Who was the last (non-incumbent) Republican to win statewide in a Presidential election year?
My cursory research* indicates that it has been 43 years since a non-incumbent Republican won statewide in Delaware in a presidential election year.
Pete du pont was the last non-incumbent DEGOPer to in statewide in a presidential election year (1976)
*someone please correct me if I’m wrong
Ok. In 1992 Carper and Castle cut “the swap” deal which allowed Castle to move from Gov. to US Rep. So technically Castle was a non-incumbent Republican elected statewide in a presidential year.
I’d put a Delaware Way asterisk by that and say that the house seat was a type of incumbency, but you can count it if it makes you feel better.
BTW – this fact is another data point in the “Delaware is Democratic state” column. It is part of what makes it especially galling when Coons bends over backwards to please Republicans.
BTW 2- It doesn’t matter if a Republican or Democratic candidate wins the White House. Non-incumbent Republicans simply can’t win state wide in Delaware during a presidential year unless they are Pete du pont or Mike Castle taking advantage of some Delaware Way fraud cabal.
Yeah. To all the lurkers I agree, this is astonishing weakness from the DEGOP over a long period of time. It is almost as if the Democrats are in cahoots to keep this weakness on the DL. (down low, not DelawareLiberal)