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1970 general · November 3, 1970

1970 Delaware House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Delaware House of Representatives district in the 1970 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 39 seats

After the electionD 16 · R 23
Races39
Changed party7
Unopposed3%1 races
Incumbents defeated2

Every district

D 16 · R 23

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Kermit H. Justice (R)1.5Flipped
HD-2Clifford B. Hearn (D)6.8
HD-3Henrietta Johnson (D)14.8
HD-4Charles Miller (D)40.8
HD-5Casimir Jonkiert (D)39.7
HD-6George C. Hering III (R)5.5
HD-7Robert J. Berndt (R)36.9
HD-8Herbert A. Lesher (R)25.7
HD-9Clarice U. Heckert (R)28.2
HD-10Daniel E. Weiss (R)41.9
HD-11Thomas L. Little (R)28.2
HD-12William T. Poulterer III (R)45.6
HD-13Andrew G. Knox (R)24.5
HD-14Joan C. Wright (D)0.9Flipped
HD-15William L. Frederick (R)20.3
HD-16Michael E. Harkins (R)6.1
HD-17Phillip W. Orth (D)5.9
HD-18John A. Dillman (R)3.1
HD-19John Matushefske (D)19.1Flipped
HD-20Kenneth W. Boulden (D)39.0
HD-21Robert T. Connor (R)5.8FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-22John F. Kirk Jr. (R)14.5
HD-23George Jarvis (R)27.5
HD-24Joseph R. Murphy (R)30.2
HD-25John G. S. Billingsley (R)Unopposed
HD-26Marion I. Seibel (R)1.7
HD-27Sherman W. Tribbitt (D)41.7Flipped
HD-28Robert Riddagh (R)7.6
HD-29Arthur Dobberstein (R)1.0
HD-30Hudson E. Gruwell (D)22.4
HD-31Neal Moerschel (R)31.3
HD-32Ralph R. Smith (D)19.2
HD-33George R. Quillen (R)1.7
HD-34Lewis B. Harrington (D)23.8
HD-35Howard A. Clendaniel (D)10.5Flipped
HD-36R. Glen Mears (D)3.2
HD-37William J. Gordy (D)8.6
HD-38Richard Cordrey (D)21.2FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-39Harry E. Derrickson (R)10.6

Delaware House of Representatives

Results are each source's final count; margins are the winner's lead over the runner-up in points of the vote. Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl Klarner