1972 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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1972 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

←  1970 November 7, 1972 1974  →

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%	8.8
	Democratic	Norma Handloff	83,320	36.89%	7.7
	American Independent	Robert G. LoPresti	1,120	0.50%	1.2
	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.