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1984Final results

1984 election for Delaware Governor

Governor · Delaware

Michael Castle (R) won with 55.5% of the vote, defeating William T. Quillen (D) by 11.1 points.

Michael CastleRepublican · winner
55.5%135,250
44.5%108,315
243,565 votes

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET

The seat over time

D − R margin in this seat's races around 1984

Races before and after

EvenR+11.11984R+41.51988D+32.81992D+39.01996D+19.72000D+5.32004

Source: Algara, Carlos; Amlani, Sharif (Harvard Dataverse)Updated Oct 5, 2026, 12:23 AM ET