2006 Delaware Senate election

Not to be confused with 2006 United States Senate election in Delaware.

The 2006 Delaware Senate election was held on November 7, 2006, to elect 11 of the 21 members to Delaware's Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices, including for U.S. Senate, U.S. House of Representatives, and state house. The primary election was held on September 12, 2006.^[1]

2006 Delaware Senate election

← 2004 November 7, 2006 (2006-11-07) 2008 →
11 of the 21 seats in the Delaware Senate 11 seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party   Leader Thurman Adams Jr. John Still III Party Democratic Republican Leader since January 2003 January 2003 Leader's seat 19th - Bridgeville 17th - Dover Last election 13 8 Seats before 13 8 Seats won 9 2 Seats after 13 8 Seat change Popular vote 82,908 32,614 Percentage 69.52% 27.35%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      No election
President pro tempore before election Thurman Adams Jr. Democratic Elected President pro tempore Thurman Adams Jr. Democratic

Results summary

District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
1	Harris McDowell III		Dem	Harris McDowell III		Dem
5	Catherine Cloutier		Rep	Catherine Cloutier		Rep
7	Patti Blevins		Dem	Patti Blevins		Dem
8	David Sokola		Dem	David Sokola		Dem
9	Karen Peterson		Dem	Karen Peterson		Dem
12	Dorinda Connor		Rep	Dorinda Connor		Rep
13	David McBride		Dem	David McBride		Dem
14	James Vaughn		Dem	James Vaughn		Dem
15	Nancy W. Cook		Dem	Nancy W. Cook		Dem
19	Thurman Adams Jr.		Dem	Thurman Adams Jr.		Dem
20	George Bunting		Dem	George Bunting		Dem

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	10	82,908	69.52%	13		61.90%
	Republican	6	32,614	27.35%	8		38.10%
	Independent	3	3,733	3.13%	0		0.00%
Total		19	119,255	100%	21		100%

Popular vote Democratic   69.52% Republican   27.35% Independent   3.13%

Senate seats Democratic   61.90% Republican   38.10%

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
Rothenberg[2]	Safe D	November 4, 2006

Detailed results

Results of the 2006 Delaware Senate election by district:^[3][4]

District 1

Incumbent Democrat Harris McDowell III has represented the 1st district since 1977. Democratic primary

Delaware Senate 1st district Democratic primary election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harris McDowell III (incumbent)	1,477	49.50%
	Democratic	Charles Potter Jr.	944	31.64%
	Democratic	Thornton Carroll	330	11.06%
	Democratic	Lester Hendrix	233	7.81%
Total votes			2,984	100%

Republican primary

Delaware Senate 1st district Republican primary election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Gregory Chambers	467	68.08%
	Republican	Tyler Patrick Nixon	219	31.92%
Total votes			686	100%

General election

Delaware Senate 1st district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Harris McDowell III (incumbent)	8,300	64.59%
	Republican	Gregory Chambers	3,752	29.20%
	Independent Party	Tyler Patrick Nixon	799	6.22%
Total votes			12,851	100%
	Democratic hold

District 5

Incumbent Republican Catherine Cloutier has represented the 5th district since 2001.

Delaware Senate 5th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Catherine Cloutier (incumbent)	6,945	52.60%
	Democratic	Patricia Morrison	6,259	47.40%
Total votes			13,204	100%
	Republican hold

District 7

Incumbent Democrat Patti Blevins has represented the 7th district since 1991.

Delaware Senate 7th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Patti Blevins (incumbent)	8,835	72.29%
	Republican	Everson Bullen Jr.	3,386	27.71%
Total votes			12,221	100%
	Democratic hold

District 8

Incumbent Democrat David Sokola has represented the 8th district since 1991.

Delaware Senate 8th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David Sokola (incumbent)	7,678	57.79%
	Republican	Michael Ramone	5,608	42.21%
Total votes			13,286	100%
	Democratic hold

District 9

Incumbent Democrat Karen Peterson has represented the 9th district since 2003.

Delaware Senate 9th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Karen Peterson (incumbent)	8,352	100%
Total votes			8,352	100%
	Democratic hold

District 12

Incumbent Republican Dorinda Connor has represented the 12th district since 1997.

Delaware Senate 12th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dorinda Connor (incumbent)	8,040	100%
Total votes			8,040	100%
	Republican hold

District 13

Incumbent Democrat David McBride has represented the 13th district since 1979.

Delaware Senate 13th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	David McBride (incumbent)	7,152	100%
Total votes			7,152	100%
	Democratic hold

District 14

Incumbent Democrat James Vaughn has represented the 14th district since 1980. Republican primary

Delaware Senate 14th district Republican primary election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	John Feroce	362	52.16%
	Republican	Barbara Allsopp	332	47.84%
Total votes			694	100%

General election

Delaware Senate 14th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	James Vaughn (incumbent)	8,388	59.12%
	Republican	John Feroce	4,883	34.41%
	Independent Party	Barbara Allsopp	918	6.47%
Total votes			14,189	100%
	Democratic hold

District 15

Incumbent Democrat Nancy Cook has represented the 15th district since 1975.

Delaware Senate 15th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Nancy Cook (incumbent)	8,706	100%
Total votes			8,706	100%
	Democratic hold

District 19

Incumbent Democrat and President pro tempore Thurman Adams Jr. has represented the 19th district since 1973.

Delaware Senate 19th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Thurman Adams Jr. (incumbent)	7,278	78.31%
	Independent Party	Matthew Opaliski	2,016	21.69%
Total votes			9,294	100%
	Democratic hold

District 20

Incumbent Democrat George Bunting has represented the 20th district since 1997.

Delaware Senate 20th district general election, 2006

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	George Bunting (incumbent)	11,960	100%
Total votes			11,960	100%
	Democratic hold