2002 United States Senate election in Delaware

2002 United States Senate election in Delaware

← 1996 November 5, 2002 2008 →
 
Nominee Joe Biden Raymond Clatworthy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 135,253 94,793
Percentage 58.22% 40.80%

Biden:      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Clatworthy:      50–60%

U.S. senator before election

Joe Biden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Biden
Democratic

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.


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