1978Flipped from DemocraticFinal resultsIncumbent defeated
1978 election for Delaware House District 4
Delaware House of Representatives · Delaware
Kevin Free (R) won with 55.4% of the vote, defeating Marcello Rispoli (D) by 10.9 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Kevin FreeRepublican · winner
55.4%1,070
Marcello RispoliDemocrat · incumbent
44.6%860
1,930 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