United States Senate election in Delaware, 1996

United States Senate election in Delaware, 1996

November 5, 1996

Nominee Joe Biden Raymond Clatworthy Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 165,465 105,088 Percentage 60.0% 38.1%

County results

U.S. Senator before election Joe Biden Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Joe Biden Democratic

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.

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	3.16
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 (inc.)	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

References

1. http://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. http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf
3. http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm

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