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

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

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jan Ting	6,110	42.47
	Republican	Michael D. Protack	5,771	40.12
	Republican	Christine O'Donnell	2,505	17.41
Total votes			14,386	100.00

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

Source	Date	Carper (D)	Ting (R)
Fairleigh Dickinson	October 31, 2006	60%	26%
Fairleigh Dickinson[3]	September 22, 2006	63%	23%

Results

General election results^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Thomas Carper (inc.)	170,567	67.13%	+11.60%
	Republican	Jan Ting	69,734	27.44%	-16.26%
	Write-in	Christine O'Donnell	11,127	4.38%
	Libertarian	William E. Morris	2,671	1.05%	+0.71%
Majority			100,833	39.68%	+27.85%
Turnout			254,099
	Democratic hold		Swing

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. Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
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". Retrieved September 3, 2006.
• "O'Donnell's campaign website". Retrieved September 3, 2006.