2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware

2020 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, at-large district

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →

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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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.

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[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

• Lisa Blunt Rochester, incumbent U.S. Representative^[3]

Declined[]

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

Endorsements[]

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]

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[]

Candidates[]

Nominee[]

• David L. Rogers^[10]

Independent Party[]

Declared[]

• Catherine S. Purcell, college student and pro-Trump activist^[10]

General election[]

Endorsements[]

Predictions[]

Source	Ranking	As of
The Cook Political Report[11]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Inside Elections[12]	Safe D	October 28, 2020
Sabato's Crystal Ball[13]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Politico[14]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
Daily Kos[15]	Safe D	November 2, 2020
RCP[16]	Safe D	November 2, 2020

Polling[]

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size[a]	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%[b]

Results[]

Delaware's at-large congressional district, 2020^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Democratic	Lisa Blunt Rochester (incumbent)	281,382	57.63%	-6.63%
	Republican	Lee Murphy	196,392	40.22%	+4.78%
	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[]

References[]

External links[]

• Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Delaware", Voting & Elections Toolkits
• "Delaware: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
• "League of Women Voters of Delaware". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
• Delaware at Ballotpedia

Official campaign websites

• Lisa Blunt Rochester (D) for Congress
• Lee Murphy (R) for Congress