2014 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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2014 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, At-large district
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  2012 November 4, 2014 2016  
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Nominee John Carney Rose Izzo
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote137,25185,146
Percentage59.26%36.76%

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2014 United States House election in Delaware results map by state house district.svg
Carney:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Izzo:     40–50%     50–60%

U.S. Representative before election

John Carney
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

John Carney
Democratic

The 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Delaware in the 114th United States Congress. The election coincided with the election of a U.S. Senator from Delaware and other federal and state offices. Incumbent Democratic Congressman John Carney won re-election to a third term in office.

Contents

Democratic nomination

Candidates

Declared

Republican nomination

Candidates

Declared

  • Rose Izzo, conservative freelance political consultant and candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012 [1]

Other candidates

Green

Nominee

  • Bernard "Bernie" August, nominee for the seat in 2012 [1]

Libertarian

Nominee

  • Scott Gesty, accountant and nominee for the seat in 2012 [1]

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered
Sample
size
Margin of
error
John
Carney (D)
Rose
Izzo (R)
Bernie
August (G)
Scott
Gesty (L)
Undecided
University of Delaware [2] September 10–22, 2014902± 3.9%52%17%4%7%20%

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [3] Safe DNovember 3, 2014
Rothenberg [4] Safe DOctober 24, 2014
Sabato's Crystal Ball [5] Safe DOctober 30, 2014
RCP Safe DNovember 2, 2014
Daily Kos Elections [6] Safe DNovember 4, 2014

Results

Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2014 [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic John Carney (incumbent) 137,251 59.26% −5.14%
Republican Rose Izzo85,14636.76%+3.32%
Green Bernard August4,8012.07%+0.97%
Libertarian Scott Gesty4,4191.91%+0.85%
Total votes'231,617''100.0%'N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "State of Delaware Department of Elections General Election 11/04/2014 Filed Candidates by Office". elections.delaware.gov. Archived from the original on July 7, 2010. Retrieved September 26, 2014.
  2. University of Delaware
  3. "2014 House Race Ratings for November 3, 2014". House: Race Ratings. Cook Political Report. Retrieved November 3, 2014.
  4. "2014 House Ratings (October 24, 2014)". House Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  5. "2014 House". Sabato's Crystal Ball. April 10, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  6. "Daily Kos Elections House race ratings: Initial ratings for 2014". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  7. "State of Delaware - Elections Results". Archived from the original on January 31, 2023. Retrieved January 11, 2019.