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2006Final results

2006 election for Delaware House District 8

Delaware House of Representatives · Delaware

Bethany Hall Long (D) won with 77.0% of the vote, defeating Edward L. Colaprete (R) by 54.1 points.

Bethany Hall LongDemocrat · winner · incumbent
77.0%5,864
23.0%1,748
7,612 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 2006

Races before and after

EvenD+20.61992D+41.02000D+21.52002D+54.12006D+14.52008D+26.42010

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET