United States Senate election in Delaware, 2006

United States Senate election in Delaware, 2006

November 7, 2006
Nominee Tom Carper Jan Ting Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 170,567 69,744 Percentage 67.1% 27.4%
County results
U.S. Senator before election Thomas Carper Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Thomas Carper Democratic

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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]

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
• Christine O'Donnell (Write-in), pro-life advocate

Polling

Results

References

• The News Journal (September 2, 2006). "The Complete list of Candidates". p. 85. 
• "2006 General Election Candidates". Department of Elections for New Castle County, State of Delaware. 2006-10-18. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• Matthew Jonas (13 September 2006). "Ting, Spivack pass first test". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2006-10-29.  Topic: Primary results

1. ↑ "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections. 2006-11-16. 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. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. 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. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• Joe Rogalsky (2006-10-21). "Senate hopefuls stake out stances: Carper seeks record 12th win against newcomer Ting". NewsZap.com. 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). Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• "Candidates for U.S. Senate". Local News. Dover Post. 2006-10-25. Archived from the original on 2006-10-25. Retrieved 2006-10-28. 
• Cris Barrish. "Three Republicans vie for chance to wage uphill battle against Carper". Delaware News Journal (Delaware Online). Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved 2006-09-03. 
• "Carper's campaign website". Retrieved September 3, 2006. 
• "Ting's campaign website". Retrieved September 3, 2006. 
• "Protack's campaign website". Archived from the original on 2006-07-15. Retrieved September 3, 2006. 
• "O'Donnell's campaign website". Retrieved September 3, 2006.