1980Flipped from DemocraticFinal results
1980 election for Delaware House District 34
Delaware House of Representatives · Delaware
Gerald A. Buckworth (R) won with 59.3% of the vote, defeating W. Charles Paradee Jr. (D) by 18.6 points, a seat Democrats won last time.
Gerald A. BuckworthRepublican · winner
59.3%1,453
W. Charles Paradee Jr.Democrat
40.7%997
2,450 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 1980
Races before and after
Source: Harvard Dataverse / Carl KlarnerUpdated Sep 30, 2026, 7:29 AM ET