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2006 United States Senate election in Delaware

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Field	Value
election_name	2006 United States Senate election in Delaware
country	Delaware
type	presidential
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 United States Senate election in Delaware
previous_year	2000
next_election	2012 United States Senate election in Delaware
next_year	2012
election_date	November 7, 2006
image_size	x150px
image1	Thomas Carper.jpg
nominee1	Tom Carper
party1	Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1	170,567
percentage1	67.13%
image2	Jan C Ting.jpg
nominee2	Jan C. Ting
party2	Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2	69,744
percentage2	27.44%
map_image
map_caption	Carper:
title	U.S. Senator
before_election	Tom Carper
before_party	Democratic Party (United States)
after_election	Tom Carper
after_party	Democratic Party (United States)

The 2006 United States Senate election in Delaware was held November 7, 2006. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Tom Carper won re-election to a second term, by a landslide 100,833 votes. This election was the first time since 1893 that a Democratic incumbent was re-elected to this seat.

Republican primary

Candidates

Christine O'Donnell, anti-abortion advocate (ran as a write-in candidate in the general election)
Mike D. Protack, commercial airline pilot
Jan C. Ting, Temple University law professor

Results

General election

Candidates

Tom Carper (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
Jan C. Ting (R), law professor
William E. Morris (L), activist
Christine O'Donnell (write-in), anti-abortion activist

Debates

Complete video of debate, October 20, 2006

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report		November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball		November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report		November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics		November 6, 2006

Polling

Source	Date	Tom
Carper (D)	Jan C.
Ting (R)
Fairleigh Dickinson{{cite web	url = http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/NEWS/609220344/1006/NEWS	title = Independent poll says Carper has huge lead on Ting	access-date = October 29, 2006
Fairleigh Dickinson	October 31, 2006		60%	26%

Results

By county

County	Tom Carper
Democratic	Jan Ting
Republican	All Others	#	%	#	%	#	%	Kent	New Castle	Sussex	Totals
	23,492		61.07		13,191		34.29	1,787	4.64
	115,769		72.49		39,655		24.83	4,279	2.68
	31,306		55.48		16,888		29.93	8,236	14.59
170,567	66.99	69,734	27.39	4,302	5.62

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Kent (largest city: Dover)
Sussex (largest city: Seaford)

References

Specific

{{cite web | access-date=October 28, 2006 | archive-date=October 30, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061030155716/http://www.state.de.us/doe_ncc/Candidates/2006/2006_ge_candidates.shtml | url-status=dead
Topic: Primary results

General

References

(November 16, 2006). "State of Delaware: General Election (Official Results)". Delaware Commissioner of Elections.
"State of Delaware - Department of Elections - State of Delaware".
"2006 Senate Race Ratings for November 6, 2006".
"Election Eve 2006: THE FINAL PREDICTIONS".
"2006 Senate Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report.
"Election 2006". Real Clear Politics.
[http://publicmind.fdu.edu/noting/tab.html Fairleigh Dickinson]
"Election and voting information".

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