1974 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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1974 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

←  1972 November 5, 1974 1976  →

Nominee Pete du Pont James R. Soles Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 93,826 63,490 Percentage 58.5% 39.6%

County results Pont:     50–60%

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

The 1974 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took place on November 5, 1974. Incumbent Republican Pete du Pont won re-election over Democrat candidate Norma Handloff with 58.52% of the vote against his opponent's 39.60% of the vote.

Results

General election results ^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Pete du Pont	93,826	58.52%
	Democratic	James R. Soles	63,490	39.60%
	American Independent	Donald G. Gies	1,250	0.78%
	Public Congress	John Trager	1,241	-0.77%
	Prohibition	George C. Brown	370	0.23%
	U.S. Labor	Melvin Dillard	151	0.09%
Total votes			160,328	100.00%
	Republican hold

References

1. "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 1974" (PDF). Clerk of the House of Representatives. p. 8.