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Wednesday, Now. 3, 1982 Th News-Journal Paper A3 Tho 1 982 cjeneroi election Democrats triumph to take control of General Assembly GOP blames reapportionment for incumbents losses in tight races Delaware House districts MNV3rd ated by Democrats. Republicans took control of the House in 1980. As results were tallied Tuesday night, Republicans watched six GOP incumbents go down to defeat. Gone are: Rep.

James F. Edwards, Rep. Donald J. Van Sciver, Rep. Richard C.

Cathcart, Rep. Robert S. Powell, Rep. Robert W. Riddagh, and Rep.

Michael J. Harrington Sr. A single Democratic incumbent, Rep. Ronald L. Darling, lost his seat.

Democrats will control of the Senate, 13-8, and the House of Representatives, 25-16, when the General Assembly begins a new, two-year session in January. All results were unofficial. The new legislators who beat the incumbents are: David D. Brady, who beat Edwards; John Van Sant, who beat Van Sciver; William I. Houghton, who beat Cathcart; Vincent P.

Meconi, who beat Powell; Bruce C. Ennis, who beat Riddagh; E. Stuart Outten, who beat Harrington; and G. Robert Quillen, who beat Darling. In the first election since legislative districts were reapportioned to account for population shifts, Democrats maintained control of the Senate, which they had dominated By CELIA COHEN Staff reporter Voters dumped seven incumbents and handed both houses of the General Assembly to a jubilant Democratic Party in the election "Tuesday.

In the wake of the lopsided election, which mirrored contests all over the country, Democrats began thinking about how to divide the spoils and Republican Gov. du Pont waxed philosophical. "We're back to running the state again," said Democrat Orlando J. George D-Wilmington North. "The voters decided that the message they were going to send was going to come all the way down to the local George was reelected to his fifth term, and is considered a prime Candidate for Speaker.

Do Pont, speaking to a Republican crowd at the Nur Temple near New Castle, said, "Funny things are happening in this election. I am surprised by some of the close margins in the state House and Senate races. We've worked with the Democrats before, and we will this time." When du Pont was elected in 1976, he faced a legislature domin New Castle County District won by: HL Mr- Democrat 1 Republican fnefs 27h p515555 Kent 29th pJl Sussex Counties ftfr if J736th 37th WfY 40th jy 38th House of Representatives: The key to winning the House was the defeat of seven incumbents and the capturing of five of the seven open seats, vacant because of reapportionment and retirement. Representatives serve two-year terms. New Castle County had a number of key races: 8th Representative District, Claymont.

Brady overcame both Edwards, 48, of Northridge, and a write-in campaign for Democrat Irvin B. Smith whom Brady beat in the primary. Edwards, who came in with the freshman Republican class of 1980, is director of alcoholism treatment center. David D. Brady, 44, of Claymont, is a special education counselor.

11th Representative District, Fairfax. Marybeth T. Boykin, who turned 56 on Election Day, was the only Republican to win an open seat. Boykin, of Delwynn, is a well-known GOP official who works in her husband's real estate firm. Her opponent was Inez G.

Sunshine, 46, of Woodbrook, who works in an interior design firm. The seat was formerly held by Rep. Richard Sin-cock, who took a post in the du Pont administration. 13 Representative District, Boxwood. Capitalizing on the Democratic tide, Van Sant, 51, of Wood-crest, beat Rep.

Van Sciver, 50 of Boxwood. Van Sant, a former state trooper, lost to Van Sciver in 1980. Van Sciver is an assistant principal at the Howard Career Center who first went to Dover in a special election in 1980 that handed the House to the Republicans. 16th Representative District, New Castle North. Former New Castle County Sheriff Houghton, 55, Swanwyck Gardens, brought the district home to the Democrats by defeating Rep.

Cathcart, who was seeking his third term and possibly a leadership role. In addition to Democratic backing, Houghton was supported by the National Organization for Women, where his wife. Vivian Houghton, is a prominent leader. Houghton became controversial as sheriff when some of his deputies were accused of improprieties, but he was cleared himself in an investigation. He currently is on leave of absence as a deputy sheriff, and it is unclear whether he will remain.

Cathcart, 37, of Swanwyck, may have hurt his political career by using political connections to get a consulting job at the Delaware River and Bay Authority. 21st Representative District. Mill Creek South. Powell, 49, of Hills of Skyline, a job developer with New Castle County Vocational Technical School District, lost even though the district was given more Republican strength in reapportionment. Powell may have been hurt because he spent much of his legislative time attending to landmark banking bills instead of his district, and the voters in this Democratic year went with Meconi, 31, of Heritage Park.

In 1980, Meconi lost a close race to Powell. 26th Representative District. Bear. Democrat Richard J. Myers, 40, a Du Pont Co.

technician from Taylortowne, overcame by 16 votes a strong campaign by Richard F. Davis, 37, a Du Pont Co. research chemist from Sherwood Forest. The seat had been held for four terms by Minority Whip Gerard A. Cain, who was the only House Democrat to retire.

28th Representative District, 12-9, by warding off tough challenges from Republicans in two districts and picking up an open seat. No incumbents in the Senate were defeated. The Democrats took control of the House, where Republicans had held a 25-16 edge, by beating six incumbents and picking up five open seats, where there were no incumbents because of reapportionment or retirement. Seventeen legislators seven senators and 10 representatives didn't have major party opposition. Legislative pay is 12,198 a year, plus $2,500 for expenses.

Senate: Democrats won their new, commanding lead in the upper chamber by riding the Democratic tide and making good use of reapportionment. Reapportionment combined two districts into one in Brandywine Hundred, normally a Republican stronghold, and opened up a Democratic district in Jower Delaware, the 18th Senatorial District, Kent Sussex East. The new senator is Democrat Ruth Ann Minner, 47, of Milford, a full-time legislator who has served three terms in the House. As expected, Minner easily beat her Republican opponent, Thomas D. Barnett, 42, a Georgetown attorney.

Republicans had tried to no avail to minimize their Senate losses by targeting Sen. Thomas B. Sharp, D-Stanton, an eight-year legislative veteran, and Sen. James T. Vaughn D-New CastleKent, a freshman.

But Sharp, 42, of Pinecrest, the Senate's majority leader for four years, easily turned back a spirited challenge by Republican John J. Czerwinski, 30, of Heritage Park in the 9th Senatorial District. Sharp, a sheet-metal foreman with I.D. Griffith Inc. in Wilmington, was one of organized labor's strongest voices in the legislature, and so he was targeted by Republicans and the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, representing business interests.

The anti-Sharp forces tried to knock him off with a candidate that also could appeal to the labor vote, since Czerwinski is a member of Pipefitters Local 80. The pipefitters and other AFL-CIO affiliates stuck with Sharp, however, in a campaign marred by dirty tricks and destruction of campaign signs. Republicans also tried to use their considerable resources and organizational skills to upset Vaughn, 57, of Clayton, in the 14th Senatorial District, but Vaughn won his rematch with Clarke V. Jester, 48, of Bear. Republicans also made a bid against Sen.

Jacob W. Zimmerman, D-Dover, with the candidacy of Kent County prothonotary Emily G. Morris, 48, of Dover, in the 17th Senatorial District, and against Sen. Harris B. McDowell III, D-Wil-mington North, with the candidacy of Richard D.

Bugbee, 47, a Du Pont Co. personnel manager from Rock-ford Park Manor, in the 1st Senatorial District. Zimmerman, 52, of Turnberry, and McDowell, 42, of Wilmington, both survived. Senators normally serve staggered four-year terms. Since all seats were up for election this year because of reapportionment, some senators will serve only two years, to re-establish the staggered terms.

Senators elected from the following districts will serve two-year terms: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 18th and 21st. xTjV jty Newcastle m'tM: County I Yfj District won if yiAPy ot held by: mJt Democrat flHi Republican 14th a Kent 15th Su88ex 17th Counties II 18th 19th p' 20th jjf fifty Smyrna North. Riddagh, 68, of Smyrna, was done in by the Democratic trend, reapportionment and a tough campaign by Bruce C. Ennis, 43, of Smyrna, a former state trooper who now works part time for Bennett Security Service, run by Rep. Edward J.

Bennett, D-Dover South. Because of reapportionment, the district was about 90 percent new for Riddagh. "Any time you lose 90 percent of your district, you can be in trouble. It may have been that, it may have been a Democratic trend, or I may just have run out of steam," Riddagh said in conceding. The Kent County contests produced four new House members: In the 29th Representative District, Kent North, Democrat Donald M.

Clark, 58, a farmer and seed company owner from Kenton, was the winner, as expected. He was running in a district created by reapportionment and conceded by both parties to the Democrats as soon as it was drawn in this heavily Democratic area. Clark's Republican opponent was Kurt V. Schwaninger, 40, a Hartly area resident who works for the state computer section and operates a small data processing consulting firm. Schwaninger is now a two-time loser, since he lost in 1980 to Darling.

Reapportionment moved Schwaninger out of Darling's new district. In the 30th Representative District, Kent West, former Rep. Robert Quillen, 54. a Harrington city councilman, defeated incumbent Rep. Darling, 49, a Wyoming area farmer.

Quillen, a politically connected Republican, is the director of the Standardbred Development Fund, a political appointmeni in the du Pont administration. Quillen didn't know Election Night if he would have to resign his seat on the city council. In the 31st Representative District, Dover North, Democrat Outten, 38, of Dover, apparently beat Republican Harrington, 37, but Harrington refused to concede. He said he suspected voter fraud in the district and would demand a recount. Harrington runs a real estate business.

Outten operates several laundry and dry cleaning outlets. In the 33rd Representative District, Kent East, Democrat Harry K. F. Terry, 38, of Harrington, became the latest member of his politically active family to hold public office by defeating a political novice, Republican Joseph D. Kiibler, 48, of Milford, a financial See LEGISLATURE A4 allfaMiMllllllllllllllll Willi Delaware legislative results Here are the results, district by district, in Tuesday's District District District rarpq for seats in the Delaware General Assembly "I A JamesT.

Vaughn (D) 56 David D. Brady (D) 2.799- 54" Oil Marian P. Anderson (D) 69 14 Clarke V. Jester (R) 430-44 James F. Edwards (R) 2.421- 46 25 Thomas J.

McCalljR) M06 31 Winnorc arp inrliratpri hv a mark- an asfprisk "fl Nancy W. Cook (D) 58 ft Charles De Tulleo (D) 37 Richard J. Myers (D) 1.706- 50" I Jefferson A. Adams (R) 2,467 4 1 9 Charles L. Hebner (R) 63 Richard Davis (R) 1.690- 50 en fl William C.

Torbert (D) 67 i A Katharine M. Jester (D) 64 IO JohnH. Fillmore (R) 33 III Jane P. Maroney (R) 3,901 96 Edward M. Wilberg (R) 1,621 35 Senate Jacob W.Zimmerman (D) 53 Inez Sunshine (D) 2,357 33 Bruce C.

Ennis (D) District I I Emily G. Morris (R) 47 I I Marybeth Boykin (R) 4.615- 66 mJ Robert W. Riddagh (R) 1,884 46 1 Harris McDowell III (D) 7 243- 62 -fl Ruth Ann Minner (D) 65 Mi) George Krawczuk (D) 28 irjfj Donald M. Clark (D) 63 Richard D. Bugbee (R) 4,302 37 I Thomas D.

Barnett (R) 35 laC Philip J. Corrozi (R) 4.493 72 Kurt V. Schwaninger (R) 1.374- 37 2 Herman Holloway Sr. (D) HIQ ThurmanG. Adams (D) 95 -fA John Van Sant (D) 52 rtfi Ronald L.

Darling (D) 39 IS? IO Donald J. Van Sciver (R) 47 vU G. Robert Quillen (R) 6V Robert I. Marshall (D) 77 Richard S. Cordrey (D) 97 John A.

Campanelli (D) 100" A -I E. Stuart Outten (D) 50 Samuel J. Morano (R) 23 IH (Unopposed) I Michael J. Harrington (R) 50 45 Robert T. Webb (D) 49 Rodney Dixon (D) 2,271 57 30 Edward J.

Bennett (D) 67 Robert J. Berndt (R) 96 Lee Littleton (R) 51 ID Donald E. Neil (R) 42 jL Richard S. Marchese (R) 33 Marie D. Rapposelli (D) 38 -I fi William I.

Houghton (D) 2,176 52 JO Harry K.F. Terry (D) 2,081 55 Myrna L. Bair (R) 60 Unfto DonrMPntfltivP IO RichardG. Cathcart (R) 1,978 48 JO Joseph D. Kiibler (R) 1716- 45 liOUSe Of KepreSeniailVeS William Shipley OVS C.

Terry Outten (D) Andrew G. Knox (R) 8,338 97 District I I Jeffrey G. Mack (R) 63 QT Gerald A. Buckworth (R) 1.683 59 Francis Winslow (D) 5 053- 46 Orlando J. George Jr.

(D) 56" Ronald E. Queen (D) 37 JC Lewis B. Harrington (D) 45 Angelo Citro (R) 5964 54 Theodore Blunt (R) 44 I Terry R. Spence (R) 63 B. Bradford Barnes (R) 55 Harvey Lewis Walton III (D) 38 Al O.

Plant (D) Robert F. Gilligan (D) Oft Howard A. Clendaniel (D) 52 John H. Arnold (R) 6,948 62 (Unopposed) (Unopposed) JO L. Hayes Dickerson (R) 2,262 48 Thomas Sharp (D) 5,544 58 Herman M.

Holloway Jr. (D) tf (Unopposed) Jay D. Wingate (D) 59 John J. Czerwinski -(R) 42 (Unopposed) Roger P. Roy (R) 4,081 100 I John W.

Beach (R) 41 'M Paul Steele (D) 2 260- 30 A Jean Ashe Crompton (D) 42 Vincent P. Meconi (D) 54 George H. Bunting Jr. (D) 51 TU James P. Neal (R) 5p72 68 1 HT Kevin W.

Free (R) 58 I Robert S. Powell (R) 46 William K. Scott Jr. (R) 2,361 49 4 -i Roaer A Martin (D) 4,463 63 Casimir S. Jonkiert (D) 0 (Unopposed) rtQ David B.

Webb Jr. (D) 32 I Anthony Cortilesso (R) 2,588 36 (Unopposed) Joseph R. Petrilli (R) 3,403 100 Tina K. Fallon (R) 3,207 68 Elaine Funk (D) 33 OQ Ada Leigh Soles (D) 3,251 65 A Carrol W. Cordrey (D) 65 I mL Robert T.

Connor (R) David H. Ennis (R) 3,281 67 dLO Harold F. Godwin (R) 35 vU Kenneth C. Whaley (R) 35 JA David B. McBride (D) "7 OA Florence Irwin (D) A Charles P.

West (D) 94 Gwynne P. Smith (R) 96 William A. Oberle Jr. (R) 3,277 76 1f I.