2020_United_States_House_of_Representatives_election_in_Delaware

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

U.S. election in Delaware


The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The Democratic and Republican primaries was held on September 15, 2020.

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Incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester ran for re-election to a third term. She was re-elected with 64.5% of the vote in 2018.[1]

The Republican nominee was Lee Murphy, a private citizen who worked for most of his life at Amtrak as a conductor and manager.[2] Murphy had also worked as an actor and had appeared in Netflix's House of Cards.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Declined

  • Scott Walker, Republican nominee for Delaware's at-large congressional district in 2018[4][5] (ran for Governor as a Republican)

Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Organizations

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Lee Murphy, actor and candidate for Delaware's at-large congressional district in 2018[7]

Eliminated in primary

  • Matthew Morris, sales consultant[8]

Results

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Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Independent Party of Delaware

Declared

General election

Debate

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Predictions

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Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
Organizations

Polling

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Results

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Notes

  1. Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. "None/other/undecided" with 13%

References

  1. Wasserman, David; Flinn, Ally (November 7, 2018). "2018 House Popular Vote Tracker". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  2. Cherry, Amy (July 3, 2018). "'House of Cards' actor to run for US Congress in Delaware". Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  3. "Fmr. House Candidate Scott Walker suspends longshot Democratic presidential campaign, says he's writing book". Delaware 105.9 FM. June 13, 2019. Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  4. "Austin Auen on Facebook". Facebook. Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  5. "2020 State Primary Election Report". Delaware.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  6. "State of Delaware - Department of Elections". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Archived from the original on July 28, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  7. "2020 House Race Ratings for November 2, 2020". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  8. "2020 House Ratings". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  9. "2020 House race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  10. "2020 House Race Ratings". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  11. "Battle for House 2020". RCP. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  12. "2020 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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