2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, at-large district
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Candidate Lisa Blunt Rochester Lee Murphy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote281,382196,392
Percentage57.6%40.2%
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Rochester:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Murphy:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
     No data
U.S. Representative before election

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

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.

Contents

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

Republican primary results [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Lee Murphy 39,179 73.81%
Republican Matthew Morris13,90126.19%
Total votes53,080 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • David L. Rogers [10]

Independent Party of Delaware

Declared

General election

Debate

2020 Delaware U.S. House of Representatives debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican Libertarian Independent Party of Delaware
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Lisa Blunt Rochester Lee MurphyDavid RogersCatherine Purcell
1Oct. 14, 2020 University of Delaware Ralph Begleiter YouTube PPNN

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [11] Safe DNovember 2, 2020
Inside Elections [12] Safe DOctober 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball [13] Safe DNovember 2, 2020
Politico [14] Safe DNovember 2, 2020
Daily Kos [15] Safe DNovember 2, 2020
RCP [16] Safe DNovember 2, 2020

Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
Organizations

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [lower-alpha 1] 		Margin
of error		Lisa Blunt
Rochester (D)		Lee
Murphy (R)		Catherine
Purcell (DI)		David
Rogers (L)		Other/
Undecided
University of Delaware September 21–27, 2020847 (LV)–51%29%5%3%13% [lower-alpha 2]

Results

Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2020 [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester (incumbent) 281,382 57.63% -6.63%
Republican Lee Murphy196,39240.22%+4.78%
Independent Catherine S. Purcell6,6821.37%N/A
Libertarian David L. Rogers3,8140.78%N/A
Total votes488,270 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold
By county
County Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic 		Lee Murphy
Republican 		Catherine Purcell
Delaware Independent 		David Rogers
Libertarian 		MarginTotal votes
#%#%#%#%#%
New Castle 184,33766.3187,58131.503,8311.382,2550.8196,79634.82278,004
Kent 42,98450.7939,58646.781,2841.527680.913,3984.0184,622
Sussex 54,06143.0369,22555.101,5671.257910.63-15,164-12.07125,644
Totals281,38257.63196,39240.226,6821.373,8140.7884,99017.41488,270

Notes

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

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