1982 general · November 2, 1982
1982 Delaware election results
Every race on Delaware's ballot in the 1982 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.
Races64
Changed party0
Unopposed14%9 races
Incumbents defeated7
U.S. Senate
R 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delaware | William Roth (R) | 11.0 |
U.S. House
D 1
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DE-AL | Thomas R. Carper (D) | 6.1 |
Delaware State Senate
D 13 · R 8
| Race | Winner | Won by | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD-1 | Harris B. McDowell III (D) | 25.4 | |
| SD-2 | Herman M. Holloway Sr. (D) | 94.0 | |
| SD-3 | Robert I. Marshall (D) | 53.1 | |
| SD-4 | Robert J. Berndt (R) | 92.9 | |
| SD-5 | Myrna Bair (R) | 21.9 | |
| SD-6 | Andrew G. Knox (R) | 93.1 | |
| SD-7 | Angelo Citro (R) | 7.1 | |
| SD-8 | John H. Arnold (R) | 24.1 | |
| SD-9 | Thomas B. Sharp (D) | 16.5 | |
| SD-10 | James P. Neal (R) | 37.6 | |
| SD-11 | Roger Martin (D) | 26.4 | |
| SD-12 | Robert T. Connor (R) | Unopposed | |
| SD-13 | David B. McBride (D) | Unopposed | |
| SD-14 | James T. Vaughn (D) | 12.9 | |
| SD-15 | Nancy Cook (D) | 17.2 | |
| SD-16 | William C. Torbert (D) | 35.2 | |
| SD-17 | Jacob Zimmerman (D) | 6.0 | |
| SD-18 | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | 30.3 | |
| SD-19 | Thurman Adams Jr. (D) | 89.9 | |
| SD-20 | Richard Cordrey (D) | 94.3 | |
| SD-21 | Lee Littleton (R) | 2.2 |
Delaware House of Representatives
D 25 · R 16
Delaware
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; MIT Election Data and Science Lab