2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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.

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, at-large district
November 3, 2020
 
Candidate Lisa Blunt Rochester Lee Murphy
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 281,382 196,392
Percentage 57.6% 40.2%
County results
Rochester:      50–60%      60–70%
Murphy:      50–60%
U.S. Representative before election

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

 Elected U.S. Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

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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]

Republican nominee Lee Murphy is a private citizen and worked for most of his life at Amtrak as a conductor and manager. [2] Murphy has also worked as an actor and has appeared in Netflix's House of Cards.

Democratic primary

Nominee

Declined
  • Scott Walker, Republican nominee for Delaware's at-large congressional district in 2018[4][5] (running for Governor as a Republican)

Endorsements
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Organizations

Republican primary

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]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Lee Murphy 39,179 73.81%
Republican Matthew Morris 13,901 26.19%
Total votes 53,080 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Nominee

Independent Party

Declared
  • Catherine S. Purcell[10]

General election

Endorsements
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D)
Organizations

Predictions
Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[11] Safe D July 2, 2020
Inside Elections[12] Safe D June 2, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[13] Safe D July 2, 2020
Politico[14] Safe D April 19, 2020
Daily Kos[15] Safe D June 3, 2020
RCP[16] Safe D June 9, 2020
Niskanen[17] Safe D June 7, 2020

Polling
Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Lisa Blunt
Rochester (D)		 Lee
Murphy (R)		 Catherine
Purcell (I)		 David
Rogers (L)		 Other/
Undecided
University of Delaware September 21–27, 2020 847 (LV) – 51% 29% 5% 3% 13%[lower-alpha 2]

Results
Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2020[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester (incumbent) 281,382 57.63% -6.63%
Republican Lee Murphy 196,392 40.22% +4.78%
Delaware Independent Catherine S. Purcell 6,682 1.37% N/A
Libertarian David L. Rogers 3,814 0.78% N/A
Total votes 488,270 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold

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

References
  1. Wasserman, David; Flinn, Ally (November 7, 2018). "2018 House Popular Vote Tracker". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 15, 2019.
  2. Cherry, Amy. "'House of Cards' actor to run for US Congress in Delaware". Retrieved October 8, 2020.
  3. @CATargetBot (April 13, 2019). "NEW FEC F2 Lisa Blunt Rochester (DEM) #DE00 (D-Blunt Rochester) classic.fec.gov/fecviewer/CommitteeDetailFilings.do?tabIndex=3&candidateCommitteeId=H6DE00206 …" (Tweet). Retrieved June 8, 2019 – via Twitter.
  4. "Fmr. House Candidate Scott Walker suspends longshot Democratic presidential campaign, says he's writing book". Delaware 105.9 FM. June 13, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  5. "Austin Auen on Facebook". Retrieved September 8, 2019.
  6. "Sierra Club #ClimateVoter Guide: Endorsements". Sierra Club.
  7. McAneny, DJ (August 19, 2020). "'I stand for the working man', GOP-endorsed Murphy hopes to challenge Blunt Rochester for Delaware's US House seat". WDEL. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  8. "Share: Matthew Morris: Republican Candidate for US House of Representatives (Delaware)-Podcast". Cape Gazette. August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 29, 2020.
  9. "2020 State Primary Election Report". Delaware.gov. Retrieved September 17, 2020.
  10. "State of Delaware - Department of Elections". Office of the State Election Commissioner. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
  11. "2020 Senate Race Ratings for April 19, 2019". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved September 20, 2019.
  12. "2020 Senate Ratings". Senate Ratings. The Rothenberg Political Report. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  13. "2020 Senate race ratings". Sabato's Crystal Ball. Retrieved August 28, 2019.
  14. "2020 Election Forecast". Politico. November 19, 2019.
  15. "Daily Kos Elections releases initial Senate race ratings for 2020". Daily Kos Elections. Retrieved February 28, 2020.
  16. "Battle for White House". RCP. April 19, 2019.
  17. "2020 Negative Partisanship and the 2020 Congressional Elections". Niskanen Center. April 28, 2020.
  18. "2020 General Election Report". Delaware Department of Elections. Retrieved November 11, 2020.
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