United States Senate elections in Delaware, 2014
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic |  Chris Coons Incumbent |
55.8% | 130,655 | |
| Republican | Kevin Wade | 42.2% | 98,823 | |
| Green | Andrew Groff | 1.9% | 4,560 | |
| Total Votes | 234,038 | |||
| Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics" | ||||
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Cook Political Report: Solid D[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe D[2] |
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Voters in Delaware elected one member to the U.S. Senate in the election on November 4, 2014.
Incumbent Chris Coons won re-election to the U.S. Senate in 2014. He was unchallenged in the Democratic primary for Delaware's U.S. Senate seat. The Republican Party fielded two candidates in the race: Chris Smink and Kevin Wade. Wade defeated Smink in the primary but lost to Coons in the general election.[3][4] There had been talk of another Senate run by Christine O'Donnell (R) but she ultimately declined to seek election.[5][6]
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Primary: A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Delaware utilizes a closed primary process, in which the selection of a party's candidates in an election is limited to registered party members.[7][8][9]
For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.
Voter registration: To vote in the primary, voters had to register by August 16, 2014. For the general election, the voter registration deadline was October 11, 2014.[10]
- See also: Delaware elections, 2014
Incumbent: The election filled the Senate seat held by Chris Coons (D). Coons was first elected in a special election in 2010 to replace Vice-President Joe Biden.
Candidates
General election candidates
September 9, 2014, primary results
Democratic Primary
- Chris Coons - Incumbent
Republican Primary
Did not run
- Christine O'Donnell - Political commentator, candidate for the U.S. Senate in 2006, 2008 and 2010[11][12][13]
Election results
General election
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Chris Coons Incumbent |
55.8% | 130,655 | |
| Republican | Kevin Wade | 42.2% | 98,823 | |
| Green | Andrew Groff | 1.9% | 4,560 | |
| Total Votes | 234,038 | |||
| Source: U.S. House Clerk "2014 Election Statistics" | ||||
Primary election
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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Kevin Wade |
75.7% | 18,181 | ||
| Chris Smink | 24.3% | 5,848 | ||
| Total Votes | 24,029 | |||
| Source: Delaware Division of Elections |
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Race background
Incumbent Chris Coons ran unchallenged in the Democratic primary. In the Republican primary, Kevin Wade triumphed over Chris Smink. Coons triumphed over Smink and Green Party candidate Andrew Groff in the general election on November 4, 2014.[14]
Key votes
Below are important votes the incumbent cast during the 113th Congress.
Government shutdown
- See also: United States budget debate, 2013
During the shutdown in October 2013, the Senate rejected, down party lines, every House-originated bill that stripped the budget of funding for the Affordable Care Act. A deal was reached late on October 16, 2013, just hours before the debt ceiling deadline. The bill to reopen the government, H.R. 2775, lifted the $16.7 trillion debt limit and funded the government through January 15, 2014. Federal employees also received retroactive pay for the shutdown period. The only concession made by Senate Democrats was to require income verification for Obamacare subsidies.[15] The final vote on H.R. 2775 was 81-18, with all 18 votes against the bill from Republican members. Chris Coons voted with the Democratic Party for the bill.[16]
Campaign contributions
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Chris Coons
| Chris Coons (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| April Quarterly[17] | May 10, 2013 | $806,862 | $464,523 | $(101,023) | $1,170,362 | ||||
| July Quarterly[18] | July 15, 2013 | $1,170,362 | $1,130,305 | $(296,856) | $2,003,811 | ||||
| October Quarterly[19] | October 13, 2013 | $2,003,811 | $540,277 | $(149,889) | $2,394,200 | ||||
| Year-End[20] | January 31, 2014 | $2,394,200 | $644,084 | $(184,858) | $2,853,426 | ||||
| April Quarterly[21] | April 15, 2014 | $2,853,426 | $582,927 | $(313,298) | $3,123,056 | ||||
| July Quarterly[22] | July 15, 2014 | $3,123,056 | $530,141 | $(512,197) | $3,140,999 | ||||
| Pre-Primary[23] | August 28, 2014 | $3,140,999 | $281,190 | $(729,797) | $2,692,392 | ||||
| October Quarterly[24] | October 15, 2014 | $2,692,392 | $321,407 | $(1,490,654) | $1,523,145 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $4,494,854 | $(3,778,572) | ||||||||
Kevin Wade
| Kevin Wade (2014) Campaign Finance Reports | |||||||||
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| Report | Date Filed | Beginning Balance | Total Contributions for Reporting Period | Expenditures | Cash on Hand | ||||
| Pre-Primary[25] | August 27, 2014 | $0 | $22,825 | $(6,072) | $16,752 | ||||
| Running totals | |||||||||
| $22,825 | $(6,072) | ||||||||
Election history
2012
On November 6, 2012, Tom Carper won re-election to the United States Senate. He defeated Kevin Wade, Alexander Pires and Andrew Richard Groff in the general election.[26]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Thomas Carper Incumbent |
66.4% | 265,415 | |
| Republican | Kevin Wade | 29% | 115,700 | |
| Green | Alexander Pires | 3.8% | 15,300 | |
| Independent | Andrew Richard Groff | 0.8% | 3,191 | |
| Total Votes | 399,606 | |||
| Source: U.S. House Clerk "2012 Election Statistics" | ||||
2010
On November 2, 2010, Coons won election to the United States Senate. He defeated Christine O'Donnell (R), Glenn A. Miller (I), James W. Rash, Jr. (L), Maurice F. Bourgeois (I) and Samtra Devard (I) in the general election.
| U.S. Senate, Delaware Special General Election, 2010 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Chris A. Coons Incumbent |
56.6% | 174,012 | |
| Republican | Christine O'Donnell | 40% | 123,053 | |
| Independent Party of Delaware | Glenn A. Miller | 2.7% | 8,201 | |
| Libertarian | James W. Rash, Jr. | 0.7% | 2,101 | |
| Independent | Maurice F. Bourgeois | 0% | 25 | |
| Independent | Samtra Devard | 0% | 10 | |
| Total Votes | 307,402 | |||
See also
- United States House of Representatives elections in Delaware, 2014
- United States Senate elections, 2014
- Chris Coons
External links
- Delaware Secretary of State - Primary candidate list
- Delaware Secretary of State - General election candidate list
Footnotes
- ↑ Cook Political Report, "2014 SENATE RACE RATINGS FOR JULY 18, 2014," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ Sabato's Crystal Ball, "2014 Senate Races," accessed July 28, 2014
- ↑ Politico, "2014 Delaware Senate Primaries Results," accessed September 9, 2014
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ The Hill, "O’Donnell stirs pot on 2014 speculation" accessed July 24, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ Delaware Online, "Christine O'Donnell backs off Delaware Senate run," May 23, 2014
- ↑ National Conference of State Legislatures, "State Primary Election Types," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ State of Delaware, "Primary Election," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ Delaware.gov, "TITLE 15 Elections, CHAPTER 49. Conduct of Election § 3110 Qualifications of voters," accessed July 22, 2024
- ↑ State of Delaware Website, "Voter Registration," accessed January 3, 2014
- ↑ The Hill "O’Donnell stirs pot on 2014 speculation" accessed July 24, 2013 (dead link)
- ↑ Washington Post "Christine O’Donnell might run for Senate again" accessed July 24, 2013
- ↑ Newsworks, "Christine O'Donnell not running for Senate," June 4, 2014
- ↑ The Huffington Post, "Election 2014," November 4, 2014
- ↑ The Washington Post, "Reid, McConnell propose bipartisan Senate bill to end shutdown, extend borrowing," accessed October 16, 2013
- ↑ Senate.gov, "H.R. 2775 As Amended," accessed October 31, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "April Quarterly" accessed July 26, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "July Quarterly" accessed July 26, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "October Quarterly," accessed October 29, 2013
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Coons Year-End," accessed February 14, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Coons April Quarterly," accessed April 29, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Coons July Quarterly," accessed July 24, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Coons Pre-Primary," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Chris Coons October Quarterly," accessed October 24, 2014
- ↑ Federal Election Commission, "Kevin Wade Pre-Primary," accessed September 4, 2014
- ↑ Delaware Secretary of State, "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"
