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{{Infobox_Politician | name = Thomas R. Carper | image = Thomas Carper.jpg | caption = Governor of Delaware
U.S. Senator from Delaware | birth_date = January 23, 1947 | birth_place = Beckley, West Virginia | residence = Wilmington, Delaware | death_date = | death_place = | office = U. S. House (1983–1993)
Governor (1993–2001)
U.S. Senate (2001–present) | salary = | term = January 3, 2001 to present | predecessor = | successor = | party = Democratic | religion = Presbyterian | spouse = Martha Ann Stacy | children = | website = | footnotes = }}

Thomas Richard "Tom" Carper (born January 23, 1947) is an American economist and politician from Wilmington, in New Castle County, Delaware. He is a veteran of the Vietnam War, and a member of the Democratic Party, who served as U. S. Representative from Delaware, Governor of Delaware, and is the incumbent junior U.S. Senator from Delaware.

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Early life and family

Carper was born January 23, 1947 in Beckley, West Virginia, grew up in Danville, Virginia, and graduated from Whetstone High School in Columbus, Ohio. He then graduated from Ohio State University in 1968, where he was in the U.S. Navy ROTC and earned a degree in Economics. Serving as a Naval Flight Officer in the U.S. Navy from 1968 until 1973, he saw active duty in Vietnam, flying submarine hunting planes. He remained in the U.S. Naval Reserve for another 18 years and retired with the rank of Captain. Meanwhile he moved to Delaware and earned an MBA from the University of Delaware in 1975. He has been married twice, first to Diane Isaacs, a former Miss Delaware, who had two children by a previous marriage. Following a 1985 divorce, he married Martha Ann Stacy, and with her has two children, Christopher and Benjamin. They are members of the Presbyterian Church.

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Early political career

While in college at Ohio State University, Carper had worked on the presidential campaign of U.S. Senator Eugene McCarthy, the Minnesota peace candidate. Once in Delaware he was campaign treasurer for University of Delaware professor, James R. Soles, in his unsuccessful 1974 campaign for the U.S. House of Representatives. Upon receiving his MBA degree in 1975, Carper went to work for the State of Delaware in its economic development office. In 1976, with his good contacts in the Democratic Party leadership, no other obvious Democratic candidate, and a $5,000 personal loan, Carper convinced the party leaders, and later the voters, that he was the right person to be Delaware State Treasurer. Defeating favored Republican Party candidate, Theodore Jones, he served three terms, from January 18, 1977 through January 3, 1983, during which time he developed Delaware's first cash management system.

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U.S. House of Representatives

It took a considerable amount of persuasion on the part of U.S. Senator Joseph R. Biden, Jr. and others to convince Carper to leave his safe, but obscure Treasurer position and compete for Delaware's only seat in the U. S. House of Representatives. Thomas B. Evans, Jr., the incumbent Republican was running again, and although he had been caught in a compromising "association" on a golfing trip with Paula Parkinson, a young blonde lobbyist, he was still a formidable and well-connected politician.

The campaign was going well for Carper until three weeks before election day, when the New York Post published an article claiming that "dirtiest campaign in the country is being waged in tiny Delaware." Retelling the well-known story of Evans' golfing trip, it went on to charge Carper with abusive behavior to his wife and step-children. But the story actually ended up working to Carper's political advantage when it became suspected that the allegations were planted by an Evans supporter, and when public opinion seemed to conclude that the implications of the allegations were an inappropriate exploitation of a private family matter.

Carper went on to serve five terms in the U. S. House of Representatives from January 3, 1983 until January 4, 1993. These sessions were the 98th–102nd Congresses during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Ronald W. Reagan and George H.W. Bush. Carper's Democratic Party was always in the majority during those years. As a U.S. Representative, he was a member of the U.S. House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs and the U.S House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. He chaired the House Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization. In these positions he worked to allow banks into the securities business and to discourage the dumping of sludge into the ocean.

During his years in the U. S. House of Representatives Carper sought to gain better control of the Democratic Party organization in Delaware that he hoped someday would help him become Governor. Heavily Democratic and with over half of the population of the state, New Castle County was the key. Its Democratic organization was controlled by Eugene T. Reed, a former ironworker, and old-time political party boss, who was then among several politicians in both parties implicated in illegal money raising practices. To clean this up, along with the reputation of the Democratic Party, Carper recruited Joseph E. Reardon, a DuPont Company chemist, and worked tirelessly to see him elected New Castle County Democratic Party chairman. By early 1989, he was successful, and Reardon replaced Reed at the head of a newly reformed party organization. In 1992 Carper faced a primary challenge from a Reed ally, Daniel D. Rappa, but crushed him convincingly, and went on to win election to his fifth term as U.S. Representative.

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Governor of Delaware

In a small and intimate politically community like the state of Delaware important decisions are often made by a consensus of leaders in both parties. So it was in 1992, when the popular incumbent Governor, Michael N. Castle, was forced to retire due to term limits. The result was what became known as "the Swap." Castle ran for Carper's seat in the U. S. House of Representatives and Carper ran for Governor. Neither faced any significant opposition and Delaware retained the services of two very popular office holders.

So, in 1992 Carper was elected Governor of Delaware and served two terms from January 19, 1993 until January 3, 2001. As a moderate, business oriented Democrat, and the successor to 16 years of the two very competent and popular Republican administrations of Pierre S. du Pont, IV and Michael N. Castle, Governor Carper chose to govern much the same way, adding his particular interest and talent in economic development and business recruitement. Two special successes were stopping the feared closing of the huge General Motors automobile assemply operation near Newport, and winning the contest with Pennsylvania for the location of the headquarters of pharmaceutical giant, AstraZenaca.

Continuing du Pont's tax cutting policies, he lead an ongoing effort to reduce income tax rates, eliminate the marriage penalty and estate tax, cut the public utility tax, and eliminate the gross receipts tax for many small businesses. By doing so his administration improved the state's credit rating from among the worst in the nation to a respectable "AAA" rating. In educational programs he continued Castle's standards-based education programs, raising standards, testing students, and pushing through a teacher accountability bill. Other programs included a fully funded Head Start program and creation of a prescription drug benefit for seniors.

Carper's independent, New Democrat approach made him popular among voters, but caused grumbling among old line Democrats, particularly union leaders, who complained that not enough of them were getting patronage jobs after the many years of Republican control. In an era of increasingly bitter, partisan politics, Carper's actions and policies headed for the political center, in keeping with Delaware's consensus governing style.

Running for a second term in 1996 he faced State Treasurer Janet C. Rzewnicki. Knowing that she needed a major issue to have a chance of defeating him, she repeated the mistake made by Thomas B. Evans, Jr. in Carper's first race for the U. S. House of Representatives. Three weeks before the election Ann Stone, the chairwoman of the Republicans for Choice, came to Wilmington and repeated rumors she had heard of divorce proceedings, domestic violence, and secret court filings. These were immediately and emphatically refuted by Carper's wife, Martha, and her employer, the DuPont Company. In an extraordinary intervention, the Chief Judge of Family Court, Vincent J. Popiti, wrote in a formal order, that "there have been no filings at any time...regarding the marriage of...Carper." Even the Republican state chairman, Basil Battaglia weighed in, saying, "This is not the way we do politics in Delaware." Carper won the election in a landslide, and Rzewnicki was ousted from her position as State Treasurer two years later when her term expired.

The most poignant event of this time, though, was the murder of Carper's personal scheduler, Anne Marie Fahey and the eventual conviction of Thomas Capano for the crime. Capano was a wealthy, well-connected lawyer, known to nearly everyone in Delaware's political community. Fahey, an attractive 30 year old member of another well-known family, was attempting to end a romantic relationship with the married Capano, when he murdered her and dumped her body in the Atlantic Ocean. All Delaware was mesmerized as U.S. Attorney Colm F. Connelly built the case against Capano, and as he was tried and sentenced by Superior Court Judge William Swain Lee.

One legacy of Anne Marie Fahey is a strong commitment to youth mentoring in Delaware. A mentor herself, then-Governor Carper also became a mentor, and began actively promoting youth mentoring throughout Delaware's business community. As a result, by the end of his last term, Delaware held the highest per-capita ratio of youth mentors in the country. Carper established the Delaware Mentoring Council to help sustain this important legacy.

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United States Senator

The elections of 2000 were going to bring a change in Delaware's political lineup. For 16 years the same four people had held the four major statewide positions. Because of term limits on the Governor's position Carper had to retire. Both he and U. S. Representative Michael N. Castle wanted to be U.S. Senator, but incumbent U.S. Senator William V. Roth, Jr. would not retire voluntarily, and fellow Republican Castle would not force him into a primary. In a contest between two popular and respected politicians, the issue seemed to be Roth's age versus Carper's relative youth. Carper defeated Roth by over ten points. However, Roth received more votes than Presidential candidate George W. Bush, suggesting the strength of the Democratic turnout was a boon to Carper's candidacy and a key element of his victory.

Carper is now serving his first term in the U.S. Senate, having taken office January 3, 2001. He is a member of the moderate Democratic Leadership Council (DLC), of which he presently serves as Vice-Chairman. In December 2004 Carper became a part of the Senate Democratic Leadership. As a member of the four person "Executive Committee" he is one of four deputy whips. David Broder of the Washington Post called Carper, "a notably effective and nonpartisan leader, admired and trusted on both sides of the aisle." Carper has worked to institute a national energy policy, a balanced budget, strong environmental protections, welfare reform, and national education standards.

Carper serves on the following committees in the 109th U.S. Congress:

Carper joined in the unsuccesful attempt to tie the Bush administration tax cuts to deficit reduction and has supported additional funding for school choice programs and charter schools. He has also sought additional funding for railroad projects and for rail security. Carper has been a leader on Postal reform issues, limiting Internet taxation, and expanding emission controls. He strongly supported legislation to limit class action lawsuits and also changing the law to restrict personal bankruptcy. In addition, he is a strong proponent of free trade. Carper proposed the creation of a National Park in Delaware, the Coastal Heritage Park, to be in four locations along the Delaware River and Delaware Bay.

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2006 campaign

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Carper is seeking reelection in 2006. His seat is considered to be among the safest in the U.S. Senate. As of late March, there are only two declared Republican candidates: Temple University law professor Jan C. Ting, and pilot Michael D. Protack. The filing deadline is May 12, 2006.


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Public offices

Elections are held the first week of November. The Governor takes office the third Tuesday of January and has a four year term. The State Treasurer also takes office the third Tuesday of January and had a two year term. U.S. Senators and U.S. Representatives take office the first week of January for terms of six years and two years respectively.

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Election results

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Delaware Congressional Delegations

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