United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972

Infobox Election
election_name = United States Senate election in Delaware, 1972
country = Kentucky
type = presidential
ongoing = No
previous_election = United States Senate election in Delaware, 1970
previous_year = 1970
next_election = United States Senate election in Delaware, 1976
next_year = 1976
election_date = November 7 1972


nominee1 = Joe Biden
party1 = Democratic Party (United States)
popular_vote1 = 116,006
percentage1 = 50.48%


nominee2 = J. Caleb Boggs (inc.)
party2 = Republican Party (United States)
popular_vote2 = 112,844
percentage2 = 49.10%
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title = Senator
before_election = J. Caleb Boggs (incumbent)
before_party = Republican
after_election = Joe Biden (elect)
after_party = Democratic

Candidates

* Joe Biden (Democrat), New Castle County Councilman
* J. Caleb Boggs (Republican), incumbent two-term Senator
* Henry Majka (American)
* Herbert B. Wood (Prohibition)

Results

* Joe Biden (D) - 116,006 (50.48%)
* J. Caleb Boggs (R) (inc.) - 112,844 (49.10%)
* Henry Majka (Amer.) - 803 (0.35%)
* Herbert B. Wood (Prohibition) - 175 (0.08%)

[http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=6510 Source]

Aftermath

Biden had been re-elected, all time by confortable margins, in 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996 and 2002, which made him currently sixth-most senior Senator, as well as 4th most senior Democrat. Biden is also current Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and was in past chairman of the Judiciary Committee.

Biden ran for President in 1988 and 2008, each times drooping-out early, but was selected as 2008 Democratic Party nominee for Vice President of the United States, still running for seventh Senate term, being favored to win.