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Delaware's At-Large Congressional District

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Delaware's At-Large Congressional District
Incumbent
Sarah McBrideDemocratic
Assumed office: January 3, 2025

Delaware's At-Large Congressional District in the United States House of Representatives is represented by Sarah McBride (D).

As of the 2020 Census, Delaware's representative represented 990,837 residents. After the 2010 Census, each member represented 900,877 residents.

Elections

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2028


There are no official candidates yet for this election.


See also: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on September 15, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Incumbent Sarah McBride (D) is running in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 15, 2026.

Candidate
Image of Sarah McBride
Sarah McBride

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Earl Cooper (R), Donyale Hall (R), and Lee Murphy (R) are running in the Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 15, 2026.

Candidate
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Earl Cooper
Image of Donyale Hall
Donyale Hall
Image of Lee Murphy
Lee Murphy

There are no incumbents in this race.

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See also: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2024

General election

General election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Sarah McBride (D) defeated John Whalen III (R) in the general election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah McBride
Sarah McBride (D)
 
57.9
 
287,830
Image of John Whalen III
John Whalen III (R)
 
42.1
 
209,606

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 497,436
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Sarah McBride (D) defeated Earl Cooper (D) and Elias Weir (D) in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Sarah McBride
Sarah McBride
 
79.9
 
66,764
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Earl Cooper
 
16.2
 
13,557
Image of Elias Weir
Elias Weir
 
3.9
 
3,286

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 83,607
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

John Whalen III (R) defeated Donyale Hall (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 10, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of John Whalen III
John Whalen III
 
55.8
 
19,880
Image of Donyale Hall
Donyale Hall
 
44.2
 
15,752

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 35,632
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lisa Blunt Rochester
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
 
55.5
 
178,416
Image of Lee Murphy
Lee Murphy (R)
 
43.0
 
138,201
Image of Cody McNutt
Cody McNutt (L)
 
1.0
 
3,074
Image of David Rogers
David Rogers (Nonpartisan Party)
 
0.6
 
1,958
Image of Scott Walker
Scott Walker (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
15
Image of Edward Shlikas
Edward Shlikas (Independent) (Write-in)
 
0.0
 
3

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source 1 Source 2

Total votes: 321,667
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for September 13, 2022, was canceled. Incumbent Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District without appearing on the ballot.

Republican primary

The Republican primary scheduled for September 13, 2022, was canceled. Lee Murphy (R) advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

See also: United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Incumbent Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) defeated Lee Murphy (R), Catherine Purcell (Independent), and David Rogers (L) in the general election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lisa Blunt Rochester
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
 
57.6
 
281,382
Image of Lee Murphy
Lee Murphy (R)  Candidate Connection
 
40.2
 
196,392
Image of Catherine Purcell
Catherine Purcell (Independent)  Candidate Connection
 
1.4
 
6,682
Image of David Rogers
David Rogers (L)
 
0.8
 
3,814

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 488,270
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Democratic primary

The Democratic primary scheduled for September 15, 2020, was canceled. Incumbent Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District without appearing on the ballot.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Lee Murphy (R) defeated Matthew Morris (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 15, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lee Murphy
Lee Murphy  Candidate Connection
 
73.8
 
39,179
Image of Matthew Morris
Matthew Morris  Candidate Connection
 
26.2
 
13,901

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 53,080
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General election

General election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Incumbent Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) defeated Scott Walker (R) in the general election for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Lisa Blunt Rochester
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
 
64.5
 
227,353
Image of Scott Walker
Scott Walker (R)
 
35.5
 
125,384

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 352,737
(100% precincts reporting)
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Democratic primary

Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Incumbent Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 6, 2018.

Candidate
✔
Image of Lisa Blunt Rochester
Lisa Blunt Rochester

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

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Republican primary

Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District

Scott Walker (R) defeated Lee Murphy (R) in the Republican primary for U.S. House Delaware At-large District on September 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Scott Walker
Scott Walker
 
53.0
 
19,573
Image of Lee Murphy
Lee Murphy
 
47.0
 
17,359

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,932
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Previous election results


District map


Redistricting

2020-2021

See also: Redistricting in Delaware after the 2020 census

Delaware was apportioned one single at-large U.S. House seat, making Congressional redistricting after the 2020 census unnecessary.

How does redistricting in Delaware work? Because Delaware has only one congressional district, congressional redistricting is not necessary. The state legislature draws state legislative district lines. The governor may veto the lines drawn by the state legislature.[10][11]

State law requires that state legislative districts be "insofar as possible, contiguous and bounded by roads, streams and other natural boundaries." Further, state law stipulates that district lines "may not be drawn to unduly favor any person or political party." Because these requirements are statutory, the legislature may amend them at its discretion.[10][11]

2010-2011

See also: Redistricting in Delaware after the 2010 census
This is the At-Large Congressional District of Delaware after the 2001 redistricting process.

District analysis

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index
See also: FiveThirtyEight's elasticity scores

The 2017 Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district is D+6, meaning that in the previous two presidential elections, this district's results were 6 percentage points more Democratic than the national average. This made Delaware's At-Large Congressional District the 154th most Democratic nationally.[12]


See also

External links

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Delaware Secretary of State, "Primary election candidates," accessed July 13, 2016
  2. ↑ Delaware Secretary of State, "General election candidates," accessed July 13, 2016
  3. ↑ Politico, "Delaware House Primary Results," September 13, 2016
  4. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2010," accessed March 28, 2013
  5. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 4, 2008," accessed March 28, 2013
  6. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2006," accessed March 28, 2013
  7. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 2, 2004," accessed March 28, 2013
  8. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 5, 2002," accessed March 28, 2013
  9. ↑ U.S. Congress House Clerk, "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 7, 2000," accessed March 28, 2013
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 All About Redistricting, "Delaware," accessed April 22, 2015
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Delaware Code, "Title 29, Chapter 8," accessed April 22, 2015
  12. ↑ Cook Political Report, "Introducing the 2017 Cook Political Report Partisan Voter Index," April 7, 2017


Delaware's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
Chris Coons (D)
Representatives
Democratic Party (3)

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