2002 United States Senate election in Delaware

none March 2026 September 2023 2002 United States Senate election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1996 United States Senate election in Delaware 1996 2008 United States Senate election in Delaware 2008 November 5, 2002 150x150px File:Joe Biden, official photo portrait 2-cropped.jpg Joe Biden Democratic Party (United States) 135,253 58.22% 3x4.svg Raymond Clatworthy Republican Party (United States) 94,793 40.80% 110px County results 110px State House district results Biden: #7996e2 50–60% #6674de 60–70% #584cde 70–80% #3933e5 80–90%Clatworthy: #E27F7F 50–60% U.S. Senator Joe Biden Democratic Party (United States) Joe Biden Democratic Party (United States) U.S. senator from Delaware The 2002 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 5, 2002. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Joe 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 lost Kent 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. General Election Candidates Joe Biden (D), incumbent Delaware senator running for a sixth consecutive term Raymond Clatworthy (R), businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996https://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 GOP says Biden-Clatworthy race is potential sleeper 2017-07-07 2012-11-02 https://web.archive.org/web/20121102204910/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/148193571.html?dids=148193571:148193571&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+13,+2002&author=CARL+WEISER&pub=USA+TODAY&desc=GOP+says+Biden-Clatworthy+race+is+potential+sleeper&pqatl=google dead Maurice Barros (IPoD), former department store manager.The Voter's Self Defense System http://votesmart.org/ 2021-08-26 Vote Smart Raymond T. Buranello (L)2002 Senatorial General Election Results - Delaware https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=2002&fips=10&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=2 live August 26, 2021 David Leip's Election Atlas https://web.archive.org/web/20130527052233/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=10&year=2002&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=2 2013-05-27 Robert E. Mattson (NLP) Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSabato's Crystal Ballhttp://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20021118115505/http://www.centerforpolitics.org/crystalball/senate_all.htm November 18, 2002 Senate Races www.centerforpolitics.org en-US November 4, 2002 June 25, 2021 dead mdy-all Safe DNovember 4, 2002 Results General election resultshttp://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Clerk.house.gov 2021-05-09 Democratic Party (United States) Joe Biden (incumbent) 135,253 58.22% -1.82% Republican Party (United States) Raymond J. Clatworthy 94,793 40.80% +2.67% Independent Party of Delaware Maurice Barros 996 0.43% Libertarian Party (United States) Raymond T. Buranello 922 0.40% -0.82% Natural Law Party (United States) Robert E. Mattson 350 0.15% -0.47% 40,460 17.42% -4.49% 232,314 Democratic Party (United States) County results CountyOur Campaigns - DE US Senate Race - Nov 05, 2002 https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=25 2021-09-10 www.ourcampaigns.comJoseph Robinette Biden Jr. DemocraticRaymond J. Clatworthy RepublicanMaurice Barros Delaware IndependentRaymond T. Buranello LibertarianRobert E. Mattson Natural LawTotal votes cast # % # % # % # % # %Kent 16,786 48.82% 17,310 50.35% 158 0.46% 99 0.29% 27 0.08% 34,380New Castle 91,554 63.02% 52,129 35.88% 711 0.49% 621 0.43% 265 0.18% 145,280Sussex 26,830 51.11% 25,277 48.15% 215 0.41% 112 0.21% 58 0.11% 52,492Total135,25358.22%94,79340.80%9960.43%9220.40%3500.15%232,152 Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Kent (largest city: Dover) See also 2002 United States Senate election References External links Official campaign websites (archived) Joe Biden (D) for Senate Ray Clatworthy (R) for Senate 2002 Delaware Category:2002 Delaware elections 2002 election