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2012 Delaware U.S. Senate Election

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Who won the 2012 Delaware U.S. Senate Election?

Thomas R. Carper won the 2012 Delaware U.S. Senate Election. Thomas R. Carper received 265,415 popular votes (66.42%). The main challenger was Kevin Wade (28.95%).

See the full head-to-head between Carper and Wade

Carper +37.5 pts · won by 149,715 votes
Thomas R. CarperDemocraticWINNER66.42%
265,415 votes
Kevin WadeRepublican28.95%
115,700 votes
Alexander PiresIndependent3.83%
15,300 votes
Andrew Richard GroffGreen0.8%
3,191 votes
Popular-vote totals for U.S. Senate elections come from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab (1976–2024).

Data last verified July 28, 2026.