He won the Democratic primary election by defeating two veteran state senators, Nancy W. Cook of Dover and David McBride of New Castle.In the general election he narrowly defeated Republican Battle R. Robinson of Georgetown, who was the first woman to practice law in Sussex County and the assistant legal counsel to retiring Governor Pete du Pont.Likewise, in 1992, he was the Democratic candidate for the U.S. House from Delaware's sole congressional district, but lost the election to retiring Gov.Woo became an Independent in 2000 and announced his intention not to accept a federal appointment in order to advance public perception of his neutrality without any personal partisan benefit.[2] Woo is a leader in the greater Chinese American community throughout the country from which his political activities dependably received strong financial backing.