2014 United States Senate election in Delaware

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2014 United States Senate election in Delaware
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Nominee Chris Coons Kevin Wade
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote130,65598,823
Percentage55.83%42.23%
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2014 United States Senate election in Delaware results map by state house district.svg
Coons:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Wade:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Chris Coons
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Chris Coons
Democratic

The 2014 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 4, 2014, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Delaware, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. This election was the fifth consecutive even-number year in which a senate election was held in Delaware after elections in 2006, 2008, 2010, and 2012.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Coons ran for re-election to a first full term in office. He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican businessman Kevin Wade in the general election.

Background

Democratic senator Joe Biden was re-elected to a seventh term in 2008, defeating Republican political commentator Christine O'Donnell by 65% to 35%. At the same time, he was elected Vice President of the United States and resigned his Senate seat to be sworn in as vice president in January 2009. Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner appointed Biden's longtime aide Ted Kaufman to the seat until a special election was held in November 2010. In the election, Christine O'Donnell ran again and upset U.S. Representative and former governor Mike Castle in the Republican primary to face Democrat Chris Coons, who had run unopposed for his party's nomination. In the general election, Coons defeated O'Donnell by 57% to 40% and was sworn in later that month.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

  • Carl Smink, retired engineer and businessman [3]
  • Kevin Wade, businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012 [4]

Declined

Primary results

Republican primary results [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Kevin Wade 18,181 75.66
Republican Carl Smink5,84824.34
Total votes24,029 100

Other candidates

Green Party

Nominee

  • Andrew Groff, computer science professor and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012 [11]

General election

Fundraising

CandidateRaisedSpentCash on Hand
Chris Coons (D)$7,684,608$4,831,183$2,853,426

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [12] Solid DNovember 3, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg Political Report [14] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Real Clear Politics [15] Safe DNovember 3, 2014

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Chris
Coons (D)		Kevin
Wade (R)		OtherUndecided
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [16] October 16–23, 2014461± 7%54%36%0%10%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [16] September 20 – October 1, 2014471± 5%51%35%0%14%
University of Delaware [17] September 10–22, 2014902± 3.9%50%25%6% [18] 21%
Rasmussen Reports [19] September 10–12, 2014750± 4%49%34%4%12%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [20] August 18 – September 2, 2014697± 5%48%35%1%16%
CBS News/NYT/YouGov [21] July 5–24, 2014840± 3.5%60%—15%25%
Hypothetical polling
Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Chris
Coons (D)		Christine
O'Donnell (R)		OtherUndecided
Princeton Survey Research [22] September 3–16, 2013902± 3.9%51%28%—22%

Results

Coons easily won the election to a full term, with 56% of the vote. Coons was projected the winner right when the polls closed in Delaware. Wade conceded defeat at 8:32 P.M. EST.

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2014 [23]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Chris Coons (incumbent) 130,655 55.83% −0.78%
Republican Kevin Wade98,82342.23%+2.20%
Green Andrew Groff4,5601.95%N/A
Total votes234,038 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

See also

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  16. 1 2 CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  17. ↑ University of Delaware
  18. ↑ Andrew Groff (G)
  19. ↑ Rasmussen Reports
  20. ↑ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  21. ↑ CBS News/NYT/YouGov
  22. ↑ Princeton Survey Research
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