2016 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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2016 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, At-large district
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Nominee Lisa Blunt Rochester Hans Reigle
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote233,554172,301
Percentage55.5%41.0%
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Rochester:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Reigle:      40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
     No votes
U.S. Representative before election

John Carney
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the U.S. representative from the state of Delaware from Delaware's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2016 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 primaries were held on September 13.

Contents

Democrat John Carney, the incumbent representative, did not run for reelection, instead successfully running for Governor of Delaware. [1] Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester won the open seat on November 8.

Democratic primary

Democrats Bryon Short, a member of the Delaware House of Representatives from Highland Woods, and Bryan Townsend, a member of the Delaware Senate from Newark, Delaware, had previously said they would run for the seat if Carney ran for governor. [1] [2] Following Carney's announcement that he would run for governor, both Short and Townsend declared their candidacies in the race to succeed him. [3] [4] Lisa Blunt Rochester, the former State Labor Secretary, also joined the race. [5] Short later withdrew from the race, citing difficulties fundraising. [6] Rochester won the primary with 43.8% of the vote. [7]

Candidates

Nominee

  • Lisa Blunt Rochester, former State Labor Secretary, former State Personnel Director, and former CEO of the Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League [5]

Eliminated in primary

  • Sean Barney, former policy director for Governor Jack Markell and nominee for state treasurer in 2014 [8] [5]
  • Mike Miller, businessman and perennial candidate [9]
  • Bryan Townsend, state senator [4]

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Sean Barney
Lisa Blunt Rochester

Individuals

Organizations

Bryan Townsend
  • Donald Morton, civil rights leader [15]
  • Coby Owens, social justice activist, CEO of Youth Caucus of America, and 2016 delegate for Bernie Sanders
  • Karen E. Peterson, state senator [15]
Bryon Short (withdrawn)

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Sean
Barney		Lisa
Blunt Rochester		Mike
Miller		Bryan
Townsend		Scott
Walker		Elias
Weir		OtherUndecided
Fairleigh Dickinson University [16] July 20–24, 2016344± 5.3%4%11%9%11%6%0%1%52%
Gravis Marketing [17] April 17–18, 20161,026± 3.1%12%8%—19%———61%

Results

Democratic primary results [7] [18]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester 27,920 43.8
Democratic Bryan Townsend15,84724.8
Democratic Sean Barney12,89120.2
Democratic Micheal Miller3,5005.5
Democratic Scott Walker3,1564.9
Democratic Elias Weir4800.8
Total votes63,794 100.0

Republican primary

Hans Reigle, a former mayor of Wyoming, Delaware, and the former chairman of the Kent County Republican Party, ran unopposed on the ballot for the Republican nomination. [19]

Candidates

Nominee

Failed to file

  • Rose Izzo, conservative activist, candidate for the seat in 2010 and 2012 and nominee in 2014 [5] (never filed for primary) [20]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Hans
Reigle		OtherUndecided
Fairleigh Dickinson University [16] July 20–24, 2016224± 6.6%26%14%55%

General election

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin of
error		Lisa
Blunt
Rochester (D)		Hans
Reigle (R)		OtherUndecided
University of Delaware [21] September 16–28, 2016900± 3.8%46%26%11%18%

Results

Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2016 [22]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester 233,554 55.52% −3.74%
Republican Hans Reigle172,30140.96%+4.20%
Green Mark J. Perri8,3261.97%−0.10%
Libertarian Scott Gesty6,4361.55%−0.36%
Total votes420,617 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

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