2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware's at-large district
November 5, 2024
 
Party Democratic Republican
Incumbent U.S. Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic


The 2024 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware will be 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 will coincide 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.[1] Blunt Rochester will not seek re-election, as she announced she is running for the U.S. Senate in 2024.[2]

Democratic primary

Declared

Filed paperwork

  • Alexander Geise, emergency medical technician[6]
  • Curtis Aiken III[7]

Declined

Endorsements

Colleen Davis
Organizations
Local officials
Sarah McBride
U.S. representatives
Statewide officials
State legislators
  • 7 state senators[14]
  • 14 state representatives[14]
Local officials
Individuals
Labor unions
Organizations
Eugene Young
Organizations

Fundraising

Campaign finance reports as of September 30, 2023
Candidate Raised Spent Cash on hand
Colleen Davis (D) $104,426 $20,657 $83,768
Sarah McBride (D) $778,846 $211,346 $567,500
Eugene Young (D) $183,193 $46,633 $136,560
Source: Federal Election Commission[25]

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Colleen
Davis		 Sarah
McBride		 Eugene
Young		 Other Undecided
Slingshot Strategies[upper-alpha 1] October 7–14, 2023 600 (RV) ± 3.9% 6% 22% 4% — 68%
Change Research[upper-alpha 2] September 7–12, 2023 531 (LV) — 12% 44% 23% 2%[lower-alpha 2] 18%

Republican primary

Declared

General election

Predictions

Source Ranking As of
The Cook Political Report[28] Solid D July 28, 2023
Inside Elections[29] Solid D July 28, 2023
Sabato's Crystal Ball[30] Safe D June 8, 2023
Elections Daily[31] Safe D June 8, 2023
CNalysis[32] Solid D November 16, 2023

Notes

  1. ↑ 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 Equality Votes PAC.

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. Retrieved June 2, 2023.
  3. ↑ Newman, Meredith (July 19, 2023). "State Treasurer Colleen Davis enters race for Delaware's US House seat". The News Journal. Retrieved July 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Sarah McBride announces run for US House seat to become first trans member of Congress". The News Journal. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  5. ↑ Newman, Meredith (July 24, 2023). "Eugene Young, state housing director, announces bid for Delaware's Congressional seat". The News Journal. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Geise Statement of Candidacy". Federal Election Commission. Retrieved May 6, 2023.
  7. ↑ "FEC Form 2 for Report FEC-1723888". docquery.fec.gov. Retrieved September 2, 2023.
  8. 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.
  9. ↑ "Vote Mama PAC | Candidates". Vote Mama PAC. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  10. ↑ Owens, Jacob (July 24, 2023). "Housing Director Young announces bid for Congress". Delaware Business Times. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Elect Democratic Women Endorses Sarah McBride for Delaware's At-Large Congressional District". Elect Democratic Women. January 3, 2024. Retrieved January 3, 2024.
  12. 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.
  13. 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. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  14. 1 2 3 Owens, Jacob (June 26, 2023). "State Sen. McBride to run for Congress". Delaware Business Times. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  15. 1 2 Stayman, Zoe (June 26, 2023). "Delaware Senator Sarah McBride launches congressional campaign". NBC News. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  16. 1 2 3 Lev-Tov, Joel (September 22, 2023). "Flight attendants union endorses Sarah McBride". The Washington Blade. Retrieved September 23, 2023.
  17. ↑ Chou, Lauren (August 3, 2023). "EMILYs List Endorses Sarah McBride for Election to Delaware's At-Large Congressional District". EMILY's List. Retrieved August 3, 2023.
  18. 1 2 "End Citizens United // Let America Vote Endorses Sarah McBride for Congress". End Citizens United: We the People, Not "We the Wealthy". June 26, 2023. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  19. ↑ Fujii, Albert (June 26, 2023). "LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, National LGBTQ+ Advocacy Groups Endorse Sarah McBride for Congress". LGBTQ+ Victory Fund. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  20. ↑ "2024 Endorsements". Population Connection Action Fund. Retrieved January 14, 2024.
  21. ↑ "Reproductive Freedom for All Endorses Slate of Champions for the U.S. House". Reproductive Freedom for All. October 24, 2023. Archived from the original on October 24, 2023. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
  22. ↑ "2023 - 2024 Stonewall Endorsed Candidates". Stonewall Democratic Club. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  23. ↑ "Stonewall's Historic Endorsement". Delaware Stonewall PAC Site. August 23, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Candidates". The Collective PAC. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  25. ↑ "2024 Election United States House - Delaware AL". fec.gov. Federal Election Commission. Retrieved October 17, 2023.
  26. ↑ Petree, Rob (October 12, 2023). "EXCLUSIVE: Delaware veteran, businesswoman announces run for Congress". WMDT. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
  27. ↑ "Analysis: State Treasurer Davis launches Congressional campaign". Delaware Business Now!. July 19, 2023. Retrieved July 20, 2023. On the Republican side, three-time congressional candidate Lee Murphy is running again.
  28. ↑ "2024 House Race Ratings". Cook Political Report. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  29. ↑ "First 2024 House Ratings". Inside Elections. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  30. ↑ "Initial House Ratings: Battle for Majority Starts as a Toss-up". Sabato's Crystal Ball. February 23, 2023.
  31. ↑ "Election Ratings". Elections Daily. Retrieved May 5, 2023.
  32. ↑ "2024 House Forecast". November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
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