A table showing the results of popular elections forU.S. senators from Delaware , beginning in1916 when theSeventeenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution , providing for the popular election of forU.S. senators , went into effect. Before 1914, they were elected by theDelaware General Assembly .
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1.United States senators are popularly elected for a six-year term beginning January 3. Before 1935, terms began March 4.
List of recent elections [ edit ] Asterisk * shows incumbent senators
Year Elected Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Notes 1916 Josiah O. Wolcott Democratic 25,434 50% Henry A. du Pont *Republican 22,925 45% [ a] 1922 (special) Thomas F. Bayard Jr. Democratic 36,954 50% T. Coleman du Pont *Republican 36,894 50% [ b] [ c] 1922 Thomas F. Bayard Jr. Democratic 37,304 50% T. Coleman du Pont *Republican 36,979 49% [ d] 1928 John G. Townsend Jr. Republican 63,725 61% Thomas F. Bayard Jr. *Democratic 40,828 39% 1934 John G. Townsend Jr. *Republican 52,829 53% Wilbur L. Adams Democratic 45,771 46% [ e] 1940 James M. Tunnell Democratic 68,294 51% John G. Townsend Jr. *Republican 63,799 47% [ f] 1946 John J. Williams Republican 62,603 55% James M. Tunnell *Democratic 50,910 45% 1952 John J. Williams *Republican 93,020 54% Alexis I. du Pont Bayard Democratic 77,685 46% 1958 John J. Williams *Republican 82,280 53% Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 72,152 47% 1964 John J. Williams *Republican 103,782 52% Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 96,850 48% [ g] 1970 William Roth Republican 94,979 59% Jacob W. Zimmerman Democratic 64,740 40% [ h] 1976 William Roth *Republican 125,454 56% Thomas C. Maloney Democratic 98,042 44% [ i] 1982 William Roth *Republican 105,357 55% David N. Levinson Democratic 84,413 44% [ j] 1988 William Roth *Republican 151,115 62% Shien Biau Woo Democratic 92,378 38% 1994 William Roth *Republican 111,074 56% Charles M. Oberly Democratic 84,540 42% [ k] 2000 Tom Carper Democratic 181,566 56% William Roth *Republican 142,891 44% [ l] 2006 Tom Carper *Democratic 170,567 67% Jan C. Ting Republican 69,734 27% [ m] 2012 Tom Carper *Democratic 265,374 66% Kevin Wade Republican 115,694 29% [ 1] 2018 Tom Carper *Democratic 217,385 60% Rob Arlett Republican 137,127 38% 2024 Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic 283,298 57% Eric Hansen Republican 197,753 39%
Year Elected Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes % Notes 1918 L. Heisler Ball Republican 21,519 51% Willard Saulsbury Jr. Democratic 20,113 48% [ n] 1924 T. Coleman du Pont Republican 52,731 59% James M. Tunnell Democratic 36,085 41% 1930 Daniel O. Hastings *Republican 47,909 54% Thomas F. Bayard Jr. Democratic 39,881 45% [ o] 1936 James H. Hughes Democratic 67,136 53% Daniel O. Hastings *Republican 52,469 41% [ p] 1942 C. Douglass Buck Republican 46,210 54% E. Ennalls Berl Democratic 38,322 45% [ q] 1948 J. Allen Frear Jr. Democratic 71,888 51% C. Douglass Buck *Republican 68,246 48% [ r] 1954 J. Allen Frear Jr. *Democratic 82,511 57% Herbert B. Warburton Republican 62,389 43% 1960 J. Caleb Boggs Republican 98,874 51% J. Allen Frear Jr. *Democratic 96,090 49% 1966 J. Caleb Boggs *Republican 97,268 59% James M. Tunnell Jr. Democratic 67,263 41% 1972 Joe Biden Democratic 116,006 50% J. Caleb Boggs *Republican 112,844 49% [ s] 1978 Joe Biden *Democratic 93,930 58% James H. Baxter Jr. Republican 66,479 41% [ t] 1984 Joe Biden *Democratic 147,831 60% John M. Burris Republican 98,101 40% 1990 Joe Biden *Democratic 112,918 63% M. Jane Brady Republican 64,554 36% [ u] 1996 Joe Biden *Democratic 165,465 60% Raymond J. Clatworthy Republican 105,088 38% [ v] 2002 Joe Biden *Democratic 135,253 58% Raymond J. Clatworthy Republican 94,793 41% [ w] 2008 Joe Biden *Democratic 257,539 65% Christine O'Donnell Republican 140,595 35% [ 2] 2010 (special) Chris Coons Democratic 174,012 57% Christine O'Donnell Republican 123,053 40% [ 3] 2014 Chris Coons *Democratic 130,655 56% Kevin Wade Republican 98,823 42% [ 4] 2020 Chris Coons *Democratic 291,804 59% Lauren Witzke Republican 186,054 38%
^ Additional candidates wereHiram R. Burton (2,361) and William C. Ferris (490). ^ This was aspecial election held November 7, 1922, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation ofJosiah O. Wolcott . ^ An additional candidate wasFrank Stephens (581). ^ An additional candidate wasFrank Stephens (608). ^ Additional candidates were Fred W. Whiteside (497) and John T. Wlodkoski (69). ^ An additional candidate was William F. Allen (2,786). ^ An additional candidate was Joseph B. Hollon (71). ^ An additional candidate was Donald G. Gies (1,720). ^ Additional candidates were Donald G. Gies (646), Joseph F. McInerney (437), and John A. Massimilla (216). ^ Additional candidates were Lawrence D. Sullivan (653) and Charles A. Baker (537). ^ An additional candidate was John C. Dierickx (3,386). ^ Additional candidates were J. Burke Morrison (1,103), Mark E. Dankof (1,044), and Robert E. Mattson (389). ^ Additional candidates wereWilliam E. Morris (2,671) andChristine O'Donnell (11,127). ^ An additional candidate was William H. Connor (420). ^ An additional candidate was Nicholas Minutella (135). ^ Additional candidates wereRobert G. Houston (6,897), Charles W. Perry (183), and William V. P. Davidatis (53). ^ An additional candidate was Thomas J. Sard (776). ^ Additional candidates were Hamilton D. Ware (681), Thomas J. Sard (467), and Walter B. Pollard (80). ^ Additional candidates were Henry Majka (803) and Herbet B. Wood (175). ^ An additional candidates was Donald G. Gies (1,663). ^ Additional candidates included Lee Rosenbaum (2,680). ^ Additional candidates were Mark A. Jones (3,340) and Jacqueline Kossoff (1,698). ^ Additional candidates were Maurice J. Barros (996), Raymond Buranello (922), and Robert E. Mattson (350).
