United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2018

United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, At-large district, 2018

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Candidate Lisa Blunt Rochester Scott Walker Party Democratic Republican Popular vote 227,353 125,384 Percentage 64.45% 35.55%

U.S. Representative before election Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic Elected U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic

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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.

Democratic primary

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

Candidates

Nominee

• Lisa Blunt Rochester, incumbent U.S. Representative ^[1]

Withdrew

• Rose Izzo, Republican candidate for the seat in 2016, 2014, and 2012 (ran for State House in district 7)

Declined

• Kerri Evelyn Harris, Dover activist and U.S. Air Force veteran (ran for U.S. Senate)

Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Organizations Congressional Black Caucus PAC Democratic Party Delaware Women Legislators Human Rights Campaign [2] Planned Parenthood Stonewall Democrats

Republican Party

Candidates

Nominee

• Scott Walker, Democratic 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 Gene Truono, Republican candidate for United States Senate

Primary results

Results by county:

  Walker—50–60%

  Murphy—50–60%

Republican primary results

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Walker	19,572	53.0
	Republican	Lee Murphy	17,359	47.0
Margin of victory			2,213	6.0%
Turnout			36,931	19.7% [6]
Total votes			36,931	100.0

Controversy

Shortly afer the final results for the Republican primary, controversy almost immediately emerged about Scott Walker’s victory, as Lee Murphy had been seen as many as the favorite to win. Murphy refused to concede and took to Facebook in 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?” ^[7] Murphy also called for an investigation into the results. ^[8] Walker responded in saying that God led his campaign to victory. ^[9] 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. ^[10] There are also two other write-in candidacies, with a far-right and conservative candidacy from Marvin Davis and Paul Johnston.

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Endorsed by Sussex County Chapter

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

American Independent Party

Candidates

Write-in

• Marvin Davis, far-rightist

Independents

Not to be confused with the Independent Party of Delaware, which currently has no candidate for the 2018 United States House of Representatives election.

Candidates

Declared

• Paul Johnston, veteran (write-in)

Withdrew

• Christopher Mockerman, activist (running for State House in District 17) ^{[11] [12]}

General election

Endorsements

Lisa Blunt Rochester

U.S. Senators Tom Carper, U.S. Senator from Delaware Chris Coons, U.S. Senator from Delaware Governors John Carney, 74th Governor of Delaware [13] Lt. Governors Bethany Hall-Long, 26th Lt. Governor of Delaware Political candidates Don Allan, Democratic nominee for Delaware’s 36th Representative district Colleen Davis, Democratic nominee for State Treasurer Dee Durham, Democratic nominee for New Castle County’s 2nd council district Krista Griffith, Democratic nominee for Delaware’s 12th Representative district Kathy Jennings, Democratic nominee for Delaware state Attorney General Elizabeth “Tizzy” Lockman, Delaware State Senator-elect Laura Sturgeon, Democratic nominee for Delaware’s 4th Senate district Individuals Coby Owens, social justice activist, CEO of Youth Caucus of America, and 2016 delegate for Bernie Sanders Organizations Congressional Black Caucus PAC Democratic Party Delaware Division of Public Health Delaware Women Legislators Human Rights Campaign [14] Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America Mary Ann’s List Planned Parenthood Sierra Club [15] Stonewall Democrats

Scott Walker
Individuals Lil B, rapper

Andrew Webb (write-in)
County Councilpersons Rob Arlett, Sussex County Councilman and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Delaware [16] Individuals James Brittingham, Libertarian Party of Delaware Sussex County chairman Organizations Libertarian Party of Delaware Sussex County Chapter

Declined to endorse
Declined to endorse Scott Walker Rob Arlett, Sussex County Councilman and Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Delaware (endorsed Andrew Webb) [17] Peter Kopf, former New Castle County Republican chairman Lee Murphy, former candidate Republican Party Andrew Webb, community activist and student (running as write-in)

Debates

• Full video of debate, University of Delaware October 17, 2018
• Full audio of debate, Delaware Public Media October 17, 2018

Predictions

Source	Ranking	As of
FiveThirtyEight [18]	Solid D	September 2018
270towin [19]	Safe D	October 2018

Polling

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size	Margin of error	Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)	Scott Walker (R)	Undecided
University of Delaware	September 11–17, 2018	728 LV	–	58%	28%	15%
		908 RV	± 3.7%	54%	26%	20%
Gravis Marketing	July 24–29, 2018	884	± 3.3%	46%	38%	16%

Results

Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2018 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Democratic	Lisa Blunt Rochester (incumbent)	227,353	64.45%	+8.92%
	Republican	Scott Walker	125,384	35.55%	-5.41%
Total votes			352,714	100.0%	N/A
	Democratic hold

References

1. "FILED CANDIDATES BY OFFICE". Delaware Department of Elections.
2. https://www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-endorses-senator-tom-carper-and-representative-lisa-blunt-rochester
3. Lee, Jim (July 11, 2018). "Deadline passes, primary contenders are set". Dover Post .
4. "Matthew Bittle on Twitter".
5. http://www.delawarepolitics.net/andrew-webb-launches-2018-campaign/
6. "State of Delaware - Department of Elections · Office of the State Election Commissioner". elections.delaware.gov. Retrieved September 19, 2018.
7. "Matthew Bittle on Twitter".
8. "Lee Murphy for Congress on Facebook".
9. "Scott Walker for Congress on Facebook".
10. http://www.delawarepolitics.net/andrew-webb-launches-2018-campaign/
11. "Source Voting - Delaware".
12. "Declared Write-In Candidates - Delaware Department of Elections" (PDF).
13. https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn2Ihv8H4c4/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=7iqm6n5n7c27
14. https://www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-endorses-senator-tom-carper-and-representative-lisa-blunt-rochester
15. https://twitter.com/lisabrochester/status/1044331468217085952?s=21
16. "Andrew Webb for Congress on Facebook".
17. "Andrew Webb for Congress on Facebook".
18. "Delaware at large - 2018 House Forecast". FiveThirtyEight. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
19. "2018 House Election Interactive Map". 270towin. Retrieved October 20, 2018.
20. "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Election Commissioner. Retrieved November 15, 2018.

External links

• Candidates at Vote Smart
• Candidates at Ballotpedia
• Campaign finance at FEC
• Campaign finance at Center for Responsive Politics

Official campaign websites

• Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) for Congress

• Webb for Congress