1996 United States Senate election in Delaware

1996 United States Senate election in Delaware
	November 5, 1996
	County results; Biden: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; Joe Biden; Democratic	Elected U.S. Senator ; Joe Biden; Democratic

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 is the first Senate election that Biden decreased his percentage of the votes since his previous election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Raymond Clatworthy, businessman[1]
Vance Phillips, farmer
Wilfred J. Plomis, oil and gas consultant, former apartment complex manager[2]

Results

Republican primary results[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Raymond J. Clatworthy	18,638	82.24%
	Republican	Vance Phillips	3,307	14.59%
	Republican	Wilfred Plomis	717	3.17%
Total votes			22,662	100.00%

General election

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.[4]

The debate would begin by candidates being given an introductory statement for two minutes. Biden would say his first followed by Jones and Clatworthy would last.[4]

After the opening statements there would be discussion on social security with Biden and Clatworthy primarily participating although Jones did interject occasionally. After 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 it as his favorite.[4]

For the rest of the debate topics such as: Clatworthy's ties with the Christian Coalition, abortion, crime, terrorism and foreign policy were talked about. A moderator would asked a final question to the candidates about how they see themselves as being different from each other.[4]

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.[5]

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[6] and former faculty member of the University of Delaware.[7]
Jacqueline Kossoff[8]

Results

General election results[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Joe Biden (incumbent)	165,465	60.04%	-2.64%
	Republican	Raymond J. Clatworthy	105,088	38.13%	+2.30%
	Libertarian	Mark Jones	3,340	1.21%	-0.28%
	Natural Law	Jacqueline Kossoff	1,698	0.62%
Majority			60,377	21.91%	-4.94%
Turnout			275,591
	Democratic hold		Swing

External links

Video footage of the 1996 Senatorial debate from C-SPAN

References

"GOP says Biden-Clatworthy race is potential sleeper". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.
"WILFRED PLOMIS". Legacy.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.
"Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Delaware Senatorial Debate". C-SPAN. September 29, 1996. Archived from the original on 2017-05-25.
"Delaware Senatorial Debate". C-SPAN. October 29, 1996. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27.
"National pulse - News from the states" (PDF). Libertarian Party NEWS (Newspaper). Vol. 11, no. 4. Solstice Inc. April 1996. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
"LP candidates gearing up campaigns across U.S." (PDF). Libertarian Party NEWS. Vol. 11, no. 8. Solstice Inc. August 1996. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via LPedia.
"1996 Senatorial General Election Results - Delaware". Dave Leip's Election Atlas. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
"Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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[1] "GOP says Biden-Clatworthy race is potential sleeper". Archived from the original on 2012-11-02.

[2] "WILFRED PLOMIS". Legacy.com. Archived from the original on 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2021-08-01.

[3] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-05-12. Retrieved 2013-11-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[:0-4] "Delaware Senatorial Debate". C-SPAN. September 29, 1996. Archived from the original on 2017-05-25.

[5] "Delaware Senatorial Debate". C-SPAN. October 29, 1996. Archived from the original on 2021-07-27.

[6] "National pulse - News from the states" (PDF). Libertarian Party NEWS (Newspaper). Vol. 11, no. 4. Solstice Inc. April 1996. p. 4. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

[7] "LP candidates gearing up campaigns across U.S." (PDF). Libertarian Party NEWS. Vol. 11, no. 8. Solstice Inc. August 1996. Retrieved September 6, 2021 – via LPedia.

[8] "1996 Senatorial General Election Results - Delaware". Dave Leip's Election Atlas. Archived from the original on 2013-05-27. Retrieved August 26, 2021.

[9] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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1996 United States Senate election in Delaware

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

General election

First

Second

Candidates

Results

See also

External links

References