.jpg
Nominee Tom Carper Jan Ting
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote170,56769,744
Percentage67.13%27.44%

2006 United States Senate election in Delaware results map by county.svg
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]

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary results [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Jan Ting 6,110 42.47
Republican Michael D. Protack5,77140.12
Republican Christine O'Donnell 2,50517.41
Total votes14,386 100.00

General election

Candidates

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Solid DNovember 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball [4] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report [5] Safe DNovember 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics [6] Safe DNovember 6, 2006

Polling

SourceDateTom
Carper (D)
Jan
Ting (R)
Fairleigh Dickinson [7] September 22, 200663%23%
Fairleigh Dickinson October 31, 200660%26%

Results

General election results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Tom Carper (incumbent) 170,567 67.13% +11.60%
Republican Jan Ting 69,73427.44%-16.26%
Write-in Christine O'Donnell 11,1274.38%
Libertarian William E. Morris2,6711.05%+0.71%
Majority100,83339.68%+27.85%
Turnout 254,099
Democratic hold Swing

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

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References

Specific
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).

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