United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, 2016

United States House of Representatives election in Delaware, At-large district, 2016
Delaware
November 8, 2016
 
Nominee Lisa Blunt Rochester Hans Reigle
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 219,887 162,335
Percentage 55.52% 40.96%
Representative before election

John Carney
Democratic

 Elected Representative

Lisa Blunt Rochester
Democratic

The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the U.S. Representative from the state of Delaware from Delaware's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with the 2016 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 primaries were held on September 13.

Democrat John Carney, the incumbent representative, did not run for reelection, instead successfully running for Governor of Delaware.[1] Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester won the open seat on November 8th.

Democratic primary

Democrats Bryon Short, a member of the Delaware House of Representatives from Highland Woods, and Bryan Townsend, a member of the Delaware Senate from Newark, Delaware, had previously said they would run for the seat it Carney ran for Governor.[1][2] Following Carney's announcement that he would run for Governor, both Short and Townsend declared their candidacies in the race to succeed him.[3][4] Lisa Blunt Rochester, the former State Labor Secretary, also joined the race.[5] Short later withdrew from the race, citing difficulties fundraising.[6] Rochester won the primary with 43.8% of the vote.[7]

Candidates

Declared

Withdrawn

Declined

Endorsements

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Sean
Barney		 Lisa
Blunt Rochester		 Mike
Miller		 Bryan
Townsend		 Scott
Walker		 Elias
Weir		 Other Undecided
Fairleigh Dickinson/Delaware News Journal July 20–24, 2016 344 ± 5.3% 4% 11% 9% 11% 6% 0% 1% 52%
Gravis Marketing April 17–18, 2016 1,026 ± 3.1% 12% 8% — 19% — — — 61%

Results

Democratic primary results[19][20]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester 26,613 43.76
Democratic Bryan Townsend 14,950 24.84
Democratic Sean Barney 12,274 20.20
Democratic Micheal Miller 3,319 5.48
Democratic Scott Walker 3,008 4.94
Democratic Elias Weir 449 0.78
Total votes 60,613 100

Republican primary

Hans Reigle, a former mayor of Wyoming, Delaware, and the former chairman of the Kent County Republican Party, will run for the Republican nomination.[21]

Candidates

Declared

Declined

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Hans
Reigle		 Other Undecided
Fairleigh Dickinson/Delaware News Journal July 20–24, 2016 224 ± 6.6% 26% 14% 55%

General election

polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size		 Margin of
error		 Lisa
Blunt
Rochester (D)		 Hans
Reigle (R)		 Other Undecided
University of Delaware September 16–28, 2016 900 ± 3.8% 46% 26% 11% 18%

Results

Delaware's at-large congressional district election, 2016[23]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester 219,887 55.52
Republican Hans Reigle 172,290 40.96
Green Mark J Perri 7,990 1.97
Libertarian Scott Gesty 6,152 1.55
Total votes 406,319 100
Democratic hold

References

  1. 1 2 3 Starkey, Jonathan (September 16, 2015). "Rep. John Carney enters 2016 governor race". The News Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Starkey, Jonathan (September 3, 2015). "Townsend hiring for congressional campaign". The News Journal. Retrieved September 16, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Offredo, Jon (September 25, 2015). "Delaware Rep. Bryon Short declares for Congress". The News Journal. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Offredo, Jon (September 17, 2015). "State Sen. Bryan Townsend announces congressional bid". The News Journal. Retrieved September 17, 2015.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Offredo, Jon; Jonathan, Starkey (October 26, 2015). "Former state labor secretary enters congressional race". The News Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  6. 1 2 Albright, Matthew; Duvernay, Adam (April 4, 2016). "Short drops out of congressional race, cites money". The News Journal. Retrieved April 5, 2016.
  7. ↑ Delaware Primary results
  8. 1 2 3 4 Railey, Kimberly (September 17, 2015). "Joe Biden's Home-State Politics Get a Rare Shake-Up". National Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  9. ↑ Fowser, Mark (October 20, 2015). "Mike Miller of Lewes announces candidacy for Congress". WXDE. Retrieved October 25, 2015.
  10. 1 2 3 4 Cohen, Celia (February 5, 2015). "Shadow Primary". Delaware Grapevine. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  11. ↑ Cohen, Celia (June 24, 2015). "Chris Bullock Makes His Move". Delaware Grapevine. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  12. ↑ Wilson, Xerxes (September 2, 2015). "Bullock to run for New Castle County Council president". The News Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  13. ↑ Cohen, Celia (May 7, 2015). "The "Open Sesame" Campaign". Delaware Grapevine. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  14. ↑ Lessig, Lawrence. "the few who could make a difference". Retrieved 29 March 2016.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Delaware Women Legislators Endorse Lisa Blunt Rochester for Congress". Lisa Blunt Rochester for Congress.
  16. ↑ "EMILY's List Endorses Lisa Blunt Rochester for Congress in Delaware's At-Large District". EMILY's List. January 29, 2016.
  17. ↑ "National Women's Political Caucus Endorses Lisa Blunt Rochester for U.S. House in Delaware". Lisa Blunt Rochester for Congress.
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Offredo, Jon (September 29, 2015). "Bryon Short secures endorsements in Congressional race". The News Journal. Retrieved October 27, 2015.
  19. ↑ Delaware Primary results
  20. ↑ "Primary Election Official Results". delaware.gov. September 13, 2016. Retrieved November 16, 2016.
  21. 1 2 Starkey, Jonathan (April 8, 2015). "Republican, former mayor files for Congress". The News Journal. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  22. ↑ "Primary Election (Official Results)". |first1= missing |last1= in Authors list (help)
  23. ↑ "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Election Commissioner. Retrieved November 14, 2016.

External links

Official campaign websites


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