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The1970 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware took place on November 3, 1970. Incumbent representativeWilliam Roth decided to run inthe 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.
| 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% | |||
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