2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware's at-large district
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Nominee Sarah McBride John Whalen
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote287,830209,606
Percentage57.86%42.14%
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McBride:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Whalen:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
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U.S. Representative before election

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

Elected U.S. Representative

Sarah McBride
Democratic

The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 5, 2024, to elect a member of the United States House of Representatives to represent the state of Delaware from its at-large congressional district . The election coincided with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the U.S. House, elections to the United States Senate, and various other state and local elections.

Contents

Incumbent Democratic representative Lisa Blunt Rochester was first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2022 with 55.5% of the vote. [1] Blunt Rochester declined to seek re-election, instead running for the U.S. Senate. [2] The primary election took place on September 10, 2024. Sarah McBride won the primary election on September 10, 2024, and the general election on November 5, and is the first openly transgender member of Congress. [3]

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

  • Earl Cooper, traffic control business owner [5]
  • Elias Weir, accounts payable supervisor and perennial candidate [5]

Withdrew

Declined

Endorsements

Sarah McBride
U.S. senators
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
  • 13 state senators [17]
  • 17 state representatives [17]
Local officials
Individuals
Organizations
Labor unions
Colleen Davis (withdrawn)
Organizations
Local officials
Eugene Young (withdrawn)
US senators
Statewide officials

Fundraising

Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
CandidateRaisedSpentCash on hand
Sarah McBride (D)$1,867,314$612,290$1,255,024
Colleen Davis (D)$162,553$150,465$12,088
Eugene Young (D)$401,188$158,019$243,169
Source: Federal Election Commission [43]

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Colleen
Davis		Sarah
McBride		Eugene
Young		OtherUndecided
Slingshot Strategies [44] [A] October 7–14, 2023600 (RV)± 3.9%6%22%4%—68%
Change Research [45] [B] September 7–12, 2023531 (LV)—12%44%23%2% [b] 18%

Results

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Results by county:
  McBride—80–90%
  McBride—70–80%
Democratic primary results [46]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Sarah McBride 66,764 79.9
Democratic Earl Cooper13,55716.2
Democratic Elias Weir3,2863.9
Total votes83,607 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

  • John Whalen, retired building contractor [47]

Eliminated in primary

Withdrew

  • Joseph Arminio, physician [47]

Results

Republican primary results [49]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican John Whalen 19,880 55.8
Republican Donyale Hall15,75244.2
Total votes35,632 100.0

General election

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
The Cook Political Report [50] Solid DJuly 28, 2023
Inside Elections [51] Solid DJuly 28, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball [52] Safe DJune 8, 2023
Elections Daily [53] Safe DJune 8, 2023
CNalysis [54] Solid DNovember 16, 2023

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Sarah
McBride (D)		John
Whalen (R)		Undecided
University of Delaware [55] September 11–19, 2024400 (RV)± 5.8%52%31%17%

Results

2024 Delaware's at-large congressional district [56]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Sarah McBride 287,830 57.86% +2.39%
Republican John Whalen209,60642.14%−0.83%
Total votes497,436 100.00% N/A
Democratic hold

By county

By county
County Sarah McBride
Democratic 		John Whalen
Republican 		MarginTotal
votes
#%#%#%
Kent 44,49951.8841,26748.123,2323.7685,766
New Castle 177,73066.4589,72833.5588,00232.90267,458
Sussex 65,60145.4978,61154.51-13,010-9.02144,212
Totals287,83057.86209,60642.1478,22415.72497,436

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Notes

  1. 1 2 Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Would not vote" with 2%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ The poll was commissioned by Citizens for Judicial Fairness.
  2. ↑ The poll was commissioned by the Human Rights Campaign PAC, which supports McBride.

References

  1. ↑ "Delaware First Congressional District Election Results". The New York Times. November 8, 2022. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  2. 1 2 Mutnick, Ally; Otterbein, Holly (June 1, 2023). "Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester to launch run for Delaware Senate seat in June". POLITICO . Archived from the original on June 8, 2023. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ Yurcaba, Jo (November 5, 2024). "Sarah McBride becomes the first out transgender person elected to Congress". NBCNews.com . Retrieved November 6, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Sarah McBride announces run for US House seat to become first trans member of Congress". The News Journal. Archived from the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  5. 1 2 "2024 Primary Election Candidate List - Department of Elections - State of Delaware". elections.delaware.gov. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
  6. ↑ Edelen, Joseph (February 28, 2024). "Delaware Treasurer Colleen Davis drops out of U.S. Congress race". Bay to Bay News. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  7. 1 2 "Davis Endorses McBride in Congressional Race". Blue Delaware. March 4, 2024. Archived from the original on March 4, 2024. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ Carl, Chris (June 12, 2024). "Eugene Young withdraws from US House race". WDEL . Retrieved June 12, 2024.
  9. 1 2 Singer, Jeff (June 26, 2023). "Daily Kos Elections Live Digest: 6/26". Daily Kos . Retrieved June 26, 2023. However, while insiders previously speculated that two state senators, Majority Leader Bryan Townsend and Majority Whip Elizabeth Lockman, could run against McBride, each instead endorsed their colleague on Monday.
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  11. ↑ Mueller, Sarah (June 13, 2024). "Eugene Young drops out of Delaware's U.S. House race, potentially paving the way for Sarah McBride to become the first trans member of Congress". WHYY-TV. Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved June 13, 2024. In a notable endorsement move, Delaware U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester has thrown her support behind Democratic state Sen. Sarah McBride to fill her seat
  12. ↑ "Elect Democratic Women Endorses Sarah McBride for Delaware's At-Large Congressional District". Elect Democratic Women. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  13. 1 2 3 4 Bailey, Ernest (December 21, 2023). "Congressional Progressive Caucus PAC Endorses Sarah McBride For DE-AL". Progressive Caucus. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  14. ↑ "NewDem Action Fund Announces Endorsement of Five Critical Candidates Running in Races from California to Pennsylvania". NewDem Action Fund. February 20, 2024. Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "National LGBTQ+ Advocacy Leaders Endorse Delaware State Senator Sarah McBride for Congress". Human Rights Campaign . June 26, 2023. Archived from the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  16. ↑ "Release: Governor John Carney Endorses Sarah McBride for Congress". Archived from the original on August 10, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  17. 1 2 3 Owens, Jacob (June 26, 2023). "State Sen. McBride to run for Congress". Delaware Business Times. Archived from the original on June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  18. 1 2 Stayman, Zoe (June 26, 2023). "Delaware Senator Sarah McBride launches congressional campaign". NBC News . Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  19. ↑ "State Treasurer Colleen Davis endorses Sarah McBride for U.S. House". March 4, 2024. Archived from the original on April 16, 2024. Retrieved April 16, 2024.
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lev-Tov, Joel (September 22, 2023). "Flight attendants union endorses Sarah McBride". The Washington Blade . Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
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  22. ↑ "Volunteer | Delaware State Education Association". Archived from the original on October 28, 2020. Retrieved July 2, 2024.
  23. ↑ Democratic Majority for Israel [@DemMaj4Israel] (September 9, 2024). "Today, DMFI PAC announced its endorsement of fourteen pro-Israel candidates running for the Democratic nomination in key U.S. House and Senate general election races. These seats are critical to electing a Democratic majority in Congress this November" (Tweet). Retrieved September 9, 2024– via Twitter.
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  26. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved July 2, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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  29. ↑ "Endorsed Candidates". National Women's Political Caucus. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
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  33. ↑ "New Planned Parenthood Action Fund Endorsements: We Can Flip The House By Electing These Reproductive Rights Champions in 2024". www.plannedparenthoodaction.org. Archived from the original on February 15, 2024. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
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  36. ↑ "2023 - 2024 Stonewall Endorsed Candidates". Stonewall Democratic Club. Archived from the original on October 17, 2023. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
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  40. ↑ Owens, Jacob (July 24, 2023). "Housing Director Young announces bid for Congress". Delaware Business Times. Archived from the original on September 11, 2024. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  41. ↑ "U.S. SENATOR CORY BOOKER ENDORSES EUGENE YOUNG, JR. TO BE THE NEXT U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE GREAT STATE OF DELAWARE". InsiderNJ. March 27, 2024. Retrieved March 27, 2024.
  42. ↑ Mueller, Sarah (March 20, 2024). "Eugene Young nabs Del. Gov. John Carney's endorsement in U.S. House race". WHYY-TV . Retrieved March 20, 2024.
  43. ↑ "2024 Election United States House - Delaware AL". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission . Retrieved October 17, 2023.
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  45. ↑ Change Research
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