2002 United States Senate election in Delaware (Redirected from United States Senate election in Delaware, 2002)
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The 2002 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Biden won re-election to a sixth term, defeating Raymond Clatworthy in a rematch. This is the last Senate election that Biden decreased his percentage of the votes since the previous election and the only time Biden lost Kent County in his seven elections to the Senate.
With this election, Biden became the first senator in Delaware to win six terms and became the state's longest-serving senator.
General Election
Candidates
- Joe Biden (D), incumbent Delaware senator running for a sixth consecutive term
- Raymond Clatworthy (R), businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996
- Maurice Barros (IPoD), former department store manager.
- Raymond T. Buranello (L)
- Robert E. Mattson (NLP)
Predictions
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
Results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 135,253 | 58.22% | -1.82% | |
Republican | Raymond J. Clatworthy | 94,793 | 40.80% | +2.67% | |
Independent | Maurice Barros | 996 | 0.43% | ||
Libertarian | Raymond T. Buranello | 922 | 0.40% | -0.82% | |
Natural Law | Robert E. Mattson | 350 | 0.15% | -0.47% | |
Majority | 40,460 | 17.42% | -4.49% | ||
Turnout | 232,314 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
County results
County | Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr.
Democratic |
Raymond J. Clatworthy
Republican |
Maurice Barros
Delaware Independent |
Raymond T. Buranello
Libertarian |
Robert E. Mattson
Natural Law |
Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Kent | 16,786 | 48.82% | 17,310 | 50.35% | 158 | 0.46% | 99 | 0.29% | 27 | 0.08% | 34,380 |
New Castle | 91,554 | 63.02% | 52,129 | 35.88% | 711 | 0.49% | 621 | 0.43% | 265 | 0.18% | 145,280 |
Sussex | 26,830 | 51.11% | 25,277 | 48.15% | 215 | 0.41% | 112 | 0.21% | 58 | 0.11% | 52,492 |
Total | 135,253 | 58.22% | 94,793 | 40.80% | 996 | 0.43% | 922 | 0.40% | 350 | 0.15% | 232,152 |