1974Final results

1974 election for Delaware Senate District 17

Delaware State Senate · Delaware

Jacob Zimmerman (D) won with 56.1% of the vote, defeating Linwood R. Miller (R) by 12.2 points.

Jacob ZimmermanDemocrat · winner · incumbent
56.1%4,074
43.9%3,188
7,262 votes

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1974

Races before and after

EvenD+12.21974D+9.11978D+6.01982D+4.11984R+2.61988R+42.21992

Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET