2006 United States Senate election in Delaware

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.^[1] This election was the first time since 1893 that a Democratic incumbent was re-elected to this seat.

2006 United States Senate election in Delaware

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Nominee Tom Carper Jan C. Ting Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 170,567 69,744 Percentage 67.13% 27.44%

County results House district results Carper:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%

U.S. senator before election Tom Carper Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Tom Carper Democratic

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

Republican primary results^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jan C. 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

• 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[3]	Solid D	November 6, 2006
Sabato's Crystal Ball[4]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Rothenberg Political Report[5]	Safe D	November 6, 2006
Real Clear Politics[6]	Safe D	November 6, 2006

Polling

Source	Date	Tom Carper (D)	Jan C. Ting (R)
Fairleigh Dickinson[7]	September 22, 2006	63%	23%
Fairleigh Dickinson[8]	October 31, 2006	60%	26%

Results

General election results^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Tom Carper (incumbent)	170,567	67.13%	+11.60%
	Republican	Jan C. 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

By county

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

See also

• 2006 United States Senate elections