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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1" title="تام کارپر – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="تام کارپر" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carper" title="Thomas Carper – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Thomas Carper" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A4%CE%BF%CE%BC_%CE%9A%CE%AC%CF%81%CF%80%CE%B5%CF%81" title="Τομ Κάρπερ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Τομ Κάρπερ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%85_%DA%A9%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%BE%D8%B1" title="تام کارپر – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="تام کارپر" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carper" title="Thomas Carper – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Thomas Carper" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carper" title="Thomas Carper – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Thomas Carper" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%98%D7%95%D7%9D_%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%A4%D7%A8" title="טום קרפר – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="טום קרפר" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lmo mw-list-item"><a href="https://lmo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Lombard" lang="lmo" hreflang="lmo" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Lombard" data-language-local-name="Lombard" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lombard</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AA%D9%88%D9%85_%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%B1" title="توم كاربر – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="توم كاربر" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_R._Carper" title="Thomas R. Carper – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Thomas R. Carper" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_R._Carper" title="Thomas R. Carper – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Thomas R. Carper" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80,_%D0%A2%D0%BE%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81" title="Карпер, Томас – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Карпер, Томас" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Carper" title="Tom Carper – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Tom Carper" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carper" title="Thomas Carper – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Thomas Carper" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carper" title="Thomas Carper – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Thomas Carper" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a 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/></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senator</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">William Roth</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Lisa Blunt Rochester</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Environment Committee</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />February 3, 2021 – January 3, 2025</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/John_Barrasso" title="John Barrasso">John Barrasso</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td 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background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>'s <span data-sort-value="DelawareAL !"><a href="/wiki/Delaware%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Delaware's at-large congressional district">at-large</a></span> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1993</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Evans_(Delaware_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Evans (Delaware politician)">Tom Evans</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Mike Castle</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Treasurer of Delaware</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />January 18, 1977 – January 3, 1983</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Governor</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Pete_du_Pont" title="Pete du Pont">Pete du Pont</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Mary Jornlin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Janet_Rzewnicki" title="Janet Rzewnicki">Janet Rzewnicki</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display:inline" class="nickname">Thomas Richard Carper</div><br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1947-01-23</span>) </span>January 23, 1947<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 78)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Beckley,_West_Virginia" title="Beckley, West Virginia">Beckley, West Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151524712">.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin2px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-2px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-line-margin3px{line-height:0;margin-bottom:-3px}.mw-parser-output .marriage-display-ws{display:inline;white-space:nowrap}</style> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;margin-top:1px;white-space:normal;">Diane Isaacs</div> <div class="marriage-line-margin2px"></div> <div style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:1px;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1978; <abbr title="divorced">div.</abbr> 1983)<wbr /></div></li><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1151524712" /> <div class="marriage-display-ws"><div style="display:inline-block;line-height:normal;">Martha Stacy</div> <div style="display:inline-block;"></div>(<abbr title="married">m.</abbr> 1985)<wbr /></div></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Education</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> (<a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">BA</a>)</li><li><a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a> (<a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Signature</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Carper_signature.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Tom Carper's signature"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Tom_Carper_signature.png/250px-Tom_Carper_signature.png" decoding="async" width="128" height="49" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Tom_Carper_signature.png/256px-Tom_Carper_signature.png 2x" data-file-width="284" data-file-height="109" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Military service</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Branch/service</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Years of service</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>1968–1973 (active)</li><li>1973–1991 (<a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy_Reserve" title="United States Navy Reserve">reserve</a>)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">Captain</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Unit</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Naval_flight_officer" title="Naval flight officer">Naval Flight Officer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Battles/wars</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #aaa;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em;background-color:var(--background-color-interactive-subtle,#f8f9fa);display:flow-root}.mw-parser-output .side-box-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{padding:0.25em 0.9em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-image{padding:2px 0 2px 0.9em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-imageright{padding:2px 0.9em 2px 0;text-align:center}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .side-box-flex{display:flex;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .side-box-text{flex:1;min-width:0}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .side-box{width:238px}.mw-parser-output .side-box-right{clear:right;float:right;margin-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .side-box-left{margin-right:1em}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1096940132">.mw-parser-output .listen .side-box-text{line-height:1.1em}.mw-parser-output .listen-plain{border:none;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded{width:100%;margin:0;border-width:1px 0 0 0;background:transparent}.mw-parser-output .listen-header{padding:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen-embedded .listen-header{padding:2px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen-file-header{padding:4px 0}.mw-parser-output .listen .description{padding-top:2px}.mw-parser-output .listen .mw-tmh-player{max-width:100%}@media(max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .listen{clear:both}}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .listen:not(.listen-noimage){width:320px}.mw-parser-output .listen-left{overflow:visible;float:left}.mw-parser-output .listen-center{float:none;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto}}</style><div class="side-box side-box-left listen noprint listen-embedded listen-noimage listen-center"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /> <div class="side-box-flex"> <div class="side-box-text plainlist"><div class="haudio"> <div class="listen-file-header"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Carper_on_his_support_for_the_nomination_of_Rita_Landgraf_to_be_HHS_Assistant_Secretary_for_Aging.ogg" title="File:Tom Carper on his support for the nomination of Rita Landgraf to be HHS Assistant Secretary for Aging.ogg">Carper's voice</a></div> <div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="215" style="width:215px;" data-durationhint="248" data-mwtitle="Tom_Carper_on_his_support_for_the_nomination_of_Rita_Landgraf_to_be_HHS_Assistant_Secretary_for_Aging.ogg" data-mwprovider="wikimediacommons"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/fc/Tom_Carper_on_his_support_for_the_nomination_of_Rita_Landgraf_to_be_HHS_Assistant_Secretary_for_Aging.ogg/Tom_Carper_on_his_support_for_the_nomination_of_Rita_Landgraf_to_be_HHS_Assistant_Secretary_for_Aging.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fc/Tom_Carper_on_his_support_for_the_nomination_of_Rita_Landgraf_to_be_HHS_Assistant_Secretary_for_Aging.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span></span></div> <div class="description">Carper supporting Rita Landgraf for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Health_and_Human_Services" title="United States Department of Health and Human Services">HHS</a> Assistant Secretary for Aging<br />Recorded July 19, 2021</div></div></div></div> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Richard Carper</b> (born January 23, 1947) is an American politician and former military officer who served from 2001 to 2025 as a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a>. A member of the <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic Party</a>, Carper served from 1983 to 1993 in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">United States House of Representatives</a> and from 1993 to 2001 as the 71st <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">governor of Delaware</a>. </p><p>A native of <a href="/wiki/Beckley,_West_Virginia" title="Beckley, West Virginia">Beckley, West Virginia</a>, Carper graduated from <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a>. Serving as a <a href="/wiki/Naval_flight_officer" title="Naval flight officer">naval flight officer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> from 1968 until 1973, he flew the <a href="/wiki/P-3_Orion" class="mw-redirect" title="P-3 Orion">P-3 Orion</a> as a tactical coordinator and mission commander<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and saw active duty in the <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a>. After leaving the active duty Navy, he remained in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Reserve">U.S. Naval Reserve</a> for another 18 years and eventually retired with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States)" title="Captain (United States)">Captain</a> (O-6). Upon receiving his <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Delaware" title="University of Delaware">University of Delaware</a> in 1975, Carper went to work for the state of Delaware in its economic development office. He was elected state treasurer, serving from 1977 to 1983 and leading the development of Delaware's first cash management system. </p><p>Encouraged by local politicians, Carper successfully ran for Delaware's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. He served five terms in the House, where he chaired the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. In 1992, he swapped positions with term-limited Republican Governor <a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Mike Castle</a>, and the two were easily elected to each other's seats. Carper governed for two terms as a moderate, business-oriented <a href="/wiki/New_Democrats_(United_States)" title="New Democrats (United States)">New Democrat</a>, following the lead of the two previous Republican governors. </p><p>Carper was elected to the U.S. Senate in <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2000 United States Senate election in Delaware">2000</a>, defeating Republican incumbent <a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">William Roth</a>. He was reelected by landslides in <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2006 United States Senate election in Delaware">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2012 United States Senate election in Delaware">2012</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2018 United States Senate election in Delaware">2018</a>. He served as one of four deputy Democratic whips, the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Environment and Public Works Committee</a> and on the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Finance Committee</a>. Carper was the senior senator in <a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Delaware" title="United States congressional delegations from Delaware">Delaware's congressional delegation</a> and the dean of the delegation. He was the last Vietnam War veteran to serve in the Senate. </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886046785">.mw-parser-output .toclimit-2 .toclevel-1 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-3 .toclevel-2 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-4 .toclevel-3 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-5 .toclevel-4 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-6 .toclevel-5 ul,.mw-parser-output .toclimit-7 .toclevel-6 ul{display:none}</style><div class="toclimit-3"><meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life_and_education">Early life and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper was born in Beckley, West Virginia, the son of Mary Jean (née Patton) and Wallace Richard Carper. He grew up in <a href="/wiki/Danville,_Virginia" title="Danville, Virginia">Danville, Virginia</a>, and graduated from <a href="/wiki/Whetstone_High_School_(Columbus,_Ohio)" class="mw-redirect" title="Whetstone High School (Columbus, Ohio)">Whetstone High School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Columbus,_Ohio" title="Columbus, Ohio">Columbus, Ohio</a>. He then graduated from the Ohio State University in 1968, where he was a midshipman in the <a href="/wiki/Naval_ROTC" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval ROTC">Naval ROTC</a> and earned a degree in economics. At Ohio State, Carper became a member of the Beta Phi Chapter of the <a href="/wiki/Delta_Tau_Delta" title="Delta Tau Delta">Delta Tau Delta</a> fraternity. Carper earned an <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Business_Administration" title="Master of Business Administration">MBA</a> from the University of Delaware in 1975. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_career">Early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Serving as a <a href="/wiki/Naval_Flight_Officer" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval Flight Officer">Naval Flight Officer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Navy" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Navy">U.S. Navy</a> from 1968 until 1973, he served three tours of duty in <a href="/wiki/Southeast_Asia" title="Southeast Asia">Southeast Asia</a> during the Vietnam War. He remained in the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Naval_Reserve" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Naval Reserve">U.S. Naval Reserve</a> as a <a href="/wiki/Lockheed_P-3_Orion" title="Lockheed P-3 Orion">P-3 aircraft</a> mission commander for another 18 years and retired with the rank of <a href="/wiki/Captain_(United_States_O-6)" title="Captain (United States O-6)">Captain (O-6)</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>While in college at the Ohio State University, Carper worked on the presidential campaign of U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Eugene_McCarthy" title="Eugene McCarthy">Eugene McCarthy</a>. In Delaware, he worked as the campaign treasurer for University of Delaware professor James R. Soles in his unsuccessful 1974 bid for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_of_Representatives" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a>. </p><p>After receiving his MBA degree in 1975, Carper went to work for the State of Delaware's economic development office. In 1976, after developing good relationships with members of the state party leadership, he took out a $5,000 personal loan to fund his campaign to be Treasurer of Delaware. In the election, he defeated the favored Republican Party candidate, Theodore Jones. He served three terms, from January 18, 1977, through January 3, 1983, during which time he oversaw the development of Delaware's first cash management system. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U.S._House_of_Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: U.S. House of Representatives"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tom_Carper_102nd_Congressional_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tom_Carper_102nd_Congressional_portrait.jpg/250px-Tom_Carper_102nd_Congressional_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="208" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tom_Carper_102nd_Congressional_portrait.jpg/330px-Tom_Carper_102nd_Congressional_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Tom_Carper_102nd_Congressional_portrait.jpg/360px-Tom_Carper_102nd_Congressional_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="454" /></a><figcaption>Carper during his time in the House of Representatives</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1982, U.S. Senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> and other prominent Democrats convinced Carper to run for Delaware's only seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Evans_Jr." title="Thomas B. Evans Jr.">Thomas B. Evans Jr.</a> sought reelection, and although he had been caught in a compromising "association" on a golfing trip with the lobbyist Paula Parkinson, was still considered a strong candidate.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carper was considered well-positioned until three weeks before Election Day, when the <i><a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a></i> published an article claiming that the "dirtiest campaign in the country is being waged in tiny Delaware", which suggested that Carper had abused his wife and stepchildren. But when rumors spread that the story was "planted" by a supporter of Evans, Carper bounced back, with public opinion seeming to be that the allegations inappropriately exploited private issue.<sup id="cite_ref-OnlyinDelaware_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OnlyinDelaware-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bowden_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowden-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carper and his wife both denied the allegations in 1982, but he later admitted to having slapped her. Carper defeated Evans.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carper served five terms in the House. He won his second term in 1984, defeating Elise R. W. du Pont, the wife of retiring Governor <a href="/wiki/Pete_du_Pont" title="Pete du Pont">Pete du Pont</a>. He then easily defeated Republicans Thomas S. Neuberger in 1986, James P. Krapf in 1988 and Ralph O. Williams in 1990. He was a member of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House Committee on Financial Services">U.S. House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs</a> and the <a href="/wiki/U.S._House_Committee_on_Transportation_and_Infrastructure" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure">U.S. House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries</a>. He chaired the House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. In these positions, he worked to allow banks into the securities business and to discourage the dumping of sludge into the ocean. </p><p>During his years in the House, Carper sought to gain better control of Delaware's Democratic Party organization in hopes of someday becoming governor, focusing on heavily Democratic and populous <a href="/wiki/New_Castle_County,_Delaware" title="New Castle County, Delaware">New Castle County</a>. Its Democratic organization was controlled by Eugene T. Reed, a former ironworker and longtime party boss who was then among several politicians in both parties implicated in illegal money raising practices. To address this corruption and rescue the Democratic Party's reputation, Carper recruited Joseph E. Reardon, a <a href="/wiki/DuPont_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="DuPont Company">DuPont Company</a> chemist, as a candidate for New Castle County Democratic Party chairman. By early 1989, Reardon had been elected, replacing Reed at the head of a newly reformed party organization. In 1990, Carper defeated a Reed ally, Daniel D. Rappa, in the Democratic primary for U.S. representative. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governor_of_Delaware">Governor of Delaware</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Governor of Delaware"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Bill_Clinton_and_First_Lady_Hillary_Clinton_greet_guests_at_the_National_Governors_Association_Dinner_in_the_Blue_Room_of_the_White_House_(18)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/President_Bill_Clinton_and_First_Lady_Hillary_Clinton_greet_guests_at_the_National_Governors_Association_Dinner_in_the_Blue_Room_of_the_White_House_%2818%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/President_Bill_Clinton_and_First_Lady_Hillary_Clinton_greet_guests_at_the_National_Governors_Association_Dinner_in_the_Blue_Room_of_the_White_House_%2818%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0e/President_Bill_Clinton_and_First_Lady_Hillary_Clinton_greet_guests_at_the_National_Governors_Association_Dinner_in_the_Blue_Room_of_the_White_House_%2818%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4124" data-file-height="2741" /></a><figcaption>Carper with President <a href="/wiki/Bill_Clinton" title="Bill Clinton">Bill Clinton</a> in January 1993</figcaption></figure> <p>Republican Governor Michael Castle was <a href="/wiki/Term_limit" title="Term limit">term-limited</a> and unable to seek reelection in 1992. The result was what became known as "the Swap", with Castle seeking Carper's seat in the U.S. House of Representatives and Carper seeking the governorship. Neither faced substantive opposition for either post. </p><p>Carper defeated Republican B. Gary Scott and was elected governor. He served two terms. Carper positioned himself as a moderate, business-oriented governor, emphasizing economic development and business recruitment. This included the prevention of the closure of the <a href="/wiki/General_Motors" title="General Motors">General Motors</a> automobile operation near <a href="/wiki/Newport,_Delaware" title="Newport, Delaware">Newport, Delaware</a>, and convincing pharmaceutical giant <a href="/wiki/AstraZeneca" title="AstraZeneca">AstraZeneca</a> to construct its new headquarters in the state. </p><p>Carper led an ongoing effort to reduce <a href="/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States" title="Income tax in the United States">income tax</a> rates, eliminate the <a href="/wiki/Marriage_penalty" title="Marriage penalty">marriage penalty</a> and <a href="/wiki/Estate_tax" class="mw-redirect" title="Estate tax">estate tax</a>, cut the public <a href="/w/index.php?title=Utility_tax&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Utility tax (page does not exist)">utility tax</a>, and eliminate the <a href="/wiki/Gross_receipts_tax" title="Gross receipts tax">gross receipts tax</a> for many small businesses. Delaware's credit rating improved from among the worst in the nation to AAA. Carper also retained Castle's standards-based education programs. Other programs included a fully funded <a href="/wiki/Head_Start_(program)" title="Head Start (program)">Head Start program</a> and a prescription-drug benefit for seniors. </p><p>Carper had high approval ratings, but was criticized by some old-line Democrats and union leaders.<sup id="cite_ref-OnlyinDelaware_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OnlyinDelaware-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a tribute to Anne Marie Fahey, who had been a youth <a href="/wiki/Mentorship" title="Mentorship">mentor</a> before her death, then-Governor Carper also became a mentor, and began actively promoting mentoring programs throughout Delaware's business community. As a result, by the end of his last term, Delaware held the highest per-capita ratio of youth mentors in the country. Carper also established the Delaware Mentoring Council to help sustain this legacy.<br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:94%; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc;"> <th colspan="12" style="background:#ccf;">Delaware General Assembly<br /> <i>(sessions while Governor)</i> </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Assembly </th> <th> </th> <th>Senate Majority </th> <th>President<br /><i>pro tempore</i> </th> <th> </th> <th>House Majority </th> <th>Speaker </th></tr> <tr> <td>1993–1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">137th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Richard_S._Cordrey" title="Richard S. Cordrey">Richard S. Cordrey</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Terry_R._Spence" title="Terry R. Spence">Terry R. Spence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1995–1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">138th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Richard_S._Cordrey" title="Richard S. Cordrey">Richard S. Cordrey</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Terry_R._Spence" title="Terry R. Spence">Terry R. Spence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1997–1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">139th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Thomas B. Sharp </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Terry_R._Spence" title="Terry R. Spence">Terry R. Spence</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1999–2000 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware_General_Assembly" title="Delaware General Assembly">140th</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Thomas B. Sharp </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Terry_R._Spence" title="Terry R. Spence">Terry R. Spence</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="U._S._Senator">U. S. Senator</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: U. S. Senator"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Elections">Elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2000">2000</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 2000"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2000 United States Senate election in Delaware">2000 United States Senate election in Delaware</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Carper.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Thomas_Carper.jpg/180px-Thomas_Carper.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Thomas_Carper.jpg/270px-Thomas_Carper.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Thomas_Carper.jpg/360px-Thomas_Carper.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2976" data-file-height="3746" /></a><figcaption>Carper in his early Senate career</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to term limits, Carper had to retire as governor in 2000, and sought election to the U.S. Senate against incumbent Republican <a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">William Roth</a>, declaring his candidacy in September 1999.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some had concerns about Roth's age of 79, compared to Carper's relative youth. Roth started the campaign with a 2-to-1 spending advantage, but Carper went into the final month with more than $1 million on hand.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe-Oct-2000_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe-Oct-2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He defeated Roth, 56% to 44%. Roth received more votes than Republican presidential candidate <a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a>, suggesting that the strength of the Democratic turnout for the presidential election was key in Carper's victory.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Some commentators attributed Roth's defeat to his age and health, as he collapsed twice during the campaign, once during a television interview and once during a campaign event.<sup id="cite_ref-Globe-Oct-2000_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Globe-Oct-2000-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2006">2006</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 2006"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2006 United States Senate election in Delaware">2006 United States Senate election in Delaware</a></div> <p>Carper sought reelection in 2006. He was unopposed in the Democratic primary and faced Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Jan_C._Ting" title="Jan C. Ting">Jan C. Ting</a>, a professor of law who had narrowly beaten airline pilot Michael D. Protack in the Republican primary. Carper was easily reelected, 67% to 27%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2012">2012</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2012"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2012 United States Senate election in Delaware">2012 United States Senate election in Delaware</a></div> <p>As the 2012 election cycle began, a <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committee" title="Political action committee">Super PAC</a> was created to oppose Carper's reelection campaign. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Hill_(newspaper)" title="The Hill (newspaper)">The Hill</a></i> quoted <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Davis_(politics)" title="Patrick Davis (politics)">Patrick Davis</a>, the custodian of records and agent for Renew Delaware as saying, "Tom Carper has served in the United States Senate for a long time and has been part of the downturn in our economy." <i>Delaware Politics</i> noted that the election would be costly for the Republican candidate and that Carper was heavily favored to win a third term.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A Carper spokesperson, Emily Spain, was quoted in <i>The Hill</i> saying that Carper was successful in his previous campaigns "because he works hard, takes nothing for granted, and puts the needs and interests of Delaware first."<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carper won the Democratic primary with 88% of the vote and faced off against the only Republican candidate who filed for the race, businessman <a href="/wiki/Kevin_L._Wade" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin L. Wade">Kevin Wade</a>. He was reelected with 66% of the vote. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2018">2018</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: 2018"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2018 United States Senate election in Delaware">2018 United States Senate election in Delaware</a></div> <p>In 2018, Carper sought his fourth Senate term.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His campaign contributors included <a href="/wiki/DuPont" title="DuPont">DuPont</a>, his third-largest contributor since 2013. Between 2013 and 2018, he received $2.1 million from <a href="/wiki/Political_action_committees" class="mw-redirect" title="Political action committees">political action committees</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the Democratic primary, Carper was challenged from the left by Kerri Evelyn Harris, a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Air_Force" title="United States Air Force">US Air Force</a> Veteran, who, unlike Carper, supports a <a href="/wiki/Single-payer_healthcare" title="Single-payer healthcare">single-payer healthcare</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carper won the primary with roughly 65% of the vote.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was his most competitive primary in recent history. In the general election, Carper defeated Republican nominee Rob Arlett, 60.0% to 37.8%.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="2024">2024</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: 2024"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/2024_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2024 United States Senate election in Delaware">2024 United States Senate election in Delaware</a></div> <p>On May 22, 2023, Carper announced that he would not seek reelection in 2024. In his press conference, Carper endorsed U.S. Representative <a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Lisa Blunt Rochester</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tenure">Tenure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Tenure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Wayne_Gilchrest,_Joe_Biden,_Tom_Carper,_Mike_Castle,_and_Yang_Jiechi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Wayne_Gilchrest%2C_Joe_Biden%2C_Tom_Carper%2C_Mike_Castle%2C_and_Yang_Jiechi.jpg/250px-Wayne_Gilchrest%2C_Joe_Biden%2C_Tom_Carper%2C_Mike_Castle%2C_and_Yang_Jiechi.jpg" decoding="async" width="225" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Wayne_Gilchrest%2C_Joe_Biden%2C_Tom_Carper%2C_Mike_Castle%2C_and_Yang_Jiechi.jpg/338px-Wayne_Gilchrest%2C_Joe_Biden%2C_Tom_Carper%2C_Mike_Castle%2C_and_Yang_Jiechi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6f/Wayne_Gilchrest%2C_Joe_Biden%2C_Tom_Carper%2C_Mike_Castle%2C_and_Yang_Jiechi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="261" /></a><figcaption>From L to R: Sen. Carper, <a href="/wiki/List_of_ambassadors_of_China_to_the_United_States" title="List of ambassadors of China to the United States">Chinese Ambassador to the U.S.</a> <a href="/wiki/Yang_Jiechi" title="Yang Jiechi">Yang Jiechi</a>, Rep. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Mike Castle</a>, Rep. <a href="/wiki/Wayne_Gilchrest" title="Wayne Gilchrest">Wayne Gilchrest</a>, and Sen. <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, October 2004</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mike_Pence_with_Tom_Carper.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Mike_Pence_with_Tom_Carper.png/250px-Mike_Pence_with_Tom_Carper.png" decoding="async" width="225" height="150" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Mike_Pence_with_Tom_Carper.png/500px-Mike_Pence_with_Tom_Carper.png 1.5x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="333" /></a><figcaption>Sen. Carper with Rep. <a href="/wiki/Mike_Pence" title="Mike Pence">Mike Pence</a>, May 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>Carper served with the Democratic minority in the <a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a> and <a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a> Congresses and was part of the Democratic majority in the <a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a> Congress. At the beginning of the <a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a> Congress, the Democratic Party was in the minority, but later held the majority. Carper was a member of the moderate <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Leadership_Council" title="Democratic Leadership Council">Democratic Leadership Council</a> (DLC), of which he served as vice chair. In 2004, Carper became part of the Senate Democratic leadership. As a member of a four-person "Executive Committee", he is one of four deputy whips. <a href="/wiki/David_Broder" class="mw-redirect" title="David Broder">David Broder</a> of <i>The Washington Post</i> has called Carper "a notably effective and non-partisan leader, admired and trusted on both sides of the aisle."<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/January_6_United_States_Capitol_attack" title="January 6 United States Capitol attack">January 6 United States Capitol attack</a>, Carper said he did not support invoking the <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution">Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution</a> or <a href="/wiki/Federal_impeachment_in_the_United_States" title="Federal impeachment in the United States">impeachment</a> of Trump.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> But hours later, he called on Trump to resign. He also called the attackers "domestic terrorists". That evening, he voted to certify the <a href="/wiki/2021_United_States_Electoral_College_vote_count" title="2021 United States Electoral College vote count">2021 United States Electoral College vote count</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Committee_assignments">Committee assignments</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Committee assignments"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper's committee assignments for the 118th Congress are as follows:<sup id="cite_ref-118thCongressAssignments_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-118thCongressAssignments-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Committee on Environment and Public Works</a> (chair)<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>As chair, Carper is an <i>ex officio</i> member of all subcommittees.</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Finance" title="United States Senate Committee on Finance">Committee on Finance</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Energy,_Natural_Resources,_and_Infrastructure" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure">Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_Health_Care" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on Health Care">Subcommittee on Health Care</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Finance_Subcommittee_on_International_Trade,_Customs,_and_Global_Competitiveness" title="United States Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness">Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness</a> (chair)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Homeland_Security_Permanent_Subcommittee_on_Investigations" title="United States Senate Homeland Security Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations">Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Homeland_Security_Subcommittee_on_Government_Operations_and_Border_Management" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senate Homeland Security Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management">Subcommittee on Government Operations and Border Management</a></li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Caucus_membership">Caucus membership</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Caucus membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Senate_Oceans_Caucus" title="Senate Oceans Caucus">Senate Oceans Caucus</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Political_positions">Political positions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Political positions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Joe_Biden_and_Tom_Carper_fist_bumping_at_Biden%27s_farewell_address_in_Delaware.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Joe_Biden_and_Tom_Carper_fist_bumping_at_Biden%27s_farewell_address_in_Delaware.jpg/250px-Joe_Biden_and_Tom_Carper_fist_bumping_at_Biden%27s_farewell_address_in_Delaware.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Joe_Biden_and_Tom_Carper_fist_bumping_at_Biden%27s_farewell_address_in_Delaware.jpg/330px-Joe_Biden_and_Tom_Carper_fist_bumping_at_Biden%27s_farewell_address_in_Delaware.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Joe_Biden_and_Tom_Carper_fist_bumping_at_Biden%27s_farewell_address_in_Delaware.jpg/500px-Joe_Biden_and_Tom_Carper_fist_bumping_at_Biden%27s_farewell_address_in_Delaware.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>Carper with President-elect <a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a> in January 2021</figcaption></figure> <p>Carper is considered a <a href="/wiki/New_Democrats_(United_States)" title="New Democrats (United States)">moderate Democrat</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has a 13% conservative rating from the <a href="/wiki/American_Conservative_Union" title="American Conservative Union">American Conservative Union</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carper voted for the <a href="/wiki/Budget_Control_Act_of_2011" title="Budget Control Act of 2011">Budget Control Act</a>, against cut, cap and balance, for debt increase, for debt ceiling increase, for <a href="/wiki/Debt_limit" title="Debt limit">debt limit</a> increase, for the stimulus, for TARP, for the <a href="/wiki/Patient_Protection_and_Affordable_Care_Act" class="mw-redirect" title="Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act">Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act</a>, for <a href="/wiki/Children%27s_Health_Insurance_Program" title="Children's Health Insurance Program">SCHIP</a>, for DREAM, and for the Immigration Reform Act of 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Abortion">Abortion</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Abortion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper has a mixed record on <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a> issues. In 2003, he was one of 17 Democrats who broke with the majority of their party by voting to ban <a href="/wiki/Partial-birth_abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Partial-birth abortion">partial-birth abortion</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also voted against banning abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, but voted to ban the use of federal funds for abortion.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, he opposed President Trump's proposal to defund <a href="/wiki/Planned_Parenthood" title="Planned Parenthood">Planned Parenthood</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carper was given a 50% rating by <a href="/wiki/NARAL_Pro-Choice_America" class="mw-redirect" title="NARAL Pro-Choice America">NARAL Pro-Choice America</a>, indicating a mixed record on abortion, according to their scoring, and a 25% rating from the <a href="/wiki/Anti-abortion" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-abortion">anti-abortion</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Right_to_Life_Committee" title="National Right to Life Committee">National Right to Life Committee</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After <a href="/wiki/Dobbs_v._Jackson_Women%27s_Health_Organization" title="Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization"><i>Roe v. Wade</i> was overturned</a> in June 2022, he said the decision was "unconscionably cruel and wrong" and that it was a "dark day for our country and our Constitution."<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_policy">Foreign policy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Foreign policy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2019, Carper was one of thirty-four senators to sign a letter to <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">President Trump</a> encouraging him "to listen to members of your own Administration and reverse a decision that will damage our national security and aggravate conditions inside Central America", asserting that Trump had "consistently expressed a flawed understanding of U.S. foreign assistance" since becoming president and that he was "personally undermining efforts to promote U.S. national security and economic prosperity" through preventing the use of Fiscal Year 2018 national security funding. The senators argued that foreign assistance to Central American countries created less migration to the U.S., citing the funding's helping to improve conditions in those countries.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2024, Carper voted against a resolution, proposed by <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a>, to apply the <a href="/wiki/Human_rights_violations_against_Palestinians_by_Israel" title="Human rights violations against Palestinians by Israel">human rights</a> provisions of the <a href="/wiki/Foreign_Assistance_Act" title="Foreign Assistance Act">Foreign Assistance Act</a> to <a href="/wiki/United_States_support_for_Israel_in_the_Israel%E2%80%93Hamas_war" class="mw-redirect" title="United States support for Israel in the Israel–Hamas war">U.S. aid to Israel's military</a>. The proposal was defeated, 72 to 11.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2024, Carper led a letter to the Biden administration urging the U.S. to recognize a "nonmilitarized" <a href="/wiki/State_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="State of Palestine">Palestinian state</a> after the war in Gaza.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This letter was signed by 19 Democratic senators who support a two-state solution to the <a href="/wiki/Israeli%E2%80%93Palestinian_conflict" title="Israeli–Palestinian conflict">Israeli-Palestine conflict</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gun_law">Gun law</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Gun law"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper joined 23 other Senate Democrats in signing a letter supporting Obama taking executive action to reduce gun violence.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, he voted to ban high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2016, Carper participated in the <a href="/wiki/Chris_Murphy_gun_control_filibuster" title="Chris Murphy gun control filibuster">Chris Murphy gun control filibuster</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In response to the <a href="/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2017 Las Vegas shooting">2017 Las Vegas shooting</a>, Carper called for more gun laws, specifically background checks and mental health screenings.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In January 2019, Carper was one of forty senators to introduce the Background Check Expansion Act, a bill that would require background checks for either the sale or transfer of all firearms including all unlicensed sellers. Exceptions to the bill's background check requirement included transfers between members of law enforcement, loaning firearms for either hunting or sporting events on a temporary basis, providing firearms as gifts to members of one's immediate family, firearms being transferred as part of an inheritance, or giving a firearm to another person temporarily for immediate self-defense.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finance_and_economy">Finance and economy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Finance and economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:UNDERMINE_PRESIDENT%E2%80%99S_CLEAN_POWER_PLAN_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/UNDERMINE_PRESIDENT%E2%80%99S_CLEAN_POWER_PLAN_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-UNDERMINE_PRESIDENT%E2%80%99S_CLEAN_POWER_PLAN_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="355" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/UNDERMINE_PRESIDENT%E2%80%99S_CLEAN_POWER_PLAN_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-UNDERMINE_PRESIDENT%E2%80%99S_CLEAN_POWER_PLAN_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/UNDERMINE_PRESIDENT%E2%80%99S_CLEAN_POWER_PLAN_%28cropped%29.jpg/500px-UNDERMINE_PRESIDENT%E2%80%99S_CLEAN_POWER_PLAN_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2024" data-file-height="3263" /></a><figcaption>Carper in 2015</figcaption></figure> <p>He joined in the unsuccessful attempt to tie the <a href="/wiki/Bush_administration_tax_cuts" class="mw-redirect" title="Bush administration tax cuts">Bush administration tax cuts</a> to <a href="/wiki/Government_budget_deficit" class="mw-redirect" title="Government budget deficit">deficit reduction</a> and has supported additional funding for <a href="/wiki/School_choice" title="School choice">school choice</a> programs and <a href="/wiki/Charter_schools" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter schools">charter schools</a>. He has also sought additional funding for railroad projects and for rail security. He strongly supported legislation to limit <a href="/wiki/Class_action_lawsuits" class="mw-redirect" title="Class action lawsuits">class action lawsuits</a> and to restrict <a href="/wiki/Personal_bankruptcy" title="Personal bankruptcy">personal bankruptcy</a>. In addition, he is a strong proponent of <a href="/wiki/Free_trade" title="Free trade">free trade</a>. In 2012, Carper sponsored a bill, eventually passed and signed into law, that required government agencies to identify $125 billion in expected waste and fraud.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carper and <a href="/wiki/George_Voinovich" title="George Voinovich">George Voinovich</a> of Ohio proposed a 25-cent raise in the federal gasoline tax; 10 cents would go to pay down the debt and the rest toward improving the nation's infrastructure. The measure was proposed in November 2010.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The measure did not pass. </p><p>On May 14, 2011, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> criticized a postal-bailout bill co-sponsored by Carper and <a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Susan Collins</a> (R-Maine). The bill would give $50–$75 billion to <a href="/wiki/United_States_Postal_Service" title="United States Postal Service">USPS</a>, and would underwrite pension obligations for retired postal workers. The bailout would cost three times the savings of the 2011 federal budget.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On August 1, 2019, the Senate passed a bipartisan budget deal that raised spending over current levels by $320 billion and lifted the debt ceiling for the following two years in addition to forming a course for funding the government without the perceived fiscal brinkmanship of recent years. Carper joined <a href="/wiki/Joe_Manchin" title="Joe Manchin">Joe Manchin</a> and Republicans <a href="/wiki/Mitt_Romney" title="Mitt Romney">Mitt Romney</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rick_Scott" title="Rick Scott">Rick Scott</a> in issuing a statement asserting that "as former Governors, we were responsible for setting a budget each year that was fiscally responsible to fund our priorities. That's why today, we, as U.S. Senators, cannot bring ourselves to vote for this budget deal that does not put our country on a fiscally sustainable path."<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Environment">Environment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Environment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper proposed the creation of a <a href="/wiki/National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="National Park">National Park</a> in Delaware, the Coastal Heritage Park, in four locations along the <a href="/wiki/Delaware_River" title="Delaware River">Delaware River</a> and <a href="/wiki/Delaware_Bay" title="Delaware Bay">Delaware Bay</a>. In January 2009, Carper briefly chaired a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" title="United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works</a> hearing on the <a href="/wiki/Kingston_Fossil_Plant_coal_fly_ash_slurry_spill" title="Kingston Fossil Plant coal fly ash slurry spill">Tennessee Valley Authority's coal ash spill</a> in <a href="/wiki/Kingston,_Tennessee" title="Kingston, Tennessee">Kingston, Tennessee</a>. However, he did vote for <a href="/wiki/Keystone_XL_Pipeline" class="mw-redirect" title="Keystone XL Pipeline">Keystone XL Pipeline</a>, but has since expressed disappointment in that vote.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carper supports the <a href="/wiki/EPA" class="mw-redirect" title="EPA">EPA</a> and <a href="/wiki/Clean_Air_Act_(United_States)" title="Clean Air Act (United States)">Clean Air Act</a> and blames states to the west of Delaware for its air pollution, calling them "America's tailpipe".<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Housing">Housing</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Housing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2019, Carper was one of forty-one senators to sign a bipartisan letter to the housing subcommittee praising the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Housing_and_Urban_Development" title="United States Department of Housing and Urban Development">United States Department of Housing and Urban Development's</a> Section 4 Capacity Building program as authorizing "HUD to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations (CDCs) across the country" and expressing disappointment that President Trump's budget "has slated this program for elimination after decades of successful economic and community development." The senators wrote of their hope that the subcommittee would support continued funding for Section 4 in Fiscal Year 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Technology">Technology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Technology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper co-wrote the "Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act of 2010"<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> introduced on June 19, 2010, by Senator <a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a> (Senator Susan Collins is the third co-author of this bill). If signed into law, this controversial bill, which the American media dubbed the "<i><a href="/wiki/Internet_kill_switch#Protecting_Cyberspace_as_a_National_Asset_Act_of_2010" title="Internet kill switch">Kill switch bill</a></i>", would grant the <a href="/wiki/President_of_the_United_States" title="President of the United States">President</a> emergency powers over the Internet. All three co-authors of the bill, however, issued a statement claiming that instead, the bill "[narrowed] existing broad Presidential authority to take over telecommunications networks".<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carper was quoted as saying that the bill "would create a National Center for Cybersecurity and Communications in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Homeland_Security" title="United States Department of Homeland Security">Department of Homeland Security</a>, with a Senate-confirmed director to oversee security of the federal government's computer networks. The center would also identify vulnerabilities and help secure key private networks – like utilities and communications systems – that, if attacked or commandeered by a foreign power or cyberterrorists, could result in the crippling of our economy."<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Consumer_regulations">Consumer regulations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Consumer regulations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In May 2010, Carper introduced an amendment to limit state regulators from enforcing consumer regulations on national banks and their subsidiaries. It would also remove a Senate legislative measure requiring the <a href="/wiki/Office_of_the_Comptroller_of_the_Currency" title="Office of the Comptroller of the Currency">Office of the Comptroller of the Currency</a> to find a "substantive standard" on regulation, before the office could move to preempt. The <a href="/wiki/White_House" title="White House">White House</a> opposed Carper's amendment. The amendment passed by a vote of 80–18.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Employment">Employment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Employment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Jobs_bill">Jobs bill</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Jobs bill"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 21, 2011, <i><a href="/wiki/The_Wall_Street_Journal" title="The Wall Street Journal">The Wall Street Journal</a></i> noted that <a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">President Obama</a>'s job-creation plans were drawing resistance from Senate Democrats. The article quoted Carper as saying, "I think the best jobs bill that can be passed is a comprehensive long-term deficit-reduction plan. That's better than everything else the president is talking about combined."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Minimum_wage">Minimum wage</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Minimum wage"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In April 2014, the United States Senate debated the <a href="/wiki/Minimum_Wage_Fairness_Act_(S._1737;_113th_Congress)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 1737; 113th Congress)">Minimum Wage Fairness Act (S. 1737; 113th Congress)</a>. The bill would amend the <a href="/wiki/Fair_Labor_Standards_Act_of_1938" title="Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938">Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938</a> (FLSA) to increase the federal minimum wage for employees to $10.10 per hour over the course of a two-year period.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bill was strongly supported by President Barack Obama and many of the Democratic Senators, but strongly opposed by Republicans in the Senate and House.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Reidpunts_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reidpunts-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Carper said that he preferred legislation that would have a greater chance of becoming law, such as an increase to only $9 an hour.<sup id="cite_ref-Reidpunts_57-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Reidpunts-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On March 5, 2021, Carper voted against <a href="/wiki/Bernie_Sanders" title="Bernie Sanders">Bernie Sanders</a>'s amendment to include a $15/hour minimum wage in the <a href="/wiki/American_Rescue_Plan_Act_of_2021" title="American Rescue Plan Act of 2021">American Rescue Plan Act of 2021</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="LGBT_rights">LGBT rights</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: LGBT rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper signed a law as Governor defining "marriage as between a man and a woman," but he also voted as a Senator against the <a href="/wiki/Federal_Marriage_Amendment" title="Federal Marriage Amendment">Federal Marriage Amendment</a>, a proposed constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also voted against banning gay marriage again in 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2013, Carper announced that he now supports same-sex marriage.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iraq_War">Iraq War</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Iraq War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper voted yes on the 2002 <a href="/wiki/Iraq_Resolution" class="mw-redirect" title="Iraq Resolution">Iraq War Resolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Carper has been married twice, first in 1978, to Diane Beverly Isaacs, a former <a href="/wiki/Miss_Delaware" title="Miss Delaware">Miss Delaware</a>, who had two children by a previous marriage. They divorced in 1983. In a 1998 interview, Carper admitted, "I slapped my then-wife, Diane, during a heated argument", calling it a mistake.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bowden_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowden-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to a 1982 <a href="/wiki/New_York_Post" title="New York Post">New York Post</a> article, Carper hit Isaacs "so hard he gave her a black eye" and his wife's two children from a previous relationship "were slapped around and bruised by Carper for doing such things as leaving the family dog on the bed". Carper denied these claims.<sup id="cite_ref-Bowden_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bowden-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Carper married Martha Ann Stacy in 1985. They have two children. The family are members of Westminster Presbyterian Church in <a href="/wiki/Wilmington,_Delaware" title="Wilmington, Delaware">Wilmington, Delaware</a>. </p><p>Unlike most senators, who maintain residences in both <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, and in their home state, Carper commuted more than 100 miles by <a href="/wiki/Amtrak" title="Amtrak">Amtrak</a> train from his home in Wilmington to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Capitol" title="United States Capitol">United States Capitol</a>. He said this arrangement helped his family live a normal life despite his demanding, high-profile job.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On May 12, 2015, he narrowly escaped injury when the train he took home <a href="/wiki/2015_Philadelphia_train_derailment" title="2015 Philadelphia train derailment">derailed and crashed</a> in <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> shortly after he debarked.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2024, <a href="/wiki/Newark,_Delaware" title="Newark, Delaware">Newark</a> Train Station was renamed in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Finances">Finances</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Finances"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of 2018, according to OpenSecrets.org, Carper's net worth was more than $5.7 million.<sup id="cite_ref-net-worth_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-net-worth-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2023, <a href="/wiki/Congresstrading.com" title="Congresstrading.com">Congresstrading.com</a> tweeted that Carper, a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, made an inverse Nasdaq <a href="/wiki/Exchange-traded_fund" title="Exchange-traded fund">ETF</a> purchase, a <a href="/wiki/Short_sell" class="mw-redirect" title="Short sell">short sell</a> option for investors looking to hedge against or profit from a decline in the index. The tweet questioned whether this was a conflict of interest for Carper.<sup id="cite_ref-Moorcraft_2023_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moorcraft_2023-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Congresstrading.com_tweet_2023-08-02_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Congresstrading.com_tweet_2023-08-02-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Almanac">Almanac</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Almanac"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:94%; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc;"> <th colspan="7" style="background:#ccf;">Public offices </th></tr> <tr> <th>Office </th> <th>Type </th> <th>Location </th> <th>Began office </th> <th>Ended office </th> <th>Notes </th></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">State Treasurer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>January 18, 1977 </td> <td>January 16, 1979 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">State Treasurer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>January 16, 1979 </td> <td>January 20, 1981 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">State Treasurer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>January 20, 1981 </td> <td>January 3, 1983 </td> <td>resigned </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 1983 </td> <td>January 3, 1985 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 1985 </td> <td>January 3, 1987 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 1987 </td> <td>January 3, 1989 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 1989 </td> <td>January 3, 1991 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislature" title="Legislature">Legislature</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 1991 </td> <td>January 3, 1993 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>January 19, 1993 </td> <td>January 21, 1997 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFE6B0"> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Executive_(government)" title="Executive (government)">Executive</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dover,_Delaware" title="Dover, Delaware">Dover</a> </td> <td>January 21, 1997 </td> <td>January 3, 2001 </td> <td>resigned </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislative" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative">Legislative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 2001 </td> <td>January 3, 2007 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislative" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative">Legislative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 2007 </td> <td>January 3, 2013 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislative" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative">Legislative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 2013 </td> <td>January 3, 2019 </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFF99"> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Legislative" class="mw-redirect" title="Legislative">Legislative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington</a> </td> <td>January 3, 2019 </td> <td>Ongoing </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:94%; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc;"> <th colspan="7" style="background:#ccf;">United States Congressional service </th></tr> <tr> <th>Dates </th> <th>Congress </th> <th>Chamber </th> <th>Majority </th> <th>President </th> <th>Committees </th> <th>Class/District </th></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1983–1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/98th_United_States_Congress" title="98th United States Congress">98th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Financial Services</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources">Fisheries</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware%27s_At-large_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware's At-large congressional district"><i>at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1985–1986 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/99th_United_States_Congress" title="99th United States Congress">99th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Financial Services</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources">Fisheries</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware%27s_At-large_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware's At-large congressional district"><i>at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1987–1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/100th_United_States_Congress" title="100th United States Congress">100th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Reagan" title="Ronald Reagan">Ronald Reagan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Financial Services</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources">Fisheries</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware%27s_At-large_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware's At-large congressional district"><i>at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1989–1990 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Financial Services</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources">Fisheries</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware%27s_At-large_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware's At-large congressional district"><i>at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>1991–1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_H._W._Bush" title="George H. W. Bush">George H. W. Bush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Financial_Services" title="United States House Committee on Financial Services">Financial Services</a>, <a href="/wiki/United_States_House_Committee_on_Natural_Resources" title="United States House Committee on Natural Resources">Fisheries</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Delaware%27s_At-large_congressional_district" class="mw-redirect" title="Delaware's At-large congressional district"><i>at-large</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>2001–2002 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Banking</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Environment</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging">Aging</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>2003–2004 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/108th_United_States_Congress" title="108th United States Congress">108th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Banking</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Environment</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging">Aging</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color:#FFB6B6"> <td>2005–2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/109th_United_States_Congress" title="109th United States Congress">109th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Banking</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Environment</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging">Aging</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>2007–2009 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/110th_United_States_Congress" title="110th United States Congress">110th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush">George W. Bush</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Banking,_Housing,_and_Urban_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs">Banking</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Commerce,_Science,_and_Transportation" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation">Commerce</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Environment</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Special_Committee_on_Aging" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging">Aging</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr> <tr style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"> <td>2009–2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/111th_United_States_Congress" title="111th United States Congress">111th</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama" title="Barack Obama">Barack Obama</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Environment_and_Public_Works" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works">Environment</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Finance" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Finance">Finance</a>, <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Homeland Security</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_senators" title="Classes of United States senators"><i>class 1</i></a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:94%; margin:auto;"> <tbody><tr style="background:#ccc;"> <th colspan="13" style="background:#ccf;">Election results </th></tr> <tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Office </th> <th>Election </th> <th> </th> <th>Subject </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th> <th> </th> <th>Opponent </th> <th>Party </th> <th>Votes </th> <th>% </th></tr> <tr> <td>1976 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">State Treasurer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">118,159 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">56% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">T. Theodore Jones </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">92,472 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">43% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">State Treasurer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">91,809 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">59% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rita Justice </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">63,011 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Treasurer" title="Treasurer">State Treasurer</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">125,204 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">59% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Lynn Jankus </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">83,446 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">40% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1982 U.S. House election">1982</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">98,533 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">52% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Evans_Jr." title="Thomas B. Evans Jr.">Thomas B. Evans Jr.</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">87,153 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">46% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1984 U.S. House election">1984</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">142,070 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">58% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Elise R. W. du Pont </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">100,650 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">41% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1986_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1986 U.S. House election">1986</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">106,351 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Thomas S. Neuberger </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">53,767 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1988_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Delaware" title="1988 United States House of Representatives elections">1988</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">158,338 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">68% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">James P. Krapf </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">76,179 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">32% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_U.S._House_election" class="mw-redirect" title="1990 U.S. House election">1990</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">Primary</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">24,557 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">90% </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Daniel D. Rappa </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">2,676 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">10% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1990_United_States_House_of_Representatives_elections#Delaware" title="1990 United States House of Representatives elections">1990</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. Representative</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">116,274 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Ralph O. Williams </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">58,037 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">33% </td></tr> <tr> <td>1992 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Partisan_primary" class="mw-redirect" title="Partisan primary">Primary</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">36,600 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">89% </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Daniel D. Rappa </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">4,434 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">11% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Delaware_gubernatorial_election" title="1992 Delaware gubernatorial election">1992</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">179,268 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">B. Gary Scott </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">90,747 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">34% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Delaware_gubernatorial_election" title="1996 Delaware gubernatorial election">1996</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">188,300 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">70% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Janet_Rzewnicki" title="Janet Rzewnicki">Janet Rzewnicki</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">82,654 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">30% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2000_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2000 United States Senate election in Delaware">2000</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">181,566 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">56% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">William Roth</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">142,891 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">44% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2006 United States Senate election in Delaware">2006</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">170,567 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">70% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Jan_C._Ting" title="Jan C. Ting">Jan C. Ting</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">69,734 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2012_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2012 United States Senate election in Delaware">2012</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">265,374 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">66% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Kevin_L._Wade" class="mw-redirect" title="Kevin L. Wade">Kevin Wade</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">115,694 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">29% </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2018_United_States_Senate_election_in_Delaware" title="2018 United States Senate election in Delaware">2018</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senator</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/General_election" title="General election">General</a> </td> <td> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">Tom Carper </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">217,385 </td> <td style="color:black;background-color:#B0CEFF">60% </td> <td> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">Rob Arlett </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">137,127 </td> <td style="background-color:#FFB6B6">37% </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Carper&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Carper congressional papers</a></li></ul> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Evans_(Delaware_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Evans (Delaware politician)">Tom Evans</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="List of United States representatives from Delaware">U.S. House of Representatives</a><br />from <a href="/wiki/Delaware%27s_at-large_congressional_district" title="Delaware's at-large congressional district">Delaware's at-large congressional district</a> </b><br />1983–1993 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Mike Castle</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold">Mary Jornlin</div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Treasurer of Delaware </b><br />1977–1983 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Janet_Rzewnicki" title="Janet Rzewnicki">Janet Rzewnicki</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Dale_E._Wolf" title="Dale E. Wolf">Dale Wolf</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governor of Delaware</a> </b><br />1993–2001 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Ann_Minner" title="Ruth Ann Minner">Ruth Ann Minner</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/George_Voinovich" title="George Voinovich">George Voinovich</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/National_Governors_Association" title="National Governors Association">National Governors Association</a> </b><br />1998–1999 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Mike_Leavitt" title="Mike Leavitt">Mike Leavitt</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">U.S. Senate</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">William Roth</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Delaware</a> </b><br />2001–2025 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Joe Biden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kaufman" title="Ted Kaufman">Ted Kaufman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chris_Coons" title="Chris Coons">Chris Coons</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Lisa Blunt Rochester</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Bob_Graham" title="Bob Graham">Bob Graham</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/New_Democrat_Coalition" title="New Democrat Coalition">Senate New Democrat Coalition</a> </b><br />2003–2011 <br />Served alongside: <b><a href="/wiki/Mary_Landrieu" title="Mary Landrieu">Mary Landrieu</a></b> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;"><b>Position abolished </b> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Joe Lieberman</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chair of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Senate Homeland Security Committee</a> </b><br />2013–2015 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Ron_Johnson" title="Ron Johnson">Ron Johnson</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Susan Collins</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Ranking Member of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate_Committee_on_Homeland_Security_and_Governmental_Affairs" title="United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs">Senate Homeland Security Committee</a> </b><br />2015–2017 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Claire_McCaskill" title="Claire McCaskill">Claire McCaskill</a></div> 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/><span class="nobold">(1838–1857)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_S._Fulton" title="William S. 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McClellan">McClellan</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="4" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Government Operations<br />(1952–1977)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_L._McClellan" title="John L. 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McClellan">McClellan</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Ervin" title="Sam Ervin">Ervin</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Ribicoff" title="Abraham Ribicoff">Ribicoff</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governmental Affairs<br />(1977–2005)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Ribicoff" title="Abraham Ribicoff">Ribicoff</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">Roth</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Glenn" title="John Glenn">Glenn</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">Roth</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Stevens" title="Ted Stevens">Stevens</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">Thompson</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Lieberman</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Thompson" title="Fred Thompson">Thompson</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Lieberman</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Collins</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs<br />(2005–)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Collins" title="Susan Collins">Collins</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Lieberman" title="Joe Lieberman">Lieberman</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Carper</a> <sup></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Johnson" title="Ron Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Peters" title="Gary Peters">Peters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rand_Paul" title="Rand Paul">Paul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="United_States_senators_from_Delaware99" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="Template:United States senators from Delaware"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="Template talk:United States senators from Delaware"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States senators from Delaware"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="United_States_senators_from_Delaware99" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">United States senators from Delaware</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 1</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/George_Read_(American_politician,_born_1733)" title="George Read (American politician, born 1733)">Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Latimer_(politician)" title="Henry Latimer (politician)">Latimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_White_(American_politician)" title="Samuel White (American politician)">White</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outerbridge_Horsey" title="Outerbridge Horsey">Horsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesar_Augustus_Rodney" title="Caesar Augustus Rodney">C. 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Heisler Ball">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._du_Pont" title="Henry A. du Pont">H. du Pont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josiah_O._Wolcott" title="Josiah O. Wolcott">Wolcott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Coleman_du_Pont" title="T. Coleman du Pont">T. C. du Pont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_F._Bayard_Jr." title="Thomas F. Bayard Jr.">T. Bayard Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_G._Townsend_Jr." title="John G. Townsend Jr.">Townsend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Tunnell" title="James M. Tunnell">Tunnell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Williams_(politician)" title="John J. Williams (politician)">Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">Roth</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Carper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Blunt Rochester</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 2</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bassett_(Delaware_politician)" title="Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)">Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Vining" title="John Vining">Vining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Clayton" title="Joshua Clayton">J. Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wells" title="William H. Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_(politician,_born_1767)" title="James A. Bayard (politician, born 1767)">J. Bayard Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Wells" title="William H. Wells">Wells</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Van_Dyke_(politician,_born_1769)" title="Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1769)">Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rodney" title="Daniel Rodney">D. Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Ridgely" title="Henry M. Ridgely">Ridgely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Clayton" title="John M. Clayton">J. M. Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton" title="Thomas Clayton">T. Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Presley_Spruance" title="Presley Spruance">Spruance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Clayton" title="John M. Clayton">J. M. Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_P._Comegys" title="Joseph P. Comegys">Comegys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_W._Bates" title="Martin W. Bates">Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Saulsbury_Sr." title="Willard Saulsbury Sr.">W. Saulsbury Sr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eli_Saulsbury" title="Eli Saulsbury">E. Saulsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Anthony_Higgins_(politician)" title="Anthony Higgins (politician)">Higgins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_R._Kenney" title="Richard R. Kenney">Kenney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Frank_Allee" title="J. Frank Allee">Allee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_A._Richardson" title="Harry A. Richardson"> Richardson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Saulsbury_Jr." title="Willard Saulsbury Jr.">W. Saulsbury Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Heisler_Ball" title="L. Heisler Ball">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/T._Coleman_du_Pont" title="T. Coleman du Pont">T. C. du Pont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_O._Hastings" title="Daniel O. Hastings">Hastings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Hughes" title="James H. Hughes">Hughes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Douglass_Buck" title="C. Douglass Buck">Buck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Allen_Frear_Jr." title="J. Allen Frear Jr.">Frear</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Caleb_Boggs" title="J. Caleb Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">Biden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Kaufman" title="Ted Kaufman">Kaufman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chris_Coons" title="Chris Coons">Coons</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_from_Delaware123" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="Template:United States representatives from Delaware"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="Template talk:United States representatives from Delaware"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States representatives from Delaware"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives_from_Delaware123" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="List of United States representatives from Delaware">Members of the United States House of Representatives from Delaware</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_Vining" title="John Vining">Vining</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Patten_(American_politician)" title="John Patten (American politician)">Patten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Latimer_(politician)" title="Henry Latimer (politician)">Latimer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_A._Bayard_(politician,_born_1767)" title="James A. Bayard (politician, born 1767)">Bayard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesar_Augustus_Rodney" title="Caesar Augustus Rodney">C. A. Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Broom" title="James M. Broom">Broom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Van_Dyke_(politician,_born_1769)" title="Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1769)">Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_M._Ridgely" title="Henry M. Ridgely">Ridgely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Cooper_(American_politician,_born_1764)" title="Thomas Cooper (American politician, born 1764)">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Clayton" title="Thomas Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louis_McLane" title="Louis McLane">McLane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willard_Hall" title="Willard Hall">Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rodney" title="Daniel Rodney">D. Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kensey_Johns_Jr." title="Kensey Johns Jr.">Johns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_J._Milligan" title="John J. Milligan">Milligan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Robinson_Jr." title="Thomas Robinson Jr.">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_B._Rodney" title="George B. Rodney">G. B. Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Houston" title="John W. Houston">J. W. Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_R._Riddle" title="George R. Riddle">Riddle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elisha_D._Cullen" title="Elisha D. Cullen">Cullen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_G._Whiteley" title="William G. Whiteley">Whiteley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_P._Fisher" title="George P. Fisher">Fisher</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Temple_(politician)" title="William Temple (politician)">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_B._Smithers" title="Nathaniel B. Smithers">Smithers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Nicholson" title="John A. Nicholson">Nicholson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_T._Biggs" title="Benjamin T. Biggs">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_R._Lofland" title="James R. Lofland">Lofland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Williams_(Delaware_politician)" title="James Williams (Delaware politician)">J. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_L._Martin" title="Edward L. Martin">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_B._Lore" title="Charles B. Lore">Lore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_B._Penington" title="John B. Penington">Penington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Causey" title="John W. Causey">Causey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_S._Willis" title="Jonathan S. Willis">Willis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Irving_Handy" title="L. Irving Handy">Handy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Hoffecker" title="John H. Hoffecker">J. H. Hoffecker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_O._Hoffecker" title="Walter O. Hoffecker">W. O. Hoffecker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/L._Heisler_Ball" title="L. Heisler Ball">Ball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_A._Houston" title="Henry A. 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Williams">G. S. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_A._Traynor" title="Philip A. Traynor">Traynor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earle_D._Willey" title="Earle D. Willey">Willey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Caleb_Boggs" title="J. Caleb Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Herbert_Warburton" title="Herbert Warburton">Warburton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harris_McDowell" title="Harris McDowell">McDowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Haskell" title="Hal Haskell">Haskell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">Roth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_du_Pont" title="Pete du Pont">du Pont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_B._Evans_Jr." title="Thomas B. Evans Jr.">Evans</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Carper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carney_(Delaware_politician)" title="John Carney (Delaware politician)">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisa_Blunt_Rochester" title="Lisa Blunt Rochester">Blunt Rochester</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sarah_McBride" title="Sarah McBride">McBride</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="1" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/250px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Governors_and_lieutenant_governors_of_Delaware153" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Governors_of_Delaware" title="Template:Governors of Delaware"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Governors_of_Delaware" title="Template talk:Governors of Delaware"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Governors_of_Delaware" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Governors of Delaware"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Governors_and_lieutenant_governors_of_Delaware153" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_governors_of_Delaware" title="List of governors of Delaware">Governors</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant_Governor_of_Delaware" title="Lieutenant Governor of Delaware">lieutenant governors</a> of <a href="/wiki/Delaware" title="Delaware">Delaware</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Governors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_McKinly" title="John McKinly">McKinly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_McKean" title="Thomas McKean">McKean</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Read_(American_politician,_born_1733)" title="George Read (American politician, born 1733)">Read</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caesar_Rodney" title="Caesar Rodney">Caesar Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dickinson" title="John Dickinson">Dickinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Cook_(governor)" title="John Cook (governor)">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Van_Dyke_(politician,_born_1738)" title="Nicholas Van Dyke (politician, born 1738)">Van Dyke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Collins_(governor)" title="Thomas Collins (governor)">T. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jehu_Davis" title="Jehu Davis">Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_Clayton" title="Joshua Clayton">Clayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gunning_Bedford_Sr." title="Gunning Bedford Sr.">Bedford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rogers_(politician)" title="Daniel Rogers (politician)">Rogers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_Bassett_(Delaware_politician)" title="Richard Bassett (Delaware politician)">Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Sykes_(governor)" title="James Sykes (governor)">Sykes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hall_(Delaware_politician)" title="David Hall (Delaware politician)">D. Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nathaniel_Mitchell" title="Nathaniel Mitchell">Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Truitt" title="George Truitt">Truitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Haslet" title="Joseph Haslet">Haslet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Rodney" title="Daniel Rodney">D. Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Clark_(Delaware_governor)" title="John Clark (Delaware governor)">Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Molleston" title="Henry Molleston">Molleston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jacob_Stout" title="Jacob Stout">Stout</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Collins_(governor)" title="John Collins (governor)">J. Collins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_Rodney" title="Caleb Rodney">Caleb Rodney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Haslet" title="Joseph Haslet">Haslet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thomas_(Delaware_governor)" title="Charles Thomas (Delaware governor)">Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Paynter" title="Samuel Paynter">Paynter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Polk_Jr." title="Charles Polk Jr.">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Hazzard" title="David Hazzard">Hazzard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caleb_P._Bennett" title="Caleb P. Bennett">Bennett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Polk_Jr." title="Charles Polk Jr.">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornelius_P._Comegys" title="Cornelius P. Comegys">Comegys</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Cooper_(Delaware_politician)" title="William B. Cooper (Delaware politician)">Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Stockton_(politician)" title="Thomas Stockton (politician)">Stockton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Maull" title="Joseph Maull">Maull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Temple_(politician)" title="William Temple (politician)">Temple</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Tharp" title="William Tharp">Tharp</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._H._Ross" title="William H. H. Ross">Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_F._Causey" title="Peter F. Causey">Causey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Burton_(governor)" title="William Burton (governor)">Burton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Cannon" title="William Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gove_Saulsbury" title="Gove Saulsbury">Saulsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Ponder" title="James Ponder">Ponder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_P._Cochran" title="John P. Cochran">Cochran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Hall" title="John W. Hall">J. Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_C._Stockley" title="Charles C. Stockley">Stockley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_T._Biggs" title="Benjamin T. Biggs">Biggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_J._Reynolds" title="Robert J. Reynolds">Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joshua_H._Marvil" title="Joshua H. Marvil">Marvil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_T._Watson" title="William T. Watson">Watson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ebe_W._Tunnell" title="Ebe W. 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Carvel">Carvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Caleb_Boggs" title="J. Caleb Boggs">Boggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_P._Buckson" title="David P. Buckson">Buckson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_N._Carvel" title="Elbert N. Carvel">Carvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_L._Terry_Jr." title="Charles L. Terry Jr.">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_W._Peterson" title="Russell W. Peterson">Peterson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_W._Tribbitt" title="Sherman W. Tribbitt">Tribbitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_du_Pont" title="Pete du Pont">du Pont</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_E._Wolf" title="Dale E. Wolf">Wolf</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Carper</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Ann_Minner" title="Ruth Ann Minner">Minner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jack_Markell" title="Jack Markell">Markell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carney_(Delaware_politician)" title="John Carney (Delaware politician)">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Hall-Long" title="Bethany Hall-Long">Hall-Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Meyer" title="Matt Meyer">Meyer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Delaware.svg/120px-Seal_of_Delaware.svg.png" decoding="async" width="75" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Seal_of_Delaware.svg/250px-Seal_of_Delaware.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="349" data-file-height="349" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Lieutenant<br />governors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Philip_L._Cannon" title="Philip L. Cannon">Cannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_T._Parker" title="Isaac T. Parker">Parker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Mendinhall" title="John M. Mendinhall">Mendinhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colen_Ferguson" title="Colen Ferguson">Ferguson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lewis_E._Eliason" title="Lewis E. Eliason">Eliason</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Danforth_Bush" title="J. Danforth Bush">Bush</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Anderson_(politician)" title="James H. Anderson (politician)">Anderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_H._Hazel" title="James H. Hazel">Hazel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_F._Corley" title="Roy F. Corley">Corley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_W._Cooch" title="Edward W. Cooch">Cooch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isaac_J._MacCollum" title="Isaac J. MacCollum">MacCollum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elbert_N._Carvel" title="Elbert N. Carvel">Carvel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexis_I._du_Pont_Bayard" title="Alexis I. du Pont Bayard">Bayard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_W._Rollins" title="John W. Rollins">Rollins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_P._Buckson" title="David P. Buckson">Buckson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Lammot" title="Eugene Lammot">Lammot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_W._Tribbitt" title="Sherman W. Tribbitt">Tribbitt</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Bookhammer" title="Eugene Bookhammer">Bookhammer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._McGinnis" title="James D. McGinnis">McGinnis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Castle" title="Mike Castle">Castle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/S._B._Woo" title="S. B. Woo">Woo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dale_E._Wolf" title="Dale E. Wolf">Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruth_Ann_Minner" title="Ruth Ann Minner">Minner</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Carney_(Delaware_politician)" title="John Carney (Delaware politician)">Carney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matthew_Denn" title="Matthew Denn">Denn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bethany_Hall-Long" title="Bethany Hall-Long">Hall-Long</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kyle_Evans_Gay" title="Kyle Evans Gay">Gay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235" /></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Delaware&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_98th–102nd_and_107th-118th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)213" style="display:table;;padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231" /><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Delaware&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_98th–102nd_and_107th-118th_United_States_Congresses_(ordered_by_seniority)213" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a 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href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">W. Roth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">J. Biden</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="List of United States representatives from Delaware">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Carper</a> (D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/99th_United_States_Congress" title="99th United States Congress">99th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">W. Roth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">J. Biden</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="List of United States representatives from Delaware">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Carper</a> (D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/100th_United_States_Congress" title="100th United States Congress">100th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">W. Roth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">J. Biden</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="List of United States representatives from Delaware">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Carper</a> (D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/101st_United_States_Congress" title="101st United States Congress">101st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">W. Roth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">J. Biden</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="List of United States representatives from Delaware">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Carper</a> (D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/102nd_United_States_Congress" title="102nd United States Congress">102nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/William_Roth" title="William Roth">W. Roth</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">J. Biden</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Delaware" title="List of United States representatives from Delaware">House</a>:</b> <span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Carper</a> (D)</div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/107th_United_States_Congress" title="107th United States Congress">107th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Delaware" title="List of United States senators from Delaware">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Joe_Biden" title="Joe Biden">J. Biden</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">T. Carper</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a 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