1978 general · November 7, 1978
1978 Delaware State Senate election results, district by district
Every Delaware State Senate district in the 1978 general election: winners, margins, unopposed seats and seats that changed party.
Seats after the election
Democrats controlled the chamber · 21 seats
After the electionD 13 · R 8
Races10
Changed party0
Unopposed30%3 races
Incumbents defeated0
Every district
D 7 · R 3
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-2 | Herman M. Holloway Sr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-3 | Robert I. Marshall (D) | 26.7 | |
| SD-4 | Robert J. Berndt (R) | 36.1 | |
| SD-5 | Charles E. Hughes (R) | 18.3 | |
| SD-7 | Andrew G. Knox (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-9 | Thomas B. Sharp (D) | 17.8 | |
| SD-14 | Roger Martin (D) | 19.3 | |
| SD-17 | Jacob Zimmerman (D) | 9.1 | |
| SD-18 | William M. Murphy Jr. (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-19 | Thurman Adams Jr. (D) | 28.2 |
Delaware State Senate
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