United States Senate election in Delaware, 2006

The 2006 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Thomas R. Carper won re-election to a second term.^[1] Carper's term will end on January 3, 2013.

Republican primary

Candidates

• Christine O'Donnell, pro-life advocate (ran as a write-in candidate in general election)
• Mike Protack, commercial airline pilot
• Jan C. Ting, Temple University Law Professor

Results

General election

Candidates

• Thomas R. Carper (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Jan C. Ting (R), Law Professor
• Bill Morris (L), activist

Polling

Results

References

• "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. http://www.state.de.us/doe_ncc/Candidates/2006/2006_ge_candidates.shtml. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• Matthew Jonas (13 September 2006). "Ting, Spivack pass first test". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060913/NEWS/609130376. Retrieved 2006-10-29.  Topic: Primary results

1. ^ "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections. 2006-11-16. http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_general/html/elect06_general_office.shtml. Retrieved 2010-03-09. 
2. ^ http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect06/elect06_primary/elect06_primary_office.shtml
3. ^ Chris Barrish (2006-09-22). "Independent poll says Carper has huge lead on Ting". Delaware News Journal. http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS/609220344/1006/NEWS. Retrieved 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.
4. ^ http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2006/2006senate.pdf

External links

Political position

• Roxann Moore (2006-10-25). "Candidates for U.S. Senate share their objectives, thoughts". DelmarvaNow!. Archived from the original on 2006-11-21. http://web.archive.org/web/20061121094412/http://www.delmarvanow.com/bethanybeach/stories/20061025/2341786.html. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• Joe Rogalsky (2006-10-21). "Senate hopefuls stake out stances: Carper seeks record 12th win against newcomer Ting". NewsZap.com. http://www.newszap.com/articles/2006/10/21/dm/central_delaware/dsn05.txt. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• William E. Morris (2006-09-28). "Our Readers' Views: U.S. must address the cost of baby boomer benefits". Letters to the Editor (Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online)). http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060928/OPINION10/609280323/1004. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• "Candidates for U.S. Senate". Local News. Dover Post. 2006-10-25. Archived from the original on 2006-10-25. http://web.archive.org/web/20061025010030/http://www.doverpost.com/pages/newssenate.html. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• Cris Barrish. "Three Republicans vie for chance to wage uphill battle against Carper". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060903/NEWS/60903009/1006&theme=ELECTION06. Retrieved 2006-09-03. 

• "Carper's campaign website". http://www.carperforsenate.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006. 
• "Ting's campaign website". http://voteting.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006. 
• "Protack's campaign website". http://www.mikeprotackforsenate.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006. 
• "O'Donnell's campaign website". http://www.christineodonnell.com/. Retrieved September 3, 2006.