RepublicanNot in office · last served 1984Last on a ballot: Nov 1980
Pierre S. du Pont IV
Last held office: Governor of Delaware (1976–1984). Ran in 2 elections between 1976 and 1980, winning 2.
- Last margin
- +42.5
- Won 1980
- Elections
- 2
- 1976–1980
Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative records
Career
Offices held, and every time Pont was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.
Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)
Every race Pont has run
Baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year. Running ahead of it means Pont won voters the party’s presidential nominee did not; primaries have no baseline.
| Year | Office | Stage | Result | Opponents | Share | Margin | Baseline | Against baseline |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Governor of Delaware | General | Won | William J. Gordy (D) | 71.2% | R+42.5 | R+2.5 | |
| 1976 | Governor of Delaware | General | Won | Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) | 57.2% | R+14.5 | D+5.5 |
Source: 99chambers results archive
Seats Pont has held
- Governor of Delaware · 1976–1984
Source: 99chambers results archive
Who Pont has run against
- William J. Gordy (D) · 1980 election, won
- Sherman W. Tribbitt (D) · 1976 election, won
Source: 99chambers results archive