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2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

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.

Incumbent Democratic representative Lisa Blunt Rochester was first elected in 2016 and re-elected in 2022 with 55.5% of the vote. Blunt Rochester declined to seek re-election, instead running for the U.S. Senate. 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.

Sarah McBride, state senator
Earl Cooper, traffic control business owner
Elias Weir, accounts payable supervisor and perennial candidate
Colleen Davis, Delaware State Treasurer (endorsed McBride)
Eugene Young, director of the Delaware State Housing Authority and candidate for mayor of Wilmington in 2016
Lisa Blunt Rochester, incumbent U.S. representative (ran for U.S. Senate, endorsed McBride)
Elizabeth Lockman, state senator (endorsed McBride)
Bryan Townsend, Majority Leader of the Delaware Senate and candidate for this seat in 2016 (endorsed McBride)

Italics indicate a withdrawn candidate.

Campaign finance reports as of March 31, 2024
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

Poll source	Date(s)administered	Samplesize	Marginof error	ColleenDavis	SarahMcBride	EugeneYoung	Other	Undecided
Slingshot Strategies	October 7–14, 2023	600 (RV)	± 3.9%	6%	22%	4%	—	68%
Change Research	September 7–12, 2023	531 (LV)	—	12%	44%	23%	2%	18%

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Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	66,764	79.9
	Democratic	13,557	16.2
	Democratic	3,286	3.9
83,607	100.0

John Whalen, retired building contractor
Donyale Hall, general contractor and nominee for lieutenant governor in 2020
Joseph Arminio, physician

Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	19,880	55.8
	Republican	15,752	44.2
35,632	100.0

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report	Solid D	July 28, 2023
Inside Elections	Solid D	July 28, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball	Safe D	June 8, 2023
Elections Daily	Safe D	June 8, 2023
CNalysis	Solid D	November 16, 2023

Poll source	Date(s)administered	Samplesize	Marginof error	SarahMcBride (D)	JohnWhalen (R)	Undecided
University of Delaware	September 11–19, 2024	400 (RV)	± 5.8%	52%	31%	17%

Party	Candidate	Votes	%	.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}±%
	Democratic	287,830	57.86%	+2.39%
	Republican	209,606	42.14%	−0.83%
497,436	100.00%	N/A

County	Sarah McBrideDemocratic	John WhalenRepublican	Margin	Totalvotes
44,499	51.88	41,267	48.12	3,232	3.76	85,766
177,730	66.45	89,728	33.55	88,002	32.90	267,458
65,601	45.49	78,611	54.51	-13,010	-9.02	144,212
287,830	57.86	209,606	42.14	78,224	15.72	497,436

Counties that flipped from Republican to Democratic

Kent (largest city: Dover)

Partisan clients

Official campaign sites

Sarah McBride (D)
John Whalen (R)

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