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1976 US Senate election in Delaware

William V. Roth, Jr. (Republican) beat Thomas C. Maloney (Democrat) in Delaware in 1976, 55.8% to 43.6%, a margin of 12.2 points and 27,412 votes.

The Republican hold continued from 1970, when William Roth also won.

Republicans led in 2 of the 3 counties as they stood then and Democrats in 1. The largest, New Castle, cast 162,828 votes and went to the Republican by 15.1 points. The closest was Kent, where 878 votes separated the two parties.

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Senate

CandidatePartyVotesShare
William V. Roth, Jr. won Republican 125,454 55.8%
Thomas C. Maloney Democratic 98,042 43.6%
All other candidates 1,299 0.6%
Total224,795

Every county

CountyDemocratRepublicanOthersTotalMargin
New Castle 68,610 42.1% 93,267 57.3% 951 162,828 R+15.1
Sussex 15,086 44.3% 18,754 55.1% 179 34,019 R+10.8
Kent 14,359 51.3% 13,481 48.1% 172 28,012 D+3.1

Counties as they stood in 1976; 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

YearWinnerMargin
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