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1994 United States Senate election in Delaware
	County results ; Roth: 50–60% 60–70%
U.S. senator before election; William V. Roth; Republican	Elected U.S. Senator ; William V. Roth; Republican

The 1994 United States Senate election in Delaware was held November 8, 1994. Incumbent Senator William V. Roth won re-election to a fifth term. He is Delaware's first U.S. Senator to win a fifth term, & was Delaware's longest-serving U.S. Senator until Joe Biden won a sixth term in 2002. As of 2024^[update], this was the last time Republicans won a U.S. Senate election in Delaware.

Candidates edit

Democratic edit

Charles Oberly, Attorney General of Delaware

Republican edit

William V. Roth, incumbent U.S. Senator

Polling edit

Source	Date	Roth (R)	Oberly (D)
Wilmington News Journal	October 31, 1994	53%	37%

Results edit

General election results^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	William V. Roth (Incumbent)	111,074	55.82%	-6.25%
	Democratic	Charles Oberly	84,540	42.48%	+4.54%
	Libertarian	John Dierickx	3,386	1.70%
Majority			26,534	13.33%	-10.79%
Turnout			199,000
	Republican hold		Swing

References edit

^ "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

[1] "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives".

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