Senator Tom Carper, a Democrat from Delaware and chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, speaks during a hearing in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, March 9, 2023.
Norfolk Southern Corp.s leader plans to tell US lawmakers hes s DOVER, Del. - Democratic Sen. Tom Carper of Delaware announced Monday that he will not seek reelection to a fifth term in the U.S.
Senate.Carper's announcement paves the way for a wide-open contest for the seat he has held since 2001 in heavily-blue Delaware.
It also ensures that his unblemished record of never having lost an election during more than four decades in politics remains intact."If I ran for a fifth term in the Senate and won, it would be a record 15 statewide elections," Carper, 76, noted in prepared remarks at a Wilmington news conference.