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Election 1930 Results

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1930 US Senate election in Delaware

Daniel O. Hastings (Republican) beat Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (Democrat) in Delaware in 1930, 54.5% to 45.4%, a margin of 9.1 points and 8,028 votes.

Daniel O. Hastings (Republican) beat Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (Democrat) in Delaware in 1930, 54.5% to 45.4%, a margin of 9.1 points and 8,028 votes. (This was a special election.)

The Republican hold continued from 1924, when T.Coleman du Pont won.

Republicans led in 2 of the 3 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, New Castle, cast 56,267 votes and went to the Republican by 12.5 points. The closest was Kent, where 175 votes separated the two parties.

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Early projection, based on early and incomplete polling: the likely matchups, each weighted by the betting markets' odds of both nominations, not a result. Each county is its 2024 presidential margin moved by its state's projected swing; set a national vote and every state, district and county moves by the same amount from our projection. Colours run in 100 steps from a safe Republican to a safe Democratic margin. Boundaries: US Census Bureau.

Senate

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Daniel O. Hastings won	Republican	47,909	54.5%
Thomas F. Bayard Jr.	Democratic	39,881	45.4%
All other candidates		135	0.2%
Total		87,925

Special election

Candidate	Party	Votes	Share
Daniel O. Hastings won	Republican	47,909	54.5%
Thomas F. Bayard Jr.	Democratic	39,881	45.4%
All other candidates		135	0.2%
Total		87,925

Every county

County	Democrat	Republican	Others	Total	Margin
New Castle	24,559 43.6%	31,573 56.1%	135	56,267	R+12.5
Sussex	8,745 46.8%	9,934 53.2%		18,679	R+6.4
Kent	6,577 50.7%	6,402 49.3%		12,979	D+1.3

Counties as they stood in 1930; some have since been split, merged or renamed. Margin: the Democrat's share of all votes minus the Republican's. Sources and how the results were checked.

Delaware Senate elections we hold

Year	Winner	Margin
2024	Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)	D+17.1
2020	Christopher A Coons (D)	D+21.5
2018	Thomas R Carper (D)	D+22.1
2014	Christopher A. Coons (D)	D+13.6
2012	Thomas R. Carper (D)	D+37.5
2008	Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)	D+29.4
2006	Tom Carper (D)	D+39.7
2002	Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)	D+17.4
2000	Thomas R. Carper (D)	D+11.8
1996	Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)	D+21.9
1994	William V. Roth, Jr. (R)	R+13.3
1990	Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)	D+26.8
1988	William V. Roth, Jr. (R)	R+24.1
1984	Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)	D+20.2
1982	William V. Roth, Jr. (R)	R+11.0
1978	Joseph R. Biden Jr. (D)	D+16.9
1976	William V. Roth, Jr. (R)	R+12.2
1972	Joe Biden (D)	D+1.4
1970	William Roth (R)	R+18.7
1966	J. Caleb Boggs (R)	R+18.2
1964	John J. Williams (R)	R+3.5
1960	J. Caleb Boggs (R)	R+1.4
1958	John Williams (R)	R+6.6
1954	J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)	D+13.9
1952	John J. Williams (R)	R+9.0
1948	J. Allen Frear Jr. (D)	D+2.6
1946	John J. Williams (R)	R+10.3
1942	Clayton D. Buck (R)	R+9.2
1940	James M. Tunnell (D)	D+3.3
1936	James H. Hughes (D)	D+11.6
1934	John G. Townsend Jr. (R)	R+7.1
1930	Daniel O. Hastings (R)	R+9.1
1928	John G. Townsend Jr. (R)	R+21.9
1924	T.Coleman du Pont (R)	R+18.7
1922	Thomas F. Bayard Jr. (D)	D+0.4
1918	L. Heisler Ball (R)	R+3.3
1916	Josiah O. Wolcott (D)	D+4.9