This is the third in a series of diaries graphically depicting the Democratic victory in this year’s midterm elections.
Today we will be looking at how the election went in New Jersey, Delaware, and Maryland. No seats changed hands in these states, below are maps of the the current state of party control.
Of 1,822,786 votes cast in the 2006 New Jersey House races 983,747 votes (54%) were cast for Democrats while 815,871 votes (45%) were cast for Republican candidates.
In Maryland, 1,581,195 votes were cast with 1,017,276 (64.3%)for Democrats, while 544,508 votes (34.4%) were cast for Republicans.
In Delaware, the Republican candidate won with 57.2% of the vote.
Looking at vote margins, the only close race in these states was in the NJ-07 where the Republican candidate won by a margin of 3,259 votes (1.9%), with the Democratic candidate garnering 47.8% to the Republican’s 49.5%. The Democratic 2006 performance is a 6.2% improvement over the 2004 Democratic vote share. This should be a target for 2008.
Tier 0
Race D% R% Margin 2006 D Cand.
No races meet the criteria for this tier.
Tier 1
Race D% R% Margin 2006 D Cand.
NJ-07 47.8 49.5 1.7 Linda Stender
Tier 2
Race D% R% Margin 2006 D Cand.
No races meet the criteria for this tier.