1972 Delaware gubernatorial election

none related races 1972 United States gubernatorial elections January 2025 September 2023 1972 Delaware gubernatorial election Delaware Presidential no 1968 Delaware gubernatorial election 1968 1976 Delaware gubernatorial election 1976 November 7, 1972 File:Sherman W. Tribbett (1922–2010), Governor and Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.jpg 150x150px Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic Party (United States) 117,274 51.27% File:Russell W. Peterson, c. 1971–1972.jpg Russell W. Peterson Republican Party (United States) 109,583 47.91% 110px County results 110px State House district results Tribbitt: #7996E2 50–60% #6674DE 60–70% #584CDE 70–80%Peterson: #E27F7F 50–60% #D75D5D 60–70% #D72F30 70–80% Governor Russell W. Peterson Republican Party (United States) Sherman W. Tribbitt Democratic Party (United States) The 1972 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 7, 1972. Democratic nominee Sherman W. Tribbitt defeated incumbent Republican Governor Russell W. Peterson with 51.27% of the vote. This was the last time a Democrat won a gubernatorial election in Delaware until 1992, when Tom Carper (future U.S. senator) won the gubernatorial election over Republican B. Gary Scott. 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. Democratic nominee Tribbitt avoided such a primary in 1972.America Votes 10 73Congressional Quarterly 1998 104 Republican primary Candidates David P. Buckson, former governor Russell W. Peterson, incumbent governor Results Republican primary resultshttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=385907 IL Governor, 1974 - R Primary Our Campaigns 1 May 2020Congressional Quarterly 1998 104America Votes 10 73 Russell W. Peterson (incumbent) Republican Party (United States) 23,929 54.30 David P. Buckson Republican Party (United States) 20,138 45.70 44,077 100.00 General election Candidates Harry H. Conner, Prohibition Virginia M. Lyndall, American Russell W. Peterson, Republican, incumbent governor Sherman W. Tribbitt, Democratic, Delaware House of Representatives minority leader and former lieutenant governor Results 1972 Delaware gubernatorial electionhttps://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=55241 DE Governor, 1972 Our Campaigns 1 May 2020Delaware Official Results 1972 2America Votes 10 71Glashan 1979 52–53Congressional Quarterly 1998 46 Democratic Party (United States) Sherman W. Tribbitt 117,274 51.27% Republican Party (United States) Russell W. Peterson (incumbent) 109,583 47.91% American Party (1969) Virginia M. Lyndall 1,468 0.64% Prohibition Party (United States) Harry H. Conner 397 0.17% 7,691 3.36% 228,722 100.00% Democratic Party (United States) Republican Party (United States) By county CountyRussell PetersonRepublicanSherman TribbittDemocraticAll others#%#%#%Kent10,25436.8%17,33162.2%3001.0%New Castle85,56051.0%81,04348.3%1,2560.8%Sussex13,76941.8%18,90057.3%3091.0% Totals109,58347.9%117,27451.3%1,8650.8% Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic Sussex References Bibliography Official Results of General Election, 1972 State of Delaware Burton D. Willis, Commissioner of Elections 1973 https://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1972.pdf Delaware Official Results 1972 May 1, 2020 December 3, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161203125310/http://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1972.pdf dead 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. America Votes 10: a handbook of contemporary American election statistics, 1972 1973 Washington, D.C. Governmental Affairs Institute 1973 https://archive.org/details/americavotes10ha00scam/mode/2up America Votes 10 1972 Delaware Gubernatorial