Independent Party of Delaware
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The Independent Party of Delaware is a political party in the State of Delaware
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In 2000 the party ran Floyd Mcdowell Sr. for governor. He received 3,271 votes, making 1.1% of the total vote http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect00/2000genofficial.shtml. In 2002 Maurice Barros, running for U.S. Senate
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, received 996 votes, for 0.4% of the total vote. In 2004, the party, along with the Libertarian Party
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, nominated Frank Infante for governor. Infante received 10,753 votes on the Independent Party line (2.9% of vote), and 1,450 votes (0.4%) on the Libertarian Party ballot line.

In 2006, Karen M. Hartley-Nagle, running for Delaware's lone congressional seat, received 5,769 votes for 2.2% of the total vote.

In 2004, the party gave its ballot line to the independent presidential campaign of Ralph Nader
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, he received 2,152 votes for 0.6% of the total vote in Delaware. http://elections.delaware.gov/archive/elect04/elect04_general/elect04_general_office.shtml

In 2008, the party again gave its ballot line to the independent presidential campaign of Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....

, he received 2,401 votes.

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