Delaware United States Senate elections

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This is a chronological listing of the United States Senators from Delaware showing the election results.

United States Senators are popularly elected, for a six year term, beginning January 3. Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1st. Before 1914, they were chosen by the Delaware General Assembly, and before 1935, their terms began March 4.

1 Delaware Class 1 Senators
2 Delaware Class 2 Senators
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Delaware Class 1 Senators

Year	Elected	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1916	Josiah O. Wolcott	Democratic		50%	Henry A. du Pont	Republican		46%
1922	Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.	Democratic	37,304	50%	T. Coleman du Pont	Republican	36,979	49%
1928	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Republican	63,725	61%	Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.	Democratic	40,828	39%
1934	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Republican	52,829	53%	Wilbur L. Adams	Democratic	45,771	46%
1940	James M. Tunnell	Democratic	68,294	51%	John G. Townsend, Jr.	Republican	63,799	47%
1946	John J. Williams	Republican	62,603	55%	James M. Tunnell	Democratic	50,910	45%
1952	John J. Williams	Republican	93,020	55%	Alexis I. du Pont Bayard	Democratic	77,685	45%
1958	John J. Williams	Republican	82,280	53%	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic	72,152	47%
1964	John J. Williams	Republican	103,782	52%	Elbert N. Carvel	Democratic	96,850	48%
1970	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	94,979	59%	Jacob W. Zimmerman	Democratic	64,740	40%
1976	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	125,502	56%	Thomas C. Maloney	Democratic	98,055	44%
1982	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	105,357	55%	David N. Levinson	Democratic	84,413	44%
1988	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	151,115	62%	Shien Biau Woo	Democratic	92,378	38%
1994	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	111,088	56%	Charles M. Oberly	Democratic	84,554	42%
2000	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	181,566	56%	William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	142,891	44%
2006	Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	170,544	70%	Jan C. Ting	Republican	69,732	29%

[edit] Delaware Class 2 Senators

Year	Elected	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1918	L. Heisler Ball	Republican		51%	Willard Saulsbury, Jr.	Democratic		48%
1924	T. Coleman du Pont	Republican	52,731	59%	James M. Tunnell	Democratic	36,085	41%
1930	Daniel O. Hastings	Republican	47,909	54%	Thomas F. Bayard, Jr.	Democratic	39,881	45%
1936	James H. Hughes	Democratic	67,136	53%	Daniel O. Hastings	Republican	52,469	41%
1942	C. Douglass Buck	Republican	46,210	54%	E. Ennalls Berl	Democratic	38,322	45%
1948	J. Allen Frear, Jr.	Democratic	71,888	51%	C. Douglass Buck	Republican	68,246	48%
1954	J. Allen Frear, Jr.	Democratic	82,511	57%	Herbert B. Warburton	Republican	62,389	43%
1960	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	98,874	51%	J. Allen Frear, Jr.	Democratic	96,090	49%
1966	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	97,268	59%	James M. Tunnell, Jr.	Democratic	67,281	41%
1972	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	116,006	51%	J. Caleb Boggs	Republican	112,844	49%
1978	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	93,930	58%	James H. Baxter, Jr.	Republican	66,479	41%
1984	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	147,831	60%	John M. Burris	Republican	98,101	40%
1990	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	112,918	63%	M. Jane Brady	Republican	64,554	36%
1996	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	165,465	60%	Raymond J. Clatworthy	Republican	105,088	38%
2002	Joseph R. Biden, Jr.	Democratic	135,253	58%	Raymond J. Clatworthy	Republican	94,793	41%

[edit] References

Barone, Michael & Richard E. Cohen (2005). The Almanac of American Politics. Washington: National Journal Group. ISBN 0-89234-112-2.

[edit] External links

Delaware’s Members of Congress [1]
Election Statistics [2]
Political Graveyard [3]

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