United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2008

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United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2008
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Nominee Mike Castle Karen Hartley-Nagle
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote235,437146,434
Percentage61.08%37.99%
U.S. Representative before election

Mike Castle
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Mike Castle
Republican

The 2008 United States House election in Delaware was held on November 4, 2008 to determine who will represent the state of Delaware in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress, coinciding with the presidential election. The primary election was held on September 9, 2008. [1]

U.S. state constituent political entity of the United States

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Delaware State of the United States of America

Delaware is one of the 50 states of the United States, in the South-Atlantic or Southern region. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, north by Pennsylvania, and east by New Jersey and the Atlantic Ocean. The state takes its name from Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, an English nobleman and Virginia's first colonial governor.

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Delaware has a single at-large representative in the House of Representatives. Republican incumbent Michael N. Castle was reelected for an eighth term. As of 2018, this is the last election in which a Republican was elected to Congress in Delaware.

Match-up summary

DistrictIncumbent2008 StatusDemocraticRepublicanLibertarian
At-large Michael N. Castle Re-electionKaren Hartley-Nagle Michael N. Castle Mark Anthony Parks

Overview

Map of Delaware's at-large congressional district Delaware at large.png
Map of Delaware's at-large congressional district

The state of Delaware is completely contained in a single at-large district. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+7. [2] Since 1993, the district has been represented by Republican Michael N. Castle.

Cook Partisan Voting Index

The Cook Partisan Voting Index, often abbreviated as CPVI or simply PVI, is a measurement of how strongly a United States congressional district or state leans toward the Democratic or Republican Party, compared to the nation as a whole. The index is updated after each election cycle. The Cook Political Report introduced the PVI in August 1997 to better gauge the competitiveness of each district using the 1992 and 1996 presidential elections as a baseline. The index is based on analysis by the Center for Voting and Democracy for its July 1997 Monopoly Politics report.

Republican Party (United States) Major political party in the United States

The Republican Party, also referred to as the GOP, is one of the two major political parties in the United States; the other is its historic rival, the Democratic Party.

Primary election

Primary elections in Delaware are closed primaries; that is, only voters who have declared a party affiliation may vote in that party's primary. [3] Three Democrats were on the primary ballot: children's rights advocate and 2006 independent candidate Karen Hartley-Nagle, veterinarian and Vietnam War veteran Jerry Northington, and Michael Miller. [4] [5] Hartley-Nagle was nominated with 55.4 percent of the vote, with turnout at 28 percent. [6] Castle did not face any Republican primary challengers.

Vietnam War 1955–1975 conflict in Vietnam

The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, and in Vietnam as the Resistance War Against America or simply the American War, was an undeclared war in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. It was the second of the Indochina Wars and was officially fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was supported by the Soviet Union, China, and other communist allies; South Vietnam was supported by the United States, South Korea, the Philippines, Australia, Thailand and other anti-communist allies. The war is considered a Cold War-era proxy war from some US perspectives. It lasted some 19 years with direct U.S. involvement ending in 1973 following the Paris Peace Accords, and included the Laotian Civil War and the Cambodian Civil War, resulting in all three countries becoming communist states in 1975.

Jerry Northington sought the Democratic Party nomination for a Delaware congressional district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2008. The district encompasses the entire state of Delaware. The race was an effort to unseat long-term Republican incumbent Michael Castle from the US House of Representatives. The primary election was won by his opponent, Karen Hartly-Nagle, who went on to lose the general election to Castle.

Voter turnout percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election

Voter turnout is the percentage of eligible voters who cast a ballot in an election. Eligibility varies by country, and the voting-eligible population should not be confused with the total adult population. Age and citizenship status are often among the criteria used to determine eligibility, but some countries further restrict eligibility based on sex, race, or religion.

Delaware Democratic Party House of Representatives primary, 2008 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Karen Hartley-Nagle35,99555.4
Democratic Jerry Northington22,39334.5
Democratic Michael Miller6,60910.1
Total votes64,997100

General election

In the general election, Republican incumbent Michael N. Castle was challenged by Democratic nominee Karen Hartley-Nagle and Libertarian Party candidate Mark Anthony Parks. CQ Politics forecasted the race in Delaware's At-large congressional district as 'Safe Republican'. Castle enjoyed a lead throughout the campaign, and ultimately won the election with slightly over 61 percent of the votes cast. Statewide turnout for the election was at 68 percent. [7]

Delaware's at-large congressional district election, 2008 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Michael Castle (incumbent)235,43761.08
Democratic Karen Hartley-Nagle146,43437.99
Libertarian Mark Parks3,5860.93
Total votes385,457100.00
Republican hold

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References

  1. ↑ Calendar of Election Events State of Delaware
  2. ↑ "Cook Political Report, PVI for the 110th Congress" (PDF). Cook Political Report. 30 June 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 November 2008. Retrieved 15 February 2009.
  3. ↑ "15 Del.C. § 3110. Qualifications of voters". Delaware Code. State of Delaware. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  4. ↑ "Getting to Know Karen Hartley-Nagle". Karen Hartley-Nagle for Congress. Archived from the original on November 12, 2008. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  5. ↑ "About Jerry Northington". Northington for Congress. Retrieved 8 February 2009.
  6. 1 2 "State of Delaware Primary Election (Official Results)". Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware. 2 October 2008. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
  7. 1 2 "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". Commissioner of Elections for the State of Delaware. 2008-12-15. Retrieved 2009-02-.Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
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