Delaware gubernatorial elections

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A table showing the results of general elections for the Governor of Delaware, beginning in 1792 when the Delaware Constitution of 1792 went into effect, providing for the popular election of Governors.

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The Governor serves as head of the executive branch of the state's government. Beginning in 1792, the Governor was popularly elected, at first for a three-year term, changing to a four-year term in 1831. Elections were held the first Tuesday in October until 1831, when they were changed to the first Tuesday after November 1.

Governors of Delaware

YearElectedPartyVotes %OpponentPartyVotes %Notes
1792 Joshua Clayton* Federalist 2,20948%Thomas Montgomery Republican 1,90242% [a]
1795 Gunning Bedford Sr. Federalist 2,35252% Archibald Alexander Republican 2,14248%
1798 Richard Bassett Federalist 2,49053% David Hall Republican 2,06844% [b]
1801 David Hall Republican 3,47550% Nathaniel Mitchell Federalist 3,45750%
1804 Nathaniel Mitchell Federalist 4,39152% Joseph Haslet Republican 4,05048%
1807 George Truitt Federalist 3,30952% Joseph Haslet Republican 3,06248%
1810 Joseph Haslet Republican 3,66450% Daniel Rodney Federalist 3,59350%
1813 Daniel Rodney Federalist 4,64355%James Riddle Republican 3,76845%
1816 John Clark Federalist 4,00853%Manaen Bull Republican 3,51747%
1819 Henry Molleston Federalist 3,82355%Manaen Bull Republican 3,18545%
1820 John Collins Republican 3,97053%Jesse Green Federalist 3,52047% [c]
1822 Joseph Haslet Republican 3,78450%James Booth Federalist 3,76250%
1823 Samuel Paynter Federalist 4,34852% David Hazzard Republican 4,05148% [d]
1826 Charles Polk Jr. Federalist 4,33351% David Hazzard Republican 4,23849%
1829 David Hazzard National Republican 4,21551%Allen Thompson Democratic 4,04649%
1832 Caleb P. Bennett Democratic 4,22050% Arnold Naudain Whig 4,16650%
1836 Cornelius P. Comegys Whig 4,69352%Nehemiah Clark Democratic 4,27648%
1840 William B. Cooper Whig 5,85054%Warren Jefferson Democratic 5,02446%
1844 Thomas Stockton Whig 6,14050% William Tharp Democratic 6,09550%
1846 William Tharp Democratic 6,14851% Peter F. Causey Whig 6,01249%
1850 William H. H. Ross Democratic 6,00148% Peter F. Causey Whig 5,97848% [e]
1854 Peter F. Causey American 6,94153% William Burton Democratic 6,24447%
1858 William Burton Democratic 7,75853%James S. Buckmaster People's 7,55447%
1862 William Cannon Republican 8,15550%Samuel Jefferson Democratic 8,04450%
1866 Gove Saulsbury* Democratic 9,81053%James Riddle Republican 8,59847%
1870 James Ponder Democratic 11,46456%Thomas B. Coursey Republican 9,13044%
1874 John P. Cochran Democratic 12,48853%Isaac Jump Republican 11,25947%
1878 John W. Hall Democratic 10,73079%Kensey J. Stewart Greenback 2,83521%
1882 Charles C. Stockley Democratic 16,55853%Albert Curry Republican 14,62047%
1886 Benjamin T. Biggs Democratic 13,94264% John H. Hoffecker Temperance Reform7,83536%
1890 Robert J. Reynolds Democratic 17,80150% Harry A. Richardson Republican 17,25849%
1894 Joshua H. Marvil Republican 19,88051% Ebe W. Tunnell Democratic 18,65948%
1896 Ebe W. Tunnell Democratic 15,50744% John H. Hoffecker Republican 11,01431% [f]
1900 John Hunn Republican 22,42154%Peter J. Ford Democratic 18,80845%
1904 Preston Lea Republican 22,53251%Caleb S. Pennewill Democratic 19,78045% [g]
1908 Simeon S. Pennewill Republican 24,90552%Rowland G. Paynter Democratic 22,79448%
1912 Charles R. Miller Republican 22,74547%Thomas M. Monaghan Democratic 21,46044% [h]
1916 John G. Townsend Jr. Republican 26,66452% James H. Hughes Democratic 24,05347%
1920 William D. Denney Republican 51,89556%Andrew J. Lynch Democratic 41,03843%
1924 Robert P. Robinson Republican 53,04659%Joseph Bancroft Democratic 34,83040%
1928 C. Douglass Buck Republican 63,71661%Charles M. Wharton Democratic 40,34639%
1932 C. Douglass Buck* Republican 60,90354%Landreth L. Layton Democratic 50,40145%
1936 Richard McMullen Democratic 65,43750%Harry L. Cannon Republican 52,78243% [i]
1940 Walter W. Bacon Republican 70,90952% Josiah Marvel Jr. Democratic 61,23745% [j]
1944 Walter W. Bacon* Republican 63,82951% Isaac J. MacCollum Democratic 62,15649%
1948 Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 75,33954%Hyland P. George Republican 64,99646%
1952 J. Caleb Boggs Republican 88,97752% Elbert N. Carvel* Democratic 81,77248%
1956 J. Caleb Boggs* Republican 91,96552%J. H.Tyler McConnell Democratic 85,04748%
1960 Elbert N. Carvel Democratic 100,79252%John W. Rollins Republican 94,04348%
1964 Charles L. Terry Jr. Democratic 102,79751% David P. Buckson Republican 97,37449%
1968 Russell W. Peterson Republican 104,47451% Charles L. Terry Jr.* Democratic 102,36049%
1972 Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic 117,27451% Russell W. Peterson* Republican 109,58348% [k]
1976 Pete du Pont Republican 130,53157% Sherman W. Tribbitt* Democratic 97,48042%
1980 Pete du Pont* Republican 159,00471%William J. Gordy Democratic 64,21729% [l]
1984 Mike Castle Republican 135,25056% William T. Quillen Democratic 108,31544%
1988 Mike Castle* Republican 169,73371%Jacob Kreshtool Democratic 70,23629%
1992 Tom Carper Democratic 179,26865%B. Gary Scott Republican 90,74733% [m]
1996 Tom Carper* Democratic 188,30070% Janet Rzewnicki Republican 82,65430%
2000 Ruth Ann Minner Democratic 191,69559% John M. Burris Republican 128,60340% [n]
2004 Ruth Ann Minner* Democratic 185,68751% Bill Lee Republican 167,11546% [o]
2008 Jack Markell Democratic 266,86168% Bill Lee Republican 126,66232% [p]
2012 Jack Markell* Democratic 275,99169%Jeff Cragg Republican 113,79229% [q]
2016 John Carney Democratic 248,40458% Colin Bonini Republican 166,85239% [r]
2020 John Carney* Democratic 292,90359%Julianne Murray Republican 190,31239% [s]

Notes

  1. ↑ An additional candidate was George Mitchell (458).
  2. ↑ An additional candidate was Barclay Townsend (185).
  3. ↑ This was a special election held on October 3, 1820, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Henry Molleston.
  4. ↑ This was a special election held on October 7, 1823, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Joseph Haslet.
  5. ↑ An additional candidate was Thomas Lockwood (456).
  6. ↑ An additional candidate was John C. Higgins (7,154).
  7. ↑ Regular Republican candidate Joseph H. Chandler received 802 votes (2%).
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  8. ↑ Additional candidates included George B. Hynson (3,019).
  9. ↑ Additional candidates included Isaac D. Short (8,400).
  10. ↑ Liberal Democratic candidate Ivan Culbertson received 2,975 votes (2%).
  11. ↑ Additional candidates were Virginia M. Lyndall (1,468) and Harry H. Conner (397).
  12. ↑ An additional candidate was Lawrence Levy.
  13. ↑ Additional candidates were Floyd E. McDowell Sr. and Richard A. Cohen.
  14. ↑ An additional candidate was Floyd E. McDowell Sr. (3,271).
  15. ↑ An additional candidate was Frank Infante (12,206).
  16. ↑ An additional candidate was Jeffrey Brown (1,681).
  17. ↑ Additional candidates were Mark Perri (Green Party, 4,575) and Jesse McVay (Libertarian, 3,668).
  18. ↑ Additional candidates were Andrew R. Groff (Green, 5,951) and Sean L. Groward (Libertarian, 4,577).
  19. ↑ Additional candidates were Kathy DeMatteis (Delaware Independent, 6,150) and John Machurek (Libertarian, 3,270).

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