1996 United States Senate election in Delaware

The 1996 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 5, 1996. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe Biden won re-election to a fifth term.

1996 United States Senate election in Delaware
November 5, 1996
 
Nominee Joe Biden Raymond Clatworthy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 165,465 105,088
Percentage 60.0% 38.1%
County results
Biden:      50–60%      60–70%
U.S. senator before election

Joe Biden
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Biden
Democratic

Elections in Delaware

Republican primary

Candidates
  • Raymond Clatworthy, businessman[1]
  • Vance Phillips, farmer
  • Wilfred Plomis

Results
Republican primary results[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Raymond J. Clatworthy 18,638 82.24%
Republican Vance Phillips 3,307 14.59%
Republican Wilfred Plomis 717 3.17%
Total votes 22,662 100.00%

General election

Candidates
  • Joe Biden (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
  • Raymond Clatworthy (R), businessman

Results
General election results[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Democratic Joe Biden (incumbent) 165,465 60.04% -2.64%
Republican Raymond J. Clatworthy 105,088 38.13% +2.30%
Libertarian Mark Jones 3,340 1.21% -0.28%
Natural Law Jacqueline Kossoff 1,698 0.62%
Majority 60,377 21.91% -4.94%
Turnout 275,591
Democratic hold Swing
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gollark: If you want to kill some group you dislike, there are probably more efficient ways.
gollark: Surely if you controlled the FDA you could find something better to do with it?
gollark: Like someone said in the comments, they can just run it all the way to the heat death of the universe instantly and fix that.
gollark: I don't see why you would want that. One infinitely powerful hypercomputer can do the same as whatever amount of infinitely powerful hypercomputers in zero time.

See also

References
  1. https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/148193571.html?dids=148193571:148193571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+13%2C+2002&author=CARL+WEISER&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=GOP+says+Biden-Clatworthy+race+is+potential+sleeper&pqatl=google
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm
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