1998 general · November 3, 1998

1998 Delaware election results

Every race on Delaware's ballot in the 1998 general election: winners, margins and seats that changed party.

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Races52
Changed party6
Unopposed48%25 races
Incumbents defeated2
RaceWinnerWon byNotes
DE-ALMichael Castle (R)34.5

Delaware State Senate

D 4 · R 6 · 3 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
SD-2Margaret Rose Henry (D)UnopposedFlipped
SD-3Robert I. Marshall (D)70.3
SD-4Dallas Winslow (R)17.9
SD-6Liane M. Sorenson (R)74.1
SD-10Steven H. Amick (R)28.0
SD-11Anthony J. Deluca (D)3.8FlippedIncumbent lost
SD-16Colin R. J. Bonini (R)5.2
SD-17John C. Still III (R)Unopposed
SD-18F. Gary Simpson (R)6.3Flipped
SD-21Robert L. Venables Sr. (D)Unopposed

Delaware House of Representatives

D 15 · R 26 · 3 changed party

RaceWinnerWon byNotes
HD-1Dennis P. Williams (D)Unopposed
HD-2Al O. Plant (D)82.3
HD-3Arthur L. Scott (D)Unopposed
HD-4Joseph G. Dipinto (R)82.8
HD-5Helene M. Keeley (D)59.2
HD-6David H. Ennis (R)28.9
HD-7Wayne A. Smith (R)73.8
HD-8David D. Brady (D)Unopposed
HD-9Richard C. Cathcart (R)UnopposedFlipped
HD-10Robert J. Valihura Jr. (R)0.2
HD-11Catherine A. Cloutier (R)45.7
HD-12Deborah D. Hudson (R)Unopposed
HD-13John F. Vansant (D)Unopposed
HD-14Richard A. Diliberto Jr. (D)20.2
HD-15Bruce C. Reynolds (R)16.0
HD-16William I. Houghton (D)85.5
HD-17Michael Mulrooney (D)7.0Flipped
HD-18Terry Spence (R)Unopposed
HD-19Robert F. Gilligan (D)48.2
HD-20Roger P. Roy (R)Unopposed
HD-21Pamela S. Maier (R)Unopposed
HD-22Joseph E. Miro (R)Unopposed
HD-23Timothy U. Boulden (R)22.6
HD-24William A. Oberle Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-25Stephanie A. Ulbrich (R)Unopposed
HD-26John Viola (D)2.6FlippedIncumbent lost
HD-27Vincent A. Lofink (R)Unopposed
HD-28Bruce C. Ennis (D)Unopposed
HD-29Charles W. Welch (R)Unopposed
HD-30George R. Quillen (R)Unopposed
HD-31Nancy H. Wagner (R)Unopposed
HD-32Donna Stone (R)12.3
HD-33Wallace Caulk Jr. (R)20.4
HD-34Gerald A. Buckworth (R)Unopposed
HD-35J. Benjamin Ewing Jr. (R)Unopposed
HD-36V. George Carey (R)Unopposed
HD-37John R. Shroeder (D)7.2
HD-38Shirley A. Price (D)20.6
HD-39Tina Fallon (R)45.2
HD-40Clifford G. Lee (R)Unopposed
HD-41Charles P. West (D)Unopposed

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