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1972 general · February 1, 1972

1972 Delaware House of Representatives election results, district by district

Every Delaware House of Representatives district in the 1972 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.

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Seats after the election

Republicans controlled the chamber · 41 seats

After the electionD 20 · R 21
Races41
Changed party0
Unopposed2%1 races
Incumbents defeated1

Every district

D 20 · R 21

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Kermit H. Justice (R)16.9
HD-2Amos B. McCluney Jr. (D)34.7
HD-3Henrietta Johnson (D)22.7
HD-4Marcello Rispoli (D)25.8
HD-5Casimir Jonkiert (D)40.5
HD-6Francis M. Jornlin (R)16.5
HD-7Joseph P. Ambrosino (R)32.7
HD-8Lois Lesher (R)16.4
HD-9Clarice U. Heckert (R)9.1
HD-10Daniel E. Weiss (R)40.8
HD-11Richard Sincock (R)30.7
HD-12William T. Poulterer III (R)40.4
HD-13Andrew G. Knox (R)46.1
HD-14Thomas L. Dupont (R)14.9
HD-15Phillip W. Orth (D)31.9
HD-16John A. Dillman (R)2.5
HD-17John Matushefske (D)18.7
HD-18Kenneth W. Boulden (D)Unopposed
HD-19Robert T. Connor (R)32.0
HD-20John P. Ferguson (D)9.1
HD-21Robert F. Gilligan (D)36.3
HD-22John H. Arnold (R)16.6
HD-23Robert S. Powell (R)12.0
HD-24James E. Crow (R)15.1
HD-25John G. S. Billingsley (R)17.5
HD-26Marion I. Seibel (R)4.0
HD-27Sandra Worthen (D)3.5
HD-28John F. Kirk Jr. (R)22.5
HD-29Winifred Spence (R)0.3
HD-30Robert Riddagh (R)13.7
HD-31Hudson E. Gruwell (D)5.9Incumbent lost
HD-32James D. McGinnis (D)10.6
HD-33George A. Robbins (D)23.9
HD-34John Edward Morris (D)13.8
HD-35Ronald Darling (D)38.8
HD-36Lewis B. Harrington (D)21.5
HD-37Harry E. Derrickson (R)23.4
HD-38Howard A. Clendaniel (D)30.7
HD-39Thomas A. Temple (D)4.4
HD-40William J. Gordy (D)32.0
HD-41Donald J. Lynch (D)25.5

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