1976 Delaware gubernatorial election

none related races 1976 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1976 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware Presidential no 1972 Delaware gubernatorial election 1972 1980 Delaware gubernatorial election 1980 November 2, 1976 File:DupontPETE (cropped).jpg 150x150px Pete du Pont Republican Party (United States) 130,531 56.86% File:Sherman W. Tribbett (1922–2010), Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic Party (United States) 97,480 42.46% 110px County results 110px State House district results du Pont: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% #C21B18 80–90%Tribbitt: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic Party (United States) Pete du Pont Republican Party (United States) The 1976 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1976. Pitting incumbent Democratic Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt Against U.S. Representative Pete du Pont. Largely due to the state's unresolved financial problems, du Pont defeated Governor Tribbitt by a landslide margin of 57% to 42%. This is the last time that an incumbent governor of Delaware lost re-election. Nominations From 1972 to 1992 Delaware used a system of “challenge” primaries, in which a candidate for statewide office who received at least 35 percent of the convention vote could challenge the endorsed candidate in a primary. No such primaries were held in 1976.America Votes 12 82Congressional Quarterly 1998 104 General election Candidates Sherman W. Tribbitt, Democratic, incumbent Governor Pete du Pont, Republican, U.S. Representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district George W. Cripps, American, former Delaware Auditor of Accounts Politics: Reports https://www.riponsociety.org/riponforum/1973-09_VolIX_No16.pdf Ripon Forum Washington, D.C. September 1973 IX 16 16 24 April 2020 Harry Conner, Prohibition Results 1976 Delaware gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=31230 DE Governor, 1976 Our Campaigns 24 April 2020Delaware Official Results 1976 2America Votes 12 78Glashan 1979 52–53Congressional Quarterly 1998 46 Republican Party (United States) Pierre S. duPont IV 130,531 56.86% Democratic Party (United States) Sherman W. Tribbitt (incumbent) 97,480 42.46% American Party (1969) George W. Cripps 1,255 0.55% Prohibition Party (United States) Harry Conner 297 0.13% 33,051 14.40% 229,563 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) By county CountyPete DuPontRepublicanSherman TribbittDemocraticAll Others#%#%#%Kent11,84941.1%16,54057.4%4131.4%New Castle100,03260.4%46,75639.1%9620.5%Sussex18,65053.3%16,18446.2%1770.5% Totals130,53156.9%97,48042.5%1,5520.7% Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican Sussex References Bibliography Official Results of General Election, 1976 State of Delaware Lewis C. Wrightson, Commissioner of Elections 1977 https://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1976.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20161203125242/http://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1976.pdf dead December 3, 2016 Delaware Official Results 1976 Glashan Roy R. American Governors and Gubernatorial Elections, 1775-1978 Meckler Books 1979 0-930466-17-9 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Scammon Richard M. McGillivray Alice V. America Votes 12: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1976 Washington, D.C. Elections Research Center 1977 America Votes 12 1976 Delaware Gubernatorial Category:November 1976 in the United States