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Three-term Congressman Pierre ("Pete") Du Pont IV, 41, handily defeated incumbent Democratic Governor Sherman Tribbitt, 53, by a vote of 58% to 42%. Although a millionaire in his own right (he is a scion of Delaware's first family), Du Pont actually had campaign financial troubles: he refused to accept contributions of more than $100 and limited his spending to a modest...
...slender, aristocratic graduate of Exeter, Princeton and Harvard Law School, Du Pont stumped the state in a 1973 Oldsmobile Cutlass that was driven by a college student. He preached fiscal integrity and charged Tribbitt with running the statehouse for partisan advantage. Du Pont told his audiences, "We have government of the politicians, by the politicians and for the politicians." Du Pont promises to run a lean, efficient administration, but he faces the likelihood of a large deficit and the certainty of a low bond rating in the state of Delaware...
DELAWARE. Incumbent Sherman Tribbitt (D) v. Pierre Du Pont (R): the Du Fonts already control much of the state...
...correct that the Governor of Delaware has opted for a smaller vehicle. Governer Sherman W. Tribbitt prefers riding in his own Chevrolet hardtop on state business, rather than the state-owned limousine. Your reference, nevertheless, was to the wrong Governor. Russell W. Peterson is the former Delaware Governor who traded in his limousine for a Ford Pinto in his new role as head of the Council on Environmental Quality in Washington...
...hardware dealer from downstate Wallace country who serves as legislative leader, Tribbitt wisely responded to his opportunity by saying very little. The fact that Delaware has no commercial TV stations of its own was no handicap for the old-line Democrat. He is, as his son-in-law and campaign manager Skip Webb conceded to reporters, "not too articulate." Tribbitt simply waited patiently for his majority to pile...