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Parents > United States > Delaware > Governor
OfficeGovernor
TypeGeneral Election
Filing Deadline September 01, 2004 - 05:00pm
Polls Open November 02, 2004 - 06:00am
Polls Close November 02, 2004 - 07:00pm
Term Start January 18, 2005 - 12:00pm
Term End January 20, 2009 - 12:00pm
ContributorScott³
Last ModifiedMr. Matt January 16, 2022 07:41pm
Data Sources[Link]
DescriptionOn an historic footnote to this race. Independent candidate Frank Infante [Link] is on the ballot twice. This is the first time that this has happened in Delaware. He is on the ballot as the nominee for the Independent Party of Delaware (filed 8-16-04) [Link] and as the nominee for the Libertarian Party of Delaware (filed 8-13-04) [Link]

The final breakdown for Infante's total of 12,206 votes was as follows:

Independent Party of Delaware: 10,756
Libertarian Party: 1,450
LAST GENERAL ELECTION
PartyDemocratic Won11/07/2000
NameRuth Ann Minner Votes191,695 (59.24%)
Term01/16/2001 - 01/18/2005 Margin63,092 (+19.50%)
PRIMARY/OTHER SCHEDULE
Jan 03, 2001 DE Governor - Succession Ruth Ann Minner
Jul 08, 2004 DE Governor - LBT Nomination Frank Infante
Jul 08, 2004 DE Governor - IPD Nomination Frank Infante
Sep 14, 2004 DE Governor - R Primary William S. "Bill" Lee
COUNTY-LEVEL RESULTS
KEY RACE? 5.4285998344 Average
LEANING PREDICTIONS    Detail
Ruth Ann Minner
Safe 19
Strong 37
Lean 6
MATCHUP POLL GRAPH

09/15/2004 09/25/2004

CANDIDATES
Photo
Name (I) Gov. Ruth Ann Minner William S. "Bill" Lee Frank Infante
PartyDemocratic Republican Independent Party of Delaware
Votes185,548 (50.87%) 167,008 (45.79%) 12,203 (3.35%)
Margin0 (0.00%) -18,540 (-5.08%) -173,345 (-47.52%)
Predict Avg.59.50% 36.83% 4.00%
Finances$1,764,586.00 $860,849.00 $9,399.00
MATCHUP POLLS
West Chester University 
09/22-09/25
42.40% (+0.0) 26.20% (+0.0) 1.70% (+0.0)
Public Opinion Strategies (R) 
09/15-09/15
45.00% (+0.0) 39.00% (+0.0) 3.00% (+0.0)
ENDORSEMENTS
Endorsements
IND Monsieur
  Wilmington (DE) News Journal
G BR_Green
D Bulldogscm
NPA ...
R ...
D InspectorMorse
PP FreedomDemocrat

NEWS
Date Category Headline Article Contributor
Sep 24, 2004 12:00am Endorsement [DE] Prison officers union is for Lee  Article Scott³ 
Jul 09, 2004 12:00am News [DE] Two third parties join to back Infante  Article Scott³ 

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