2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, At-large district
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Turnout50.84%
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Candidate Lisa Blunt Rochester Scott Walker
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote227,353125,384
Percentage64.26%35.44%
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Rochester:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Walker:      50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
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U.S. Representative before election

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of Delaware in the 116th United States Congress. The election coincided with the election of a U.S. Senator from Delaware and other federal and state offices. Democratic Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, the incumbent, won re-election.

Contents

Democratic primary

Lisa Blunt Rochester ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.

Candidates

Nominee

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • Scott Walker, Republican candidate for the seat in 2016 [3]

Eliminated in primary

  • Lee Murphy, retired railroad worker and actor (refused to concede) [3] [4]

Write-in

  • Marvin Davis, far-rightist
  • Lee Murphy, retired railroad worker and actor (not filed)
  • Andrew Webb, community activist and student [5]

Endorsements

Lee Murphy

Political candidates

Primary results

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Results by county:
  Walker—50–60%
  Murphy—50–60%
Republican primary results, Delaware 2018 [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Walker 19,573 53.00%
Republican Lee Murphy17,35947.00%
Total votes36,932 100%

Controversy

Shortly after the final results for the Republican primary, controversy almost immediately emerged about Scott Walker’s victory, as Lee Murphy had been seen by many as the favorite to win. Murphy refused to concede and took to Facebook, saying, “Friends, thanks for all your support- something stinks here and I will not be conceding anytime soon. Need to investigate big time. A Dem wins a Republican primary?” [4] Murphy also called for an investigation into the results. [7] Walker responded by saying that God had led his campaign to victory. [8] Student and community activist Andrew Webb declared his Republican write-in candidacy on September 17, 2018, hoping to gain support from dissatisfied Republicans. He announced a platform of more moderate/traditional conservative ideas. [5]

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Endorsed by Sussex County Chapter

  • Andrew Webb, community activist and student (write-in)

Independent Party of Delaware

Candidates

Write-in

  • Andrew Webb, community activist and student [9]

Independents

Candidates

Declared

  • Paul Johnston, veteran (write-in)

Withdrew

General election

Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester

U.S. Senators

Governors

Lt. Governors

Political candidates

Individuals

  • Coby Owens, social justice activist, CEO of Youth Caucus of America, and 2016 delegate for Bernie Sanders

Organizations

Scott Walker

Individuals

Andrew Webb (write-in)

County Councilpersons

Individuals

Organizations

Declined to endorse

Declined to endorse Scott Walker

Debates

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
FiveThirtyEight [15] Solid DSeptember 2018
270towin [16] Safe DOctober 2018

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Lisa Blunt
Rochester (D)		Scott
Walker (R)		Undecided
University of Delaware [17] September 11–17, 2018728 LV–58%28%15%
908 RV± 3.7%54%26%20%
Gravis Marketing [18] July 24–29, 2018884± 3.3%46%38%16%
Hypothetical polling

with Lisa Blunt Rochester and Lee Murphy

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size		Margin
of error		Lisa Blunt
Rochester (D)		Lee
Murphy (R)		Undecided
Gravis Marketing [18] July 24–29, 2018884± 3.3%46%39%16%

Results

Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2018 [19]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester (incumbent) 227,353 64.26% +8.74%
Republican Scott Walker125,38435.44%−5.30%
Write-in 1,0770.3%
Total votes353,814 100% N/A
Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

References

  1. ↑ "FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE". Delaware Department of Elections.
  2. 1 2 Campaign, Human Rights. "HRC Endorses Sen. Carper & Rep. Blunt Rochester for Re-Election". Human Rights Campaign. Archived from the original on September 10, 2018. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  3. 1 2 Lee, Jim (July 11, 2018). "Deadline passes, primary contenders are set". Dover Post .
  4. 1 2 "Matthew Bittle on Twitter".
  5. 1 2 Baumgart, Wolf von (September 18, 2018). "Andrew Webb Launches 2018 Campaign". delawarepolitics.net. Archived from the original on February 2, 2019. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  6. ↑ "2018 Delaware primary election results" (PDF). Retrieved June 29, 2019.
  7. ↑ "Lee Murphy for Congress on Facebook".
  8. ↑ "Scott Walker for Congress on Facebook".
  9. ↑ "Independent Party of Delaware". WEBB 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2019.
  10. ↑ "Source Voting - Delaware".
  11. ↑ "Declared Write-In Candidates - Delaware Department of Elections" (PDF).
  12. ↑ "John Carney on Instagram: "Thank you to everyone who came out to the Sussex County Jamboree this weekend! We have a great slate of candidates this year, and I'm..."". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 23, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  13. ↑ Rochester, Lisa Blunt (September 24, 2018). "I am honored to receive the @SierraClub endorsement, and will continue to stand with them and friends of Delaware's environment in advocating for clean air, clean water, and wildlife protections. Together, we can protect and preserve our environment for generations to come.pic.twitter.com/rBwKAELnxg". twitter.com. Retrieved January 7, 2019.
  14. 1 2 "Andrew Webb for Congress on Facebook".
  15. ↑ "Delaware at large - 2018 House Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. Archived from the original on September 25, 2018. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  16. ↑ "2018 House Election Interactive Map". 270towin. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
  17. ↑ University of Delaware
  18. 1 2 Gravis Marketing
  19. ↑ Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives . Retrieved April 27, 2019.

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