Delaware United States Senate election, 2006

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The Delaware U.S. Senate election for 2006 was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent U.S. Senator Thomas R. Carper was completing his first term, and won re-election over Republican primary winner, Jan C. Ting with 70% of the vote. Carper's term will end on January 3, 2013.

Contents 1 Candidates 1.1 Democratic Party 1.2 Republican Party 1.2.1 Lost Primary 1.3 Libertarian Party 2 Election results 2.1 Primary 2.2 General 3 General election polling 4 References 4.1 Information on political position 4.2 Notes 5 External links

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Democratic Party

• Thomas R. Carper, incumbent U.S. Senator

[edit] Republican Party

• Jan C. Ting, Temple Law Professor

[edit] Lost Primary

• Christine O'Donnell, pro-life advocate (ran as a write-in candidate).
• Mike Protack, commercial airline pilot

[edit] Libertarian Party

• William E. Morris

[edit] Election results

[edit] Primary

Year

Office

Election

Winner

Party

Votes

%

Opponent

Party

Votes

%

2006

U.S. Senate

Primary

Jan C. Ting

Republican

6,110

43%

Michael D. Protack Christine O'Donnell

Republican

5,771 2,505

40% 17%

2006

U.S. Senate

General

Thomas R. Carper

Democratic

170,544

70%

Jan C. Ting

Republican

69,732

29%

[edit] General

2006 United States Senate election, Delaware
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Thomas Carper (incumbent)	170,567	70.2	+14.7
	Republican	Jan Ting	69,734	28.7	-15.0
	Libertarian	William E. Morris	2,671	1.1	+0.8
Majority			100,833	41.5
Turnout			242,972
	Democratic hold		Swing	+14.5

[edit] General election polling

Source	Date	Carper (D)	Ting (R)
Fairleigh Dickinson	October 31, 2006	60%	26%
Fairleigh Dickinson[1]	September 22, 2006	63%	23%

[edit] References

• The News Journal. "The Complete list of Candidates", September 2, 2006, p. 85.
• 2006 General Election Candidates. Department of Elections for New Castle County, State of Delaware (2006-10-18). Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
• Matthew Jonas. "Ting, Spivack pass first test", Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online), 13 September 2006. Retrieved on 2006-10-29. Topic: Primary results

[edit] Information on political position

• Roxann Moore. "Candidates for U.S. Senate share their objectives, thoughts", DelmarvaNow!, 2006-10-25. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
• Joe Rogalsky. "Senate hopefuls stake out stances: Carper seeks record 12th win against newcomer Ting", NewsZap.com, 2006-10-21. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
• William E. Morris. "Our Readers' Views: U.S. must address the cost of baby boomer benefits", Letters to the Editor, Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online), 2006-09-28. Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
• Candidates for U.S. Senate. Local News. Dover Post (2006-10-25). Retrieved on 2006-10-28.
• Chris Barrish. "Three Republicans vie for chance to wage uphill battle against Carper", Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). Retrieved on 2006-09-03.

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Chris Barrish (2006-09-22). Independent poll says Carper has huge lead on Ting. Delaware News Journal. Retrieved on 2006-10-29. Quote: "the first nonpartisan opinion poll in Delaware this year". The poll was conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University's PublicMind research center.

[edit] External links

• Carper's campaign website. Retrieved on September 3, 2006, .
• Ting's campaign website. Retrieved on September 3, 2006, .
• Protack's campaign website. Retrieved on September 3, 2006, .
• O'Donnell's campaign website. Retrieved on September 3, 2006, .

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