1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Delaware House District 39
Delaware House of Representatives · Delaware
Tina Fallon (R) won with 56.6% of the vote, defeating Thomas A. Temple (D) by 13.3 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Tina FallonRepublican · winner
56.6%2,338
Thomas A. TempleDemocrat · incumbent
43.4%1,790
4,128 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 1978
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET