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2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
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Field
Value
election_name
2008 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
country
Delaware
type
presidential
ongoing
no
previous_election
2006 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
previous_year
2006
next_election
2010 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
next_year
2010
election_date
November 4, 2008
image1
File:Castlemn.jpg
image_size
150x150px
nominee1
**Mike Castle**
party1
Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote1
**235,437**
percentage1
**61.08%**
image2
3x4.svg
nominee2
Karen Hartley-Nagle
party2
Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote2
146,434
percentage2
37.99%
map_image
map_caption
**Castle**:
**Hartley-Nagle**:
title
U.S. Representative
before_election
Mike Castle
before_party
Republican Party (United States)
after_election
Mike Castle
after_party
Republican Party (United States)
Hartley-Nagle:
The 2008 United States House election in Delaware was held on November 4, 2008, to determine who will represent the state of Delaware in the United States House of Representatives for the 111th Congress, coinciding with the presidential election. The primary election was held on September 9, 2008.
Delaware has a single at-large representative in the House of Representatives. Republican incumbent Mike Castle was reelected for an eighth term. As of , this is the last time where a Republican won a congressional race in Delaware, and the last statewide race where the Republican won New Castle County. It was an impressive display of ticket-splitting by Delaware voters, as Castle, a Republican, obtained over 60% of the vote, while the Democratic candidates in the concurrent presidential, Senate, and gubernatorial elections all received over 60% of the vote as well.
Background
Map of Delaware's at-large congressional district
The state of Delaware is completely contained in a single at-large district. The district had a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+7 in 2008. Since 1993, the district had been represented by Republican Mike Castle.
Primary election
Primary elections in Delaware are closed primaries; that is, only voters who have declared a party affiliation may vote in that party's primary. Three Democrats were on the primary ballot: children's rights advocate and 2006 independent candidate Karen Hartley-Nagle, veterinarian and Vietnam War veteran Jerry Northington, and Michael Miller. Hartley-Nagle was nominated with 55.4 percent of the vote, with turnout at 28 percent. Castle did not face any Republican primary challengers.
General election
In the general election, Republican incumbent Mike Castle was challenged by Democratic nominee Karen Hartley-Nagle and Libertarian Party candidate Mark Anthony Parks. CQ Politics forecasted the race in Delaware's at-large congressional district as 'Safe Republican'. Castle enjoyed a lead throughout the campaign, and ultimately won the election with slightly over 61 percent of the votes cast. Statewide turnout for the election was at 68 percent.
Predictions
Source
Ranking
As of
The Cook Political Report
November 6, 2008
Rothenberg
November 2, 2008
Sabato's Crystal Ball
November 6, 2008
Real Clear Politics
November 7, 2008
CQ Politics
November 6, 2008
Results
County
Mike Castle
Republican
Karen Hartley-Nagle
Democratic
All Others
#
%
#
%
#
%
New Castle
Kent
Sussex
Totals
**135,354**
**57.0%**
99,714
42.0%
2,331
1.0%
**40,303**
**64.0%**
22,180
35.2%
467
0.7%
**59,780**
**70.2%**
24,540
28.8%
788
0.9%
**235,437**
**61.1%**
146,434
38.0%
3,586
0.9%
References
References
[http://elections.delaware.gov/events.shtml Calendar of Election Events] {{Webarchive. link. (2008-08-06 ''State of Delaware'')
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