Never has PPP "ever found a Governor with as high an approval rating as Delaware's Jack Markell or a Senator with numbers as good as Tom Carper," the polling firm reports today.

Markell (D) was elected in November with 68% of the vote, and now enjoys a 62% approval rating, including 76% of Democrats and a plurality of Republicans (42% approve/32% disapprove). Overall, just 17% disapprove of Markell's job performance.

Carper (D), re-elected in 2006 with 70% of the vote, has a 57%/26% approval rating. President Obama remains popular in the state as well, with a 63%/31% job approval rating.

Sen. Ted Kaufman (D), appointed to replace Joe Biden in the Senate, is still widely unknown, with 41% holding no opinion of him.