1972 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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1972 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
November 7, 1972
 
Nominee Pete du Pont Norma Handloff
Party Republican Democratic
Popular vote 141,237 83,320
Percentage 62.5% 36.9%
County results
Roth:      60–70%
U.S. Representative before election

William Roth
Republican

Elected U.S. Representative

Pete du Pont
Republican

The 1972 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took place on November 7, 1972. Incumbent Republican, Pete du Pont won re-election over Democrat candidate Norma Handloff with 62.54% of the vote.

Results

General election results[1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Republican Pete du Pont 141,237 62.54% Increase8.8
Democratic Norma Handloff 83,320 36.89% Decrease7.7
American Independent Robert G. LoPresti 1,120 0.50% Decrease1.2
Prohibition Rachel Dickerson 264 0.12%
Total votes 225,851 100.00%
Republican hold

References

  1. ^ "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 1972" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 9.
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