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1996Final results

1996 election for Delaware House District 37

Delaware House of Representatives · Delaware

John R. Shroeder (D) won with 57.8% of the vote, defeating Harry Walter Crystal (R) by 16.7 points.

John R. ShroederDemocrat · winner · incumbent
57.8%6,060
41.0%4,305
1.2%126
10,491 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+2.41986D+2.01988D+22.21992D+16.71996D+7.21998D+31.92000

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

The candidates