1806 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

1806 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
â 1805 (special) October 7, 1806 1807 (special) â
U.S. representative before election; James M. Broom; Federalist	Elected U.S. representative ; James M. Broom; Federalist

The 1806 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on October 7, 1806, to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district. Incumbent Federalist James M. Broom faced re-election to a full term after winning the previous year's special election. He was challenged by three Democratic-Republicans.

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Broom was re-elected with over 60% of the vote, with neither opponent coming close to unseating him.

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Federalist	James M. Broom (incumbent)	2,353	60.52
	Democratic-Republican	Thomas Fitzgerald	830	21.35
	Democratic-Republican	Joseph Haslet	382	9.83
	Democratic-Republican	Thomas Montgomery	323	8.31
Majority			1,523	39.17
Total votes			3,888	100.00
	Federalist hold

County	Broom#	Broom%	Fitzgerald#	Fitzgerald%	Haslet#	Haslet%	Montgomery#	Montgomery%	Total
Kent	709	95.94%					30	4.06%	739
New Castle	928	43.36%	830	38.79%	382	17.85%			2,140
Sussex	719	71.05%					293	28.95%	1,012

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