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A table showing the results of popular elections for
U.S. senators from Delaware , beginning in
1916 when the
Seventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , providing for the popular election of for
U.S. senators went into effect. Before 1914, they were elected by the
Delaware General Assembly .
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1.
United States senators are popularly elected for a six-year term beginning January 3. Before 1935 terms began March 4.
Class 1 senators
Year
Elected
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
Notes
1916
Josiah O. Wolcott
Democratic
25,434
50%
Henry A. du Pont
Republican
22,925
45%
[a]
1922 (Special)
Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
Democratic
36,954
50%
T. Coleman du Pont
Republican
36,894
50%
[b]
[c]
1922
Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
Democratic
37,304
50%
T. Coleman du Pont
Republican
36,979
50%
[d]
1928
John G. Townsend Jr.
Republican
63,725
61%
Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
Democratic
40,828
39%
1934
John G. Townsend Jr.
Republican
52,829
53%
Wilbur L. Adams
Democratic
45,771
46%
[e]
1940
James M. Tunnell
Democratic
68,294
51%
John G. Townsend Jr.
Republican
63,799
47%
[f]
1946
John J. Williams
Republican
62,603
55%
James M. Tunnell
Democratic
50,910
45%
1952
John J. Williams
Republican
93,020
54%
Alexis I. du Pont Bayard
Democratic
77,685
45%
1958
John J. Williams
Republican
82,280
53%
Elbert N. Carvel
Democratic
72,152
47%
1964
John J. Williams
Republican
103,782
52%
Elbert N. Carvel
Democratic
96,850
48%
[g]
1970
William Roth
Republican
94,979
59%
Jacob W. Zimmerman
Democratic
64,740
40%
[h]
1976
William Roth
Republican
125,454
56%
Thomas C. Maloney
Democratic
98,042
44%
[i]
1982
William Roth
Republican
105,357
55%
David N. Levinson
Democratic
84,413
44%
[j]
1988
William Roth
Republican
151,115
62%
Shien Biau Woo
Democratic
92,378
38%
1994
William Roth
Republican
111,074
56%
Charles M. Oberly
Democratic
84,540
42%
[k]
2000
Thomas R. Carper
Democratic
181,566
56%
William Roth
Republican
142,891
44%
[l]
2006
Thomas R. Carper
Democratic
170,567
70%
Jan C. Ting
Republican
69,734
29%
[m]
2012
Thomas R. Carper
Democratic
265,374
66%
Kevin Wade
Republican
115,694
29%
[1]
2018
Thomas R. Carper
Democratic
217,385
60%
Rob Arlett
Republican
137,127
38%
Class 2 senators
Year
Elected
Party
Votes
%
Opponent
Party
Votes
%
Notes
1918
L. Heisler Ball
Republican
21,519
51%
Willard Saulsbury Jr.
Democratic
20,113
48%
[n]
1924
T. Coleman du Pont
Republican
52,731
59%
James M. Tunnell
Democratic
36,085
41%
1930
Daniel O. Hastings
Republican
47,909
54%
Thomas F. Bayard Jr.
Democratic
39,881
45%
[o]
1936
James H. Hughes
Democratic
67,136
53%
Daniel O. Hastings
Republican
52,469
41%
[p]
1942
C. Douglass Buck
Republican
46,210
54%
E. Ennalls Berl
Democratic
38,322
45%
[q]
1948
J. Allen Frear Jr.
Democratic
71,888
51%
C. Douglass Buck
Republican
68,246
48%
[r]
1954
J. Allen Frear Jr.
Democratic
82,511
57%
Herbert B. Warburton
Republican
62,389
43%
1960
J. Caleb Boggs
Republican
98,874
51%
J. Allen Frear Jr.
Democratic
96,090
49%
1966
J. Caleb Boggs
Republican
97,268
59%
James M. Tunnell Jr.
Democratic
67,263
41%
1972
Joe Biden
Democratic
116,006
51%
J. Caleb Boggs
Republican
112,844
49%
[s]
1978
Joe Biden
Democratic
93,930
58%
James H. Baxter Jr.
Republican
66,479
41%
[t]
1984
Joe Biden
Democratic
147,831
60%
John M. Burris
Republican
98,101
40%
1990
Joe Biden
Democratic
112,918
63%
M. Jane Brady
Republican
64,554
36%
[u]
1996
Joe Biden
Democratic
165,465
60%
Raymond J. Clatworthy
Republican
105,088
38%
[v]
2002
Joe Biden
Democratic
135,253
58%
Raymond J. Clatworthy
Republican
94,793
41%
[w]
2008
Joe Biden
Democratic
257,539
65%
Christine O'Donnell
Republican
140,595
35%
[2]
2010 (Special)
Chris Coons
Democratic
174,012
57%
Christine O'Donnell
Republican
123,053
40%
[3]
2014
Chris Coons
Democratic
130,655
56%
Kevin Wade
Republican
98,823
42%
[4]
2020
Chris Coons
Democratic
291,804
59%
Lauren Witzke
Republican
186,054
38%
Notes
^ Additional candidates were
Hiram R. Burton (2,361) and William C. Ferris (490).
^ This was a special election held November 7, 1922 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of
Josiah O. Wolcott .
^ An additional candidate was
Frank Stephens (581).
^ An additional candidate was
Frank Stephens (608).
^ Additional candidates were Fred W. Whiteside (497) and John T. Wlodkoski (69).
^ An additional candidate was William F. Allen (2,786).
^ An additional candidate was Joseph B. Hollon (71).
^ An additional candidate was Donald G. Gies (1,720).
^ Additional candidates were Donald G. Gies (646), Joseph F. McInerney (437), and John A. Massimilla (216).
^ Additional candidates were Lawrence D. Sullivan (653) and Charles A. Baker (537).
^ An additional candidate was John C. Dierickx (3,386).
^ Additional candidates were J. Burke Morrison (1,103), Mark E. Dankof (1,044) and Robert E. Mattson (389).
^ Additional candidates were
William E. Morris (2,671) and
Christine O'Donnell (11,127).
^ An additional candidate was William H. Connor (420).
^ An additional candidate was Nicholas Minutella (135).
^ Additional candidates were
Robert G. Houston (6,897), Charles W. Perry (183), and William V. P. Davidatis (53).
^ An additional candidate was Thomas J. Sard (776).
^ Additional candidates were Hamilton D. Ware (681), Thomas J. Sard (467), and Walter B. Pollard (80).
^ Additional candidates were Henry Majka (803) and Herbet B. Wood (175).
^ An additional candidates was Donald G. Gies (1,663).
^ Additional candidates included Lee Rosenbaum (2,680).
^ Additional candidates were Mark A. Jones (3,340) and Jacqueline Kossoff (1,698).
^ Additional candidates were Maurice J. Barros (996), Raymond Buranello (922), and Robert E. Mattson (350).
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