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 1996 Maurice Barros (IPoD), former department store manager. Raymond T. Buranello (L) Robert E. Mattson (NLP)
Predictions SourceRankingAs ofSabato's Crystal Ball November 4, 2002
Results
County results CountyJoseph 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