1968 Delaware gubernatorial election

For related races, see 1968 United States gubernatorial elections.

1968 Delaware gubernatorial election

←  1964 November 5, 1968 1972  →

Nominee Russell W. Peterson Charles L. Terry Jr. Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 104,474 102,360 Percentage 50.51% 49.49%

County results State House district results Peterson:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80% Terry:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%

Governor before election Charles L. Terry Jr. Democratic Elected Governor Russell W. Peterson Republican

The 1968 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1968. Republican nominee Russell W. Peterson defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Charles L. Terry Jr. with 50.51% of the vote.

General election

Nominations

Nominations were made by party conventions. ^{[1] [2]}

Candidates

• Russell W. Peterson, Republican, civic activist
• Charles L. Terry Jr., Democratic, incumbent Governor

Results

1968 Delaware gubernatorial election ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Russell W. Peterson	104,474	50.51%
	Democratic	Charles L. Terry Jr. (incumbent)	102,360	49.49%
Majority			2,114	1.02%
Turnout			206,834	100.00%
	Republican gain from Democratic		Swing

By county

County	Russell Peterson Republican		Charles Terry Democratic		All Others
	#	%	#	%	#	%
Kent	10,348	43.4%	13,471	56.6%	0	0.0%
New Castle	77,209	51.0%	74,323	49.0%	0	0.0%
Sussex	16,917	53.7%	14,566	46.3%	0	0.0%
Totals	104,474	50.5%	102,360	49.5%	0	0.0%

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• New Castle
• Sussex

References

1. America Votes 8, p. 62.
2. Delaware Official Results 1968, p. 17.
3. "DE Governor, 1968". Our Campaigns. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
4. America Votes 8, p. 58.
5. Delaware Official Results 1968, p. 2.
6. Congressional Quarterly 1998, p. 46.

Bibliography

• George W. Cripps, Commissioner of Elections (1969). Official Results of General Election, 1968 (PDF). State of Delaware. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2020.
• Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998. ISBN   1-56802-396-0.
• Scammon, Richard M., ed. (1956). America Votes 8: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1968. Washington, D.C.: Governmental Affairs Institute (published 1970).