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Personal U.S. Senator from Delaware 47th Vice President of the United States Vice presidential campaigns 46th President of the United States Tenure   | ||
The2002 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. SenatorJoe 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 lostKent 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.
| Source | Ranking | As of |
|---|---|---|
| Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 135,253 | 58.22% | −1.82% | |
| Republican | Raymond J. Clatworthy | 94,793 | 40.80% | +2.67% | |
| Independent Party | 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 | ||||
| Democratichold | Swing | ||||
| County[6] | 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 |
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