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Elections in Delaware |
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The 1994 United States Senate election in Delaware was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Senator William V. Roth won re-election to a fifth term. He is Delaware's first U.S. Senator to win a fifth term, & was Delaware's longest-serving U.S. Senator until Joe Biden won a sixth term in 2002. As of 2024[update], this was the last time Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in Delaware.
Candidates[edit]
Democratic[edit]
Republican[edit]
- William V. Roth, incumbent U.S. Senator
Polling[edit]
Source | Date | Roth (R) | Oberly (D) |
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Wilmington News Journal | October 31, 1994 | 53% | 37% |
Results[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Republican | William V. Roth (Incumbent) | 111,074 | 55.82% | -6.25% | |
Democratic | Charles Oberly | 84,540 | 42.48% | +4.54% | |
Libertarian | John Dierickx | 3,386 | 1.70% | ||
Majority | 26,534 | 13.33% | -10.79% | ||
Turnout | 199,000 | ||||
Republican hold | Swing |