1976 United States Senate election in Delaware

The 1976 United States Senate election in Delaware took place on November 2, 1976. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Bill Roth won reelection to a second term.

November 2, 1976


Nominee	Bill Roth	Thomas Maloney
Party	Republican	Democratic
Popular vote	125,454	98,042
Percentage	55.8%	43.6%

Map key

Roth: 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

Maloney: 50–60% 60–70%

U.S. senator before election

William V. Roth, Jr.
Republican

Elected U.S. Senator

William V. Roth, Jr.
Republican

Federal government

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Candidates

William V. Roth, Jr. (Republican), incumbent U.S. Senator
Thomas Maloney (Democratic), Mayor of Wilmington[1]
Donald G. Gies (American), engineer, perennial candidate and officer in the US Air Force Reserve.[2][3]
Joseph F. McInerney (Non-Partisan)[4]
John A. Massimilla (Prohibition)[4]

Results

General election results[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	William Roth (incumbent)	125,454	55.81%
	Democratic	Thomas Maloney	98,042	43.61%
	American	Donald G. Gies	646	0.29%
	Non-Partisan	Joseph F. McInerney	437	0.19%
	Prohibition	John A. Massimilla	216	0.0%
Majority			27,412	12.20%
Turnout			224,795
	Republican hold

County results

County[6]	William Victor Roth Jr. Republican	Thomas Maloney Democratic	Donald G. Giles American	Joseph F. McInerney Non-Partisan	John A. Massimilla Prohibition	Total
Kent	13,481	14,359	86	44	42	28,012
New Castle	93,267	68,610	486	323	142	162,828
Sussex	18,754	15,086	74	73	32	34,019
Total	125,502	98,055	646	440	216	224,859

References

Lindsay, Powell (November 3, 1976). "Dems Keep Congress". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 1,6. Retrieved August 1, 2021 – via Google News Archive.
"Our Campaigns - Candidate - Donald G. Gies". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
"DONALD GIES". Legacy.com. May 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2021-09-06. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
"Our Campaigns - DE US Senate Race - Nov 02, 1976". www.ourcampaigns.com. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1976election.pdf
https://elections.delaware.gov/electionresults/pdfs/1976.pdf

Elections in Delaware
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Del. Senate	2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
Del. House	2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020
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U.S. Senate Class 1	1788 1790 1796 1803 1808 1815 1820 1827 1833 1839 1845 1851 [sp] 1851 1857 1863 1869 1875 1881 1887 1893 1899 1905 1911 1916 1922 1928 1934 1940 1946 1952 1958 1964 1970 1976 1982 1988 1994 2000 2006 2012 2018
U.S. Senate Class 2	1788 1793 1798 1805 1816 1822 1828 1835 1841 1847 1853 1859 1865 1871 1877 1883 1889 1895 1901 1907 1913 1918 1924 1930 1936 1942 1948 1954 1960 1966 1972 1978 1984 1990 1996 2002 2008 2014 2020
U.S. House	1789 1790 1792 1794 1796 1798 1802 1804 1805 (sp) 1806 1808 1810 1812 1814 1816 1818 1820 1822 (sp) 1824 1826 1827 (sp) 1828 1830 1833 1834 1836 1838 1840 1842 1844 1846 1848 1850 1852 1854 1856 1858 1860 1862 1864 1866 1868 1870 1872 1874 1876 1878 1880 1882 1884 1886 1888 1890 1892 1894 1896 1898 1900 1902 1904 1906 1908 1910 1912 1914 1916 1918 1920 1922 1924 1926 1928 1930 1932 1934 1936 1938 1940 1942 1944 1946 1948 1950 1952 1954 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022
See also: Political party strength in Delaware

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1976 United States Senate election in Delaware

Candidates

Results

County results

See also

References