1996 United States Senate election in Delaware

none March 2026 September 2023 1996 United States Senate election in Delaware Delaware presidential no 1990 United States Senate election in Delaware 1990 2002 United States Senate election in Delaware 2002 November 5, 1996 File:Joebiden2 (cropped).png 150x150px Joe Biden Democratic Party (United States) 165,465 60.04% 3x4.svg Raymond Clatworthy Republican Party (United States) 105,088 38.13% 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 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. This was the first Senate election in his career in which Biden's margin of victory decreased from the prior election. Republican primary Candidates Raymond Clatworthy, businessman,https://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 dead 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 2012-11-02 GOP says Biden-Clatworthy race is potential sleeper Christian radio station ownerSenate Race - Delaware https://www.cnn.com/ALLPOLITICS/1996/candidates/election.guide/text/DESEN.shtml August 2, 2022 All Politics CNN Vance Phillips, farmer Wilfred J. Plomis, oil and gas consultant, former apartment complex managerWILFRED PLOMIS https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/delawareonline/name/wilfred-plomis-obituary?pid=145693779 live 2021-08-01 Legacy.com https://web.archive.org/web/20210801114106/https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/delawareonline/name/wilfred-plomis-obituary?pid=145693779 2021-08-01 Results Republican primary resultshttp://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf Archived copy 2013-11-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20130512033926/http://elections.delaware.gov/information/electionresults/pdfs/1996.pdf 2013-05-12 dead Raymond J. Clatworthy Republican Party (United States) 18,638 82.24% Vance Phillips Republican Party (United States) 3,307 14.59% Wilfred Plomis Republican Party (United States) 717 3.17% 22,662 100.00% General Election Campaign In February 1996, Biden sold his home to John Cochran; a senior executive for MBNA. A pollster from Clatsworthy's campaign suggested in a phone survey that Cochran had paid twice the value of the house. In reality, Cochran had paid the $1.2 million it was on the market for. "Officials" from MBNA dismissed what the pollster had to say and Biden would make a 1992 document from the Delaware Appraisal Group public that said the home's value was $1.2 million. In 1998, the conservative magazine The American Spectator published an article calling Biden "The Senator from MBNA".Barrish Cris October 20, 2020 Analysis: How Biden made a large profit on the sale of his house (News Journal archives) The News Journal https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/joe-biden/2020/10/20/analysis-how-biden-made-large-profit-sale-his-house-2008-archive-article/5996458002/ August 2, 2022 Libertarian Party NEWS reported that Mark Jones who was Libertarian Party's candidate would be the first candidate from the party in the state to campaign full time as he resigned his position as an assistant professor at Goldey–Beacom College.April 1996 National pulse - News from the states 11 4 Libertarian Party NEWS Solstice Inc. 4 Newspaper https://lpedia.org/w/images/d/da/LPNews_1996-4_V11-N4.pdf August 26, 2021 August 26, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210826221436/https://lpedia.org/w/images/d/da/LPNews_1996-4_V11-N4.pdf dead Debates First The first senatorial debate would be held on September 29, 1996, in Wilmington and was hosted by WHYY-TV. The candidates that participated in the debate were: Joe Biden, Raymond Clatworthy, and Mark Jones.September 29, 1996 Delaware Senatorial Debate https://www.c-span.org/video/?75509-1/delaware-senatorial-debate live https://web.archive.org/web/20170525161947/https://www.c-span.org/video/?75509-1/delaware-senatorial-debate 2017-05-25 C-SPAN en-us The debate would begin with candidates being given an introductory statement for two minutes. Biden would say his first followed by Jones and Clatworthy would last. After the opening statements there would be a discussion on social security with Biden and Clatworthy primarily participating although Jones did interject occasionally. After a discussion about social security ended, one of the moderators would ask the candidates which of the Founding Fathers they liked the best. Jones responded first saying Thomas Jefferson while Clatworthy said George Washington. Biden answered differently saying that Abraham Lincoln was his favorite president and listed the accomplishments of presidents he thought were noble along with their achievements. He was reminded by a moderator who reminded him he was talking about the founding fathers. He would say that Thomas Jefferson was the most significant but didn't mention him as his favorite. For the rest of the debate topics discussed included Clatworthy's ties with the Christian Coalition, abortion, crime, terrorism, and foreign policy. A moderator would ask a final question to the candidates about how they saw themselves as being different from each other. Second The second senatorial debate would occur on October 29, 1996, in New Castle. The four candidates who would participate in the debate were: Joe Biden, Raymond J. Clatworthy, Mark Jones, and Jacqueline Kossoff.October 29, 1996 Delaware Senatorial Debate https://www.c-span.org/video/?76375-1/delaware-senatorial-debate live https://web.archive.org/web/20210727202355/https://www.c-span.org/video/?76375-1/delaware-senatorial-debate 2021-07-27 C-SPAN Candidates Joe Biden, incumbent Delaware Senator running for a fifth consecutive term Raymond Clatworthy, businessman Mark Jones, assistant professor of computer science at Goldey–Beacom College and former faculty member of the University of Delaware.August 1996 LP candidates gearing up campaigns across U.S. 11 Libertarian Party NEWS Solstice Inc. 8 https://lpedia.org/w/images/c/cc/LPNews_1996-8_V11-N8.pdf September 6, 2021 LPedia September 6, 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20210906163653/https://lpedia.org/w/images/c/cc/LPNews_1996-8_V11-N8.pdf dead Jacqueline Kossoff1996 Senatorial General Election Results - Delaware https://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?year=1996&fips=10&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=2 live August 26, 2021 Dave Leip's Election Atlas https://web.archive.org/web/20130527111224/http://uselectionatlas.org/RESULTS/state.php?fips=10&year=1996&f=0&off=3&elect=0&class=2 2013-05-27 Results General election resultshttps://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996/96Stat.htm Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Democratic Party (United States) Joe Biden (incumbent) 165,465 60.04% -2.64% Republican Party (United States) Raymond J. Clatworthy 105,088 38.13% +2.30% Libertarian Party (United States) Mark Jones 3,340 1.21% -0.28% Natural Law Party (United States) Jacqueline Kossoff 1,698 0.62% 60,377 21.91% -4.94% 275,591 Democratic Party (United States) See also 1996 United States Senate elections External links Video footage of the 1st 1996 Senatorial debate from C-SPAN Video footage of the 2nd 1996 Senatorial debate from C-SPAN References 1996 Delaware Category:1996 Delaware elections 1996 election