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Beau Biden Out; Republicans Look Set to Take Delaware Senate Seat

By | 01.25.10 | 9:54 am

The upshot of the news that Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden–son of the vice president–won’t run for the state’s open Senate seat is that Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) is now prohibitively likely to take the seat over for Republicans. Delaware Democrats, who have dominated the state for the better More…

Poll: Beau Biden Grabs Lead in Delaware Senate Race

By | 11.16.09 | 2:48 pm

This is one of the more surprising polls I’ve seen recently: Delaware Attorney General Beau Biden, son of the vice president, is leading Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) in a hypothetical 2010 U.S. Senate matchup. The Susquehanna Polling & Research survey has Biden beating Castle by five points. When More…

Poll: Castle, Biden Tied in Possible Delaware Senate Race

By | 10.15.09 | 3:56 pm

Research 2000/Daily Kos polls the First State’s potential Senate matchup between long-serving Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) and first-term state attorney general Beau Biden, the son of the vice president. Castle has a statistically insignificant 46-45 lead, bolstered by an 8-point lead among independents and the support of 21 percent More…

Delaware Republican Running for Senate

By | 10.06.09 | 10:38 am

Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), the last major Republican office-holder in the very blue home of Vice President Joe Biden, is set to announce whether or not he’ll run for the U.S. Senate in 2010. Politico reports that he’s in.

As I noted last week, Castle’s numbers have More…

Poll: A Curious Senate Race in Delaware

By | 10.01.09 | 1:22 pm

The first polling on the potential candidates for Delaware’s 2010 U.S. Senate race showed Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.) winning easily. Public Policy Polling had Castle leading state attorney general Beau Biden by eight points. Susquehanna Polling and Research had Castle crushing Biden by 21 points. Today, however, we More…

Hope for Delaware Republicans

By | 05.05.09 | 9:45 am

The only Republican of stature left in my home state is Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), a moderate who has nonetheless voted with the solid GOP bloc against President Obama’s big initiatives. According to a new poll from Susquehanna Polling and Research, if the 70-year-old Castle runs for Senate against state More…