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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.
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Biden: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% 80–90% Clatworthy: 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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With this election, Biden became the first senator in Delaware to win six terms and became the state's longest-serving senator.
Source | Ranking | As of |
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Sabato's Crystal Ball[4] | Safe D | November 4, 2002 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Joe Biden (incumbent) | 135,253 | 58.22% | −1.82% | |
Republican | Raymond J. Clatworthy | 94,793 | 40.80% | +2.67% | |
Independent Party | Maurice Barros | 996 | 0.43% | ||
Libertarian | Raymond T. Buranello | 922 | 0.40% | −0.82% | |
Natural Law | Robert E. Mattson | 350 | 0.15% | −0.47% | |
Majority | 40,460 | 17.42% | −4.49% | ||
Turnout | 232,314 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |
County[6] | Joseph Robinette Biden Jr.
Democratic |
Raymond J. Clatworthy
Republican |
Maurice Barros
Delaware Independent |
Raymond T. Buranello
Libertarian |
Robert E. Mattson
Natural Law |
Total votes cast | |||||
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# | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | ||
Kent | 16,786 | 48.82% | 17,310 | 50.35% | 158 | 0.46% | 99 | 0.29% | 27 | 0.08% | 34,380 |
New Castle | 91,554 | 63.02% | 52,129 | 35.88% | 711 | 0.49% | 621 | 0.43% | 265 | 0.18% | 145,280 |
Sussex | 26,830 | 51.11% | 25,277 | 48.15% | 215 | 0.41% | 112 | 0.21% | 58 | 0.11% | 52,492 |
Total | 135,253 | 58.22% | 94,793 | 40.80% | 996 | 0.43% | 922 | 0.40% | 350 | 0.15% | 232,152 |
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