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Delaware, U.S. Senate

Voters in Delaware elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 6, 2018.

The election filled the Class 1 Senate seat held by Tom Carper (D). He was first elected in 2000.


Campaign finance

The chart below contains data from financial reports submitted to the Federal Election Commission.

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Tom Carper Democratic Party $3,236,955 $3,121,074 $360,642 As of December 31, 2018
Robert Arlett Republican Party $225,814 $223,795 $2,020 As of December 31, 2018
Demitri Theodoropoulos Green Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available
Nadine Frost Libertarian Party $0 $0 $0 Data not available

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2018.

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.


Election history

2014

U.S. Senate, Delaware General Election, 2014

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngChris Coons Incumbent 55.8% 130,655
Republican Kevin Wade 42.2% 98,823
Green Andrew Groff 1.9% 4,560
Total Votes 234,038
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics"

2012

U.S. Senate, Delaware General Election, 2012

Party Candidate Vote % Votes
Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Carper Incumbent 66.4% 265,415
Republican Kevin Wade 29% 115,700
Green Alexander Pires 3.8% 15,300
Independent Andrew Richard Groff 0.8% 3,191
Total Votes 399,606
Source: U.S. House Clerk "2012 Election Statistics"

Demographics

Demographic data for Delaware

DelawareU.S.
Total population:944,076316,515,021
Land area (sq mi):1,9493,531,905
Gender
Female:51.6%50.8%
Race and ethnicity**
White:69.4%73.6%
Black/African American:21.6%12.6%
Asian:3.6%5.1%
Native American:0.3%0.8%
Pacific Islander:0%0.2%
Two or more:2.7%3%
Hispanic/Latino:8.7%17.1%
Education
High school graduation rate:88.4%86.7%
College graduation rate:30%29.8%
Income
Median household income:$60,509$53,889
Persons below poverty level:13.9%11.3%
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015)
for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Delaware.

As of July 2016, Delaware's three largest cities were Wilmington (pop. est. 71,106), Dover (pop. est. 37,538), and Newark (pop. est. 33,858).