Michael Castle - Almanac

Almanac

Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. Members of the Delaware General Assembly take office the second Tuesday of January. State Senators have a four year term and State Representatives have a two year term. The Governor and Lieutenant Governor take office the third Tuesday of January and have four year terms. U.S. Representatives take office January 3 and have a two year term.

Delaware General Assembly
Year	Assembly	Senate Majority	President	House Majority	Speaker
1985–1986	133rd	Democratic	Richard S. Cordrey	Republican	Charles L. Hebner
1987–1988	134th	Democratic	Richard S. Cordrey	Republican	B. Bradford Barnes Terry R. Spence
1989–1990	135th	Democratic	Richard S. Cordrey	Republican	Terry R. Spence
1991–1992	136th	Democratic	Richard S. Cordrey	Republican	Terry R. Spence

Public Offices
Office	Type	Location	Began office	Ended office	notes
State Representative	Legislature	Dover	January 10, 1967	January 14, 1969
State Senator	Legislature	Dover	January 14, 1969	January 11, 1977
Lt. Governor	Executive	Dover	January 20, 1981	January 15, 1985
Governor	Executive	Dover	January 15, 1985	December 31, 1992	resigned
U.S. Representative	Legislature	Washington	January 3, 1993	January 3, 2011

Delaware General Assembly service
Dates	Assembly	Chamber	Majority	Governor	District
1967–1968	124th	State House	Democratic	Charles L. Terry, Jr.	6th
1969–1970	125th	State Senate	Republican	Russell W. Peterson	1st
1971–1972	126th	State Senate	Republican	Russell W. Peterson	1st
1973–1974	127th	State Senate	Republican	Sherman W. Tribbitt	1st
1975–1976	128th	State Senate	Republican	Sherman W. Tribbitt	1st

United States Congressional service
Dates	Congress	Chamber	Majority	President	Committees	Class/District
1993–1995	103rd	U.S. House	Democratic	Bill Clinton	Education, Financial Services	at-large
1995–1997	104th	U.S. House	Republican	Bill Clinton	Education, Financial Services	at-large
1997–1999	105th	U.S. House	Republican	Bill Clinton	Education, Financial Services	at-large
1999–2001	106th	U.S. House	Republican	Bill Clinton	Education, Financial Services	at-large
2001–2003	107th	U.S. House	Republican	George W. Bush	Education, Financial Services	at-large
2003–2005	108th	U.S. House	Republican	George W. Bush	Education, Financial Services	at-large
2005–2007	109th	U.S. House	Republican	George W. Bush	Education, Financial Services	at-large
2007–2009	110th	U.S. House	Democratic	George W. Bush	Education, Financial Services	at-large
2009–2011	111th	U.S. House	Democratic	Barack Obama	Education, Financial Services	at-large

Election results
Year	Office	Election	Subject	Party	Votes	%	Opponent	Party	Votes	%
1980	Lt. Governor	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	128,827	59%	Thomas B. Sharp	Democratic	88,224	40%
1984	Governor	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	135,250	55%	William T. Quillen	Democratic	108,315	45%
1988	Governor	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	169,733	71%	Jacob Kreshtool	Democratic	70,236	29%
1992	U.S. Representative	Primary	Michael N. Castle	Republican	18,377	56%	Janet C. Rzewnicki	Republican	9,812	30%
1992	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	153,037	55%	Shien Biau Woo	Democratic	117,426	43%
1994	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	137,945	71%	Carol Ann DeSantis	Democratic	51,793	27%
1996	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	185,577	70%	Dennis E. Williams	Democratic	73,258	27%
1998	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	119,811	66%	Dennis E. Williams	Democratic	57,446	32%
2000	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	211,797	68%	Michael C. Miller	Democratic	96,488	31%
2002	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	164,605	72%	Michael C. Miller	Democratic	61,011	27%
2004	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	245,978	69%	Paul Donnelly	Democratic	105,716	30%
2006	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	143,897	57%	Dennis Spivack	Democratic	97,555	39%
2008	U.S. Representative	General	Michael N. Castle	Republican	235,419	61.1%	Karen Hartley-Nagle	Democratic	146,399	38.0%
2010	U.S. Senator	Primary	Michael N. Castle	Republican	27,021	46.9%	Christine O' Donnell	Republican	30,561	53.1%