Pete du Pont embodied 'The Delaware Way,' former governors say

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U.S. Sen. Tom Carper called him one of his most important mentors. So did former Gov. Jack Markell. Gov. John Carney described him as a “real leader.”
Secretary of State Jeffrey Bullock said he is a “true icon of Delaware politics.”
Pete du Pont, the former governor, presidential candidate and congressman, died Saturday in his Wilmington home after a “long illness,” according to a family spokesman. He was 86.
To many in Delaware, du Pont, a Republican, represented a brand of politics that is hard to find these days — the kind that has Democrats and Republicans collectively praising his contributions to the state. 

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