1970 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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1970 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

←  1968 November 3, 1970 1972  →

Nominee Pete du Pont John D. Daniello Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 86,125 71,429 Percentage 53.7% 44.6%

County results Pont:     40–50%     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election William Roth Republican Elected U.S. Representative Pete du Pont Republican

The 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent representative William Roth decided to run in the concurrent US Senate election instead of running for re-election to a third term. Republican candidate, Pete du Pont won the open seat against Democrat John Daniello by a 9 point margin.

Results

General election results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Pete du Pont	86,125	53.72%	4.9
	Democratic	John D. Daniello	71,429	44.56%	3.2
	American Independent	Walter Hoey	2,759	1.72%	1.7
Total votes			160,313	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 3, 1970" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 7.