1968 Delaware gubernatorial election

none related races 1968 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1968 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware Presidential no 1964 Delaware gubernatorial election 1964 1972 Delaware gubernatorial election 1972 November 5, 1968 File:Russell W. Peterson, c. 1971–1972.jpg 150x150px Russell W. Peterson Republican Party (United States) 104,474 50.51% File:Charles Terry (1965).png Charles L. Terry Jr. Democratic Party (United States) 102,360 49.49% 110px County results 110px State House district results Peterson: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80%Terry: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80% Governor Charles L. Terry Jr. Democratic Party (United States) Russell W. Peterson Republican Party (United States) The 1968 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1968. Republican nominee Russell W. Peterson defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Charles L. Terry Jr. with 50.51% of the vote. General election Nominations Nominations were made by party conventions.America Votes 8 62Delaware Official Results 1968 17 Candidates Russell W. Peterson, Republican, civic activist Charles L. Terry Jr., Democratic, incumbent Governor Results 1968 Delaware gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55240 DE Governor, 1968 Our Campaigns 4 June 2020America Votes 8 58Delaware Official Results 1968 2Congressional Quarterly 1998 46 Republican Party (United States) Russell W. Peterson 104,474 50.51% Democratic Party (United States) Charles L. Terry Jr. (incumbent) 102,360 49.49% 2,114 1.02% 206,834 100.00% Republican Party (United States) Democratic Party (United States) By county CountyRussell PetersonRepublicanCharles TerryDemocraticAll Others#%#%#%Kent10,34843.4%13,47156.6%00.0%New Castle77,20951.0%74,32349.0%00.0%Sussex16,91753.7%14,56646.3%00.0% Totals104,47450.5%102,36049.5%00.0% Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican New Castle Sussex References Bibliography Official Results of General Election, 1968 State of Delaware George W. Cripps, Commissioner of Elections 1969 https://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1968.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20200604142755/https://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1968.pdf dead June 4, 2020 Delaware Official Results 1968 Gubernatorial Elections, 1787-1997 1998 Washington, D.C. Congressional Quarterly Inc. 1998 1-56802-396-0 Congressional Quarterly 1998 Scammon Richard M. America Votes 8: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1968 1956 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1970 https://archive.org/details/americavotes8elec America Votes 8 1968 Delaware Gubernatorial Category:November 1968 in the United States