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United States Senate election in Delaware, 2014
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The 2014 United States Senate election in Delaware was held on November 4, 2014 to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Delaware, concurrently with other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
Incumbent Democratic Senator Chris Coons ran for re-election to a first full term in office. He was unopposed for the Democratic nomination and defeated Republican businessman Kevin Wade in the general election.
Background
Democratic Senator Joe Biden was re-elected to a seventh term in 2008, defeating Republican political commentator Christine O'Donnell by 65% to 35%. At the same time, he was elected Vice President of the United States and resigned his Senate seat to be sworn-in as Vice President in January 2009. Delaware Governor Ruth Ann Minner appointed Biden's longtime aide Ted Kaufman to the seat until a special election was held in November 2010. In the election, Christine O'Donnell ran again and upset U.S. Representative and former Governor Mike Castle in the Republican primary to face Democrat Chris Coons, who had run unopposed for his party's nomination. In the general election, Coons defeated O'Donnell by 57% to 40% and was sworn-in later that month.
Democratic primary
Candidates
Declared
Declined
Republican primary
Candidates
Declared
- Carl Smink, retired engineer and businessman[3]
- Kevin Wade, businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012[4][5]
Declined
Primary results
Republican primary results[11] |
Party |
Candidate |
Votes |
% |
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Republican |
Kevin Wade |
18,181 |
75.66 |
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Republican |
Carl Smink |
5,848 |
24.34 |
Total votes |
24,029 |
100 |
Other candidates
Green Party
Nominee
- Andrew Groff, computer science professor and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 2012[12]
General election
Fundraising
Candidate |
Raised |
Spent |
Cash on Hand |
Chris Coons (D) |
$7,684,608 |
$4,831,183 |
$2,853,426 |
Polling
Hypothetical polling
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Poll source |
Date(s)
administered |
Sample
size |
Margin of
error |
Chris
Coons (D) |
Christine
O'Donnell (R) |
Other |
Undecided |
Princeton Survey Research |
September 3–16, 2013 |
902 |
± 3.9% |
50.5% |
27.5% |
— |
22% |
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Results
Coons easily won the election to a full term, with 56% of the vote. Coons was projected the winner right when the polls closed in Delaware. Wade conceded defeat at 8:32 P.M. EST.
See also
References
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