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Michael Newbold Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who served as the 69th Governor of Delaware from 1985 to 1992 and as the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Delaware has a single at-large representative in the House of Representatives. Republican incumbent Mike Castle was reelected for an eighth term. As of 2024, this is the last time where a Republican won a congressional race in Delaware, and the last statewide race where the Republican won New Castle County.
Mike Castle, a Republican and former governor of Delaware, held this seat from January 1993 until his retirement in January 2011, after his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination to run for U.S. Senator. Even as Delaware swung heavily Democratic at the state and national level, Castle was usually reelected without serious difficulty ...
The last Republican to represent Delaware in the House of Representatives was Mike Castle. First elected in 1992 , Castle opted not to run for re-election in 2010, instead unsuccessfully running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
The 1984 Delaware gubernatorial election took place on November 6, 1984. Incumbent Republican governor Pierre S. duPont IV was barred from seeking a third term in office. Lieutenant Governor Mike Castle was elected to succeed him, defeating State Supreme Court Justice William T. Quillen. This was the last time that a gubernatorial nominee and a ...
The 2006 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 7, 2006. Incumbent Republican U.S. Representative Mike Castle won re-election to a seventh term. Democratic primary
Mike Castle: Richard S. Cordrey Charles L. Hebner: 1983–1984 132nd: Pete du Pont Mike Castle Richard S. Cordrey Democratic: Orlando J. George Jr. 1985–1986 133rd: Mike Castle: Shien Biau Woo: Richard S. Cordrey Republican: Charles L. Hebner 1987–1988 134th: Mike Castle Shien Biau Woo Richard S. Cordrey B. Bradford Barnes Terry R. Spence ...
Before 1776, Delaware was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, administered by colonial governors in Pennsylvania as the "Lower Counties on Delaware". In 1776, soon after Delaware and the other Thirteen Colonies declared independence from Britain, the state adopted its first state constitution. It created the office of President of ...