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Joe Biden - Biden disliked incumbent Democratic Delaware governor Charles L. Terry's conservative racial politics

Time: 1968

Place: Delaware, U.S.

Details: Biden disliked incumbent Democratic Delaware governor Charles L. Terry's conservative racial politics and supported a more liberal Republican, Russell W. Peterson, who defeated Terry in 1968. Biden was recruited by local Republicans but registered as an Independent because of his distaste for Republican presidential candidate Richard Nixon.

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