2022 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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2022 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware's at-large district

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Turnout	42.2%
Candidate Lisa Blunt Rochester Lee Murphy Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 178,416 138,201 Percentage 55.47% 42.97%
County results Precinct results Rochester:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90% Murphy:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90% Tie:     40–50%      No data
U.S. Representative before election Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic

The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections. The incumbent Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester won re-election to a fourth term. ^[1]

The election had very low turnout and was the worst performance for the Democratic candidate since 2008 when incumbent Republican representative Mike Castle won reelection in a landslide. This was also the closest House race in the state since 1982.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lisa Blunt Rochester, incumbent U.S. representative ^{[2] [3]}

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Lee Murphy, perennial candidate, candidate for this district in 2018 and nominee in 2020 ^[4]

Independent and third party candidates

Declared

• Cody McNutt (Libertarian) ^[5]
• David Rogers (Non-Partisan Delaware) ^{[lower-alpha 1] [5]}

Write-in

• Edward Shlikas ^[6]

General election

Debate

2022 Delaware U.S. House of Representatives debate

No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican	Libertarian	Non-Partisan Delaware [lower-alpha 1]
Key:  P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
					Lisa Blunt Rochester	Lee Murphy	Cody McNutt	David Rogers
1	Oct. 25, 2022	University of Delaware	Ralph Begleiter	[7]	P	P	N	N

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report [8]	Solid D	October 5, 2021
Inside Elections [9]	Solid D	October 11, 2021
Sabato's Crystal Ball [10]	Safe D	October 5, 2021
Politico [11]	Solid D	April 5, 2022
RCP [12]	Safe D	June 9, 2022
Fox News [13]	Solid D	July 11, 2022
DDHQ [14]	Solid D	July 20, 2022
538 [15]	Solid D	June 30, 2022

Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)

Organizations

• Feminist Majority PAC ^[16]
• Planned Parenthood Action Fund ^[17]
• Sierra Club ^[18]
• Stonewall Democrats of Delaware ^[19]

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size [lower-alpha 2]	Margin of error	Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)	Lee Murphy (R)	Undecided
University of Delaware [20]	September 14–29, 2022	905 (RV)	± 3.3%	50%	33%	17%

Results

2022 Delaware's at-large congressional district ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lisa Blunt Rochester (incumbent)	178,416	55.47%	−2.16%
	Republican	Lee Murphy	138,201	42.97%	+2.75%
	Libertarian	Cody McNutt	3,074	0.96%	+0.18%
	Non-Partisan Delaware	David Rogers	1,958	0.61%	N/A
Total votes			321,649	100%
	Democratic hold

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Kent (largest city: Dover)

Notes

1. Non-Partisan Delaware is a political party, not the name for an unaffiliated candidate.
2. Key:
   A – all adults
   RV – registered voters
   LV – likely voters
   V – unclear

References

1. "Delaware Election Results". Department of Elections. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
2. "2022 Election United States House - Delaware - District 00". FEC.gov.
3. @lisabrochester (May 4, 2022). "Delaware - there's so much work to be done and I'm just getting started. Sign up to be part of our team in 2022!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
4. McAneny, DJ (August 25, 2021). "'We will find those voters' Familiar face throws hat in the ring for 2022 U.S. House election". www.wdel.com. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
5. "Candidate List" . Retrieved June 29, 2022.
6. "Filed Candidates by Office".
7. YouTube
8. "2022 House Race Ratings". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved October 1, 2021.
9. "House Ratings". The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 4, 2021.
10. "2022 House Ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. October 5, 2021. Retrieved October 5, 2021.
11. "2022 Election Forecast". Politico. April 5, 2022.
12. "Battle for the House 2022". RCP. June 9, 2022.
13. "2022 Election Forecast". Fox News. July 11, 2022. Retrieved July 11, 2022.
14. "2022 Election Forecast". DDHQ. July 20, 2022. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
15. "2022 Election Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022.
16. "2022 Feminist Majority PAC Endorsements". feministmajoritypac.org. Retrieved April 9, 2022.
17. "Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorsed Candidates". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. Retrieved December 22, 2021.
18. "Sierra Club Voter Guide: Endorsements". Sierra Club #ClimateVoter Guide. March 19, 2021.
19. "Delaware Stonewall PAC General Election Endorsements". Delaware Stonewall PAC Site. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
20. University of Delaware
21. "2022 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections.

External links

Official campaign websites for candidates

• Christopher Hill (R) for Congress
• Cody McNutt (L) for Congress
• Lee Murphy (R) for Congress Archived 2021-09-01 at the Wayback Machine
• Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) for Congress