United States Senate election in Delaware, 2002

November 5, 2002



Nominee	Joe Biden	Raymond Clatworthy
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	135,253	94,793
Percentage	58.2%	40.8%

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Joe Biden
Democratic

Elected U.S. Senator

Joe Biden
Democratic

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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.

Major candidates

Democratic

Joe Biden, incumbent U.S. Senator

Republican

Raymond Clatworthy, businessman and nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1996^[1]

Results

General election results^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Joe Biden (inc.)	135,253	58.22%	-1.82%
	Republican	Raymond J. Clatworthy	94,793	40.80%	+2.67%
	Independent	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

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