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

← 2018November 3, 20202022 →
 
CandidateLisa Blunt RochesterLee Murphy
PartyDemocraticRepublican
Popular vote281,382196,392
Percentage57.6%40.2%

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

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%
RepublicanLee Murphy 39,179 73.81%
RepublicanMatthew Morris13,90126.19%
Total votes53,080 100.0%

Libertarian primary

Candidates

Nominee

Independent Party of Delaware

Declared

General election

Debate

2020 Delaware U.S. House of Representatives debate
No.DateHostModeratorLinkDemocraticRepublicanLibertarianIndependent Party of Delaware
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Lisa Blunt RochesterLee MurphyDavid RogersCatherine Purcell
1Oct. 14, 2020University of DelawareRalph BegleiterYouTubePPNN

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[a]
Margin
of error
Lisa Blunt
Rochester (D)
Lee
Murphy (R)
Catherine
Purcell (DI)
David
Rogers (L)
Other/
Undecided
University of DelawareSeptember 21–27, 2020847 (LV)51%29%5%3%13%[b]

Results

Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2020[17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DemocraticLisa Blunt Rochester (incumbent) 281,382 57.63% -6.63%
RepublicanLee Murphy196,39240.22%+4.78%
Independent PartyCatherine S. Purcell6,6821.37%N/A
LibertarianDavid L. Rogers3,8140.78%N/A
Total votes488,270 100.0% N/A
Democratic hold
By county
CountyLisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic
Lee Murphy
Republican
Catherine Purcell
Delaware Independent
David Rogers
Libertarian
MarginTotal votes
#%#%#%#%#%
New Castle184,33766.3187,58131.503,8311.382,2550.8196,79634.82278,004
Kent42,98450.7939,58646.781,2841.527680.913,3984.0184,622
Sussex54,06143.0369,22555.101,5671.257910.63-15,164-12.07125,644
Totals281,38257.63196,39240.226,6821.373,8140.7884,99017.41488,270

Notes

References

Official campaign websites
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchPage 3Wikipedia:Featured picturesHouse of the DragonUEFA Euro 2024Bryson DeChambeauJuneteenthInside Out 2Eid al-AdhaCleopatraDeaths in 2024Merrily We Roll Along (musical)Jonathan GroffJude Bellingham.xxx77th Tony AwardsBridgertonGary PlauchéKylian MbappéDaniel RadcliffeUEFA European Championship2024 ICC Men's T20 World CupUnit 731The Boys (TV series)Rory McIlroyN'Golo KantéUEFA Euro 2020YouTubeRomelu LukakuOpinion polling for the 2024 United Kingdom general electionThe Boys season 4Romania national football teamNicola CoughlanStereophonic (play)Gene WilderErin DarkeAntoine GriezmannProject 2025