The Independent Party of Delaware was founded on August 29, 2000, by Floyd McDowell and Frank Sims. In 2000, the party ran Floyd McDowell Sr. for governor and he received 3,271 votes, or 1.1% of the total vote. In 2002 Maurice Barros, running for
U.S. Senate, received 996 votes, for 0.4% of the total vote. In 2004, the party, along with the
Libertarian Party, 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 Senate 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; he received 2,152 votes for 0.6% of the total vote in Delaware. In 2008, the party again gave its ballot line to the independent presidential campaign of
Ralph Nader; he received 2,401 votes. In 2012, the party ran Alex Pires for the US Senate. He received 15,300 votes, or 3.8%. The party also ran 4 candidates for the state legislature. One candidate for State Senate, running in a district with no major party opposition, received 20.1% of the vote. In 2014, the party ran David Graham for attorney general of Delaware against
Matthew P. Denn, Ted Kittila, Catherine Damavandi and John Machurek and he received 4,879 for 2.1% of the vote. In 2016, the party endorsed
Republican Party presidential nominee
Donald Trump for president. For the
2024 presidential election,
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on the Delaware ballot on the party's ballot line.
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