The 1976 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1976. Republican nominee Pete du Pont defeated incumbent DemocraticGovernorSherman W. Tribbitt with 56.86% of the vote. As of 2022, this is the last time that an incumbent governor of Delaware lost re-election.
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.[1][2]
General election[]
Candidates[]
Sherman W. Tribbitt, Democratic, incumbent Governor
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