1970 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
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The 1970 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent representative William Roth decided to run in the concurrent US Senate election instead of running for re-election to a third term. Republican candidate, Pete du Pont won the open seat against Democrat John Daniello by a 9 point margin.
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November 3, 1970
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 County results Pont: 40–50% 50–60% | |||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Republican | Pete du Pont | 86,125 | 53.72% |  4.9 | |
| Democratic | John D. Daniello | 71,429 | 44.56% |  3.2 | |
| American Independent | Walter Hoey | 2,759 | 1.72% | 1.7 | |
| Total votes | 160,313 | 100.00% | |||
| Republican hold | |||||