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1980Final results

1980 election for Delaware Senate District 20

Delaware State Senate · Delaware

Richard Cordrey (D) won with 97.6% of the vote, defeating David O. Baynard (Lib) by 95.2 points.

Richard CordreyDemocrat · winner · incumbent
97.6%7,409
David O. BaynardLibertarian
2.4%184
7,593 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

EvenD+28.71986D+13.01996D+12.42000D+21.22002R+35.92012R+44.82016

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