NYT > U.S. News Mike Castle, Bipartisan Delaware Congressman, Dies at 86 Par :Sam Roberts 19 août 2025 à 13:50 A fiscal conservative who supported gun control and other liberal causes, he was the last Republican elected to serve his state as governor and to represent it in the House. © Jessica Kourkounis for The New York TimesMike Castle in 2010, the year he was defeated by a Tea Party candidate in his primary campaign for the United States Senate.