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2012Final results

2012 election for Delaware Governor

Governor · Delaware

Jack Markell (D) won with 70.8% of the vote, defeating Jeffrey Cragg (R) by 41.6 points.

Jack MarkellDemocrat · winner
70.8%275,993
Jeffrey CraggRepublican
29.2%113,793
389,786 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 2012

Races before and after

EvenD+19.72000D+5.32004D+35.62008D+41.62012D+19.22016D+20.82020

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