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1996Final results

1996 election for Delaware House District 16

Delaware House of Representatives · Delaware

William I. Houghton (D) won with 92.6% of the vote, defeating Nancy L. Mattson (Nlp) by 85.1 points.

William I. HoughtonDemocrat · winner · incumbent
92.6%4,313
Nancy L. MattsonNatural Law
7.4%346
4,659 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 1996

Races before and after

EvenD+9.71978R+11.71980D+4.81982D+25.31984D+63.12004D+65.12014

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