1976 Delaware gubernatorial election

The 1976 Delaware gubernatorial election was held on November 2, 1976. Pitting incumbent Democratic Governor Sherman W. Tribbitt Against U.S. Representative Pete du Pont. Largely due to the unresolved Financial problems. du Pont Defeated Governor Tribbitt In a landslide 57%-42%

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. No such primaries were held in 1976.

Candidates

 * Sherman W. Tribbitt, Democratic, incumbent Governor
 * Pete du Pont, Republican, U.S. Representative for Delaware's at-large congressional district
 * George W. Cripps, American, former Delaware Auditor of Accounts
 * Harry Conner, Prohibition