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1994 Senate elections · Delaware history

Delaware U.S. Senate election 1994

William V. Roth Jr. REP +13.3 · Class I seat · held 11/8/94

Votes counted
199,000
Margin
13.3 pts
Seat held by
Republicanheld

General election 11/8/94

CandidatePartyVotesShareBar
William V. Roth Jr. WonREP111,07455.82%
Charles OberlyDEM84,54042.48%
John DierickxLIB3,3861.70%
Total199,000

Official source: data

Other Delaware Senate races

YearSeatWinnerMargin
2024Class ILisa Blunt Rochester17.1
2020Class IIChristopher A. Coons21.5
2018Class IThomas R. Carper22.1
2014Class IIChristopher A. Coons13.6
2012Class IThomas R. Carper37.5
2010 specialClass IIChristopher A. Coons16.6
2008Class IIJoe Biden29.4
2006Class IThomas R. Carper41.5
2002Class IIJoe Biden17.4
2000Class IThomas R. Carper11.8
1996Class IIJoe Biden21.9
1994Class IWilliam V. Roth Jr.13.3

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Questions and answers

Who won the 1994 Delaware Senate race?

William V. Roth Jr. (REP) won with 55.8% of the vote, ahead of Charles Oberly (42.5%), a margin of 13.3 points.

Did the Delaware Senate seat change party in 1994?

No. The Republican Party held it.

How many votes were cast in the 1994 Delaware Senate race?

199,000 votes were counted for the candidates in the general election.

Compiled by FiveThirtyEight from the official source linked above.