The Green Papers: Delaware 2011 Off-Year Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2011. Find 2012 elections here.
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 2)
Governor:1 
2000 Census:785,068 (0.28% of 281,998,273)
2002, 2008 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2010 Census:900,877 (0.29% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
Capital:Dover
 

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Delaware State and Local Government

Delaware 2012 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions:
Democrats, Republicans, Third Parties

           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 112th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Democratic Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
First elected: 2000; re-elected 2006
[also served in U.S. House- elected: 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990;
elected Governor: 1992; re-elected: 1996]
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Candidate Democratic     Senator Thomas R. "Tom" Carper
FEC S8DE00079; 30 Sep 11; Tot $1,445,841; Dsb $460,110
  Candidate Republican     Kevin L. Wade

Class 2 Democratic Senator Christopher A. "Chris" Coons
First elected in a special election: 2010 (to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Senator Joe Biden [Democrat] in January 2009 in order to accede to the Vice-Presidency of the United States; he replaces Senator Edward E. "Ted" Kaufman [Democrat] who had been appointed by the Governor of DELAWARE to temporarily fill the vacancy.)
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Term Limit: No one can serve more than 2 4-year terms in a lifetime, All Governors

  Democratic Governor Jack A. Markell
First elected: 2008
Chair up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
The current Governor is unaffected by the State's term limit.

Lieutenant Governor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012. Elected separately from Governor

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Matthew P. "Matt" Denn
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

112th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2010, 2012. No Term Limit. 112th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 112th Congress / 2000 apportionment - map
At-Large Democratic Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr.
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
 Candidate list - 113th Congress / 2010 apportionment
  Candidate Democratic     Congressman John Charles Carney, Jr.
FEC H0DE01017; 30 Sep 11; Tot $443,614; Dsb $85,683
  Candidate Republican     Rose Izzo
FEC H0DE01025; 30 Sep 11; Tot $6,787; Dsb $7
  Candidate Republican     New Castle County Councilman Thomas H. "Tom" Kovach
FEC H2DE00130
  Candidate Libertarian     Brent Wangen

Attorney General  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic Attorney General Joseph R. "Beau" Biden, III
First elected: 2006; re-elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Treasurer  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Democratic Treasurer Chipman "Chip" Flowers, Jr.
First elected: 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Auditor  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2010, 2014

  Republican Auditor R. Thomas "Tom" Wagner, Jr.
Appointed: 1989 (by Governor Michael N. Castle); first elected: 1990; re-elected: 1994, 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010
Seat up for election: Tuesday 4 November 2014

Commissioner of Insurance  4 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2012

  Democratic Commissioner of Insurance Karen Weldin Stewart
First elected: 2008
Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012
  Candidate Democratic     Mitch Crane
  Candidate Democratic     Vincent White
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties
  Democratic (affiliates): 8 incumbents, 4 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 3 candidates
Major Third Parties
  Libertarian: 1 candidate
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


 


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