Tom Carper - Almanac

Almanac

See also: United States Senate election in Delaware, 2012

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. The Governor and State Treasurer take office the third Tuesday of January. The Governor has a four year term and the State Treasurer had a two year term at this time. U.S. Representatives take office January 3 and have a two year term. U.S. Senators also take office January 3, but have a six year term.

Public Offices
Office	Type	Location	Began office	Ended office	notes
State Treasurer	Executive	Dover	January 18, 1977	January 16, 1979
State Treasurer	Executive	Dover	January 16, 1979	January 20, 1981
State Treasurer	Executive	Dover	January 20, 1981	January 3, 1983	resigned
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1985
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1985	January 3, 1987
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1987	January 3, 1989
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1989	January 3, 1991
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1991	January 3, 1993
Governor	Executive	Dover	January 19, 1993	January 21, 1997
Governor	Executive	Dover	January 21, 1997	January 3, 2001	resigned
U.S. Senator	Legislative	Washington	January 3, 2001	January 3, 2007
U.S. Senator	Legislative	Washington	January 3, 2007	January 3, 2013

United States Congressional service
Dates	Congress	Chamber	Majority	President	Committees	Class/District
1983–1984	98th	U.S. House	Democratic	Ronald W. Reagan	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1985–1986	99th	U.S. House	Democratic	Ronald W. Reagan	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1987–1988	100th	U.S. House	Democratic	Ronald W. Reagan	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1989–1990	101st	U.S. House	Democratic	George H. W. Bush	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
1991–1992	102nd	U.S. House	Democratic	George H. W. Bush	Financial Services, Fisheries	at-large
2001–2002	107th	U.S. Senate	Democratic	George W. Bush	Banking, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2003–2004	108th	U.S. Senate	Republican	George W. Bush	Banking, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2005–2006	109th	U.S. Senate	Republican	George W. Bush	Banking, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2007–2009	110th	U.S. Senate	Democratic	George W. Bush	Banking, Commerce, Environment, Homeland Security, Aging	class 1
2009–2011	111th	U.S. Senate	Democratic	Barack Obama	Environment, Finance, Homeland Security	class 1

Election results
Year	Office	Election		Subject	Party	Votes	%		Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1976	State Treasurer	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	118,159	56%		T. Theodore Jones	Republican	92,472	43%
1978	State Treasurer	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	91,809	59%		Rita Justice	Republican	63,011	40%
1980	State Treasurer	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	125,204	59%		Lynn Jankus	Republican	83,446	40%
1982	U.S. Representative	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	98,533	52%		Thomas B. Evans, Jr.	Republican	87,153	46%
1984	U.S. Representative	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	142,070	58%		Elise R.W. du Pont	Republican	100,650	41%
1986	U.S. Representative	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	106,351	66%		Thomas S. Neuberger	Republican	53,767	33%
1988	U.S. Representative	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	158,338	68%		James P. Krapf	Republican	76,179	32%
1990	U.S. Representative	Primary		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	24,557	90%		Daniel D. Rappa	Democratic	2,676	10%
1990	U.S. Representative	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	116,274	66%		Ralph O. Williams	Republican	58,037	33%
1992	Governor	Primary		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	36,600	89%		Daniel D. Rappa	Democratic	4,434	11%
1992	Governor	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	179,268	66%		B. Gary Scott	Republican	90,747	34%
1996	Governor	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	188,300	70%		Janet C. Rzewnicki	Republican	82,654	30%
2000	U.S. Senator	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	181,566	56%		William V. Roth, Jr.	Republican	142,891	44%
2006	U.S. Senator	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	170,567	70%		Jan C. Ting	Republican	69,734	29%
2012	U.S. Senator	General		Thomas R. Carper	Democratic	265,374	66%		Kevin Wade	Republican	115,694	29%