United States House of Representatives elections in Delaware
This table shows the results of general elections for the United States House of Representatives from Delaware, beginning in 1788 when the United States Constitution of 1787 went into effect.[a]
List of elections
Date | Cong. | Seat | Election type | Winner(s) | Party | Votes | % | Opponent(s) | Party | Votes | % | Ref. |
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Jan 7, 1789 | 1st | At-large | general | John Vining | Pro-Administration | 898 | 43.6% | Rhoads Shankland | Anti-Administration | 491 | 23.8% | [1] |
Gunning Bedford Jr. | Pro-Administration | 308 | 15.0% | |||||||||
Joshua Clayton | Pro-Administration | 272 | 13.2% | |||||||||
Allan McLane | Pro-Administration | 90 | 4.4% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1790 | 2nd | At-large | general | John Vining | Pro-Administration | 252 | 50.3% | Joshua Clayton | Pro-Administration | 145 | 28.9% | [1] |
Thomas Duff | 104 | 20.8% | ||||||||||
Oct 2, 1792 | 3rd | At-large | general | John Patten | Anti-Administration | 2,273 | 38.8% | Henry Latimer | Pro-Administration | 2,243 | 38.3% | [1] |
Francis Many | 685 | 11.7% | ||||||||||
Edward Roche | Anti-Administration | 465 | 7.9% | |||||||||
Andrew Barrett | Pro-Administration | 195 | 3.3% | |||||||||
recount[b] | Henry Latimer | Pro-Administration | 2,238 | 50.4% | John Patten | Anti-Administration | 2,205 | 49.6% | [1] | |||
Oct 4, 1794 | 4th | At-large | general | John Patten | Democratic-Republican | 2,409 | 51.3% | Henry Latimer | Federalist | 2,285 | 48.7% | [1] |
Oct 4, 1796 | 5th | At-large | general | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 2,292 | 56.3% | William Perry | Democratic-Republican | 1,779 | 43.7% | [1] |
Oct 2, 1798 | 6th | At-large | general | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 2,792 | 61.2% | Archibald Alexander | Democratic-Republican | 1,772 | 38.8% | [1] |
Oct 7, 1800 | 7th | At-large | general | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 2,674 | 53.3% | John Patten | Democratic-Republican | 2,340 | 46.7% | [1] |
Oct 5, 1802 | 8th | At-large | general | Caesar Augustus Rodney | Democratic-Republican | 3,421 | 50.1% | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 3,406 | 49.9% | [1] |
Oct 2, 1804 | 9th | At-large | general | James A. Bayard | Federalist | 4,398 | 52.1% | Caesar Augustus Rodney | Democratic-Republican | 4,040 | 47.9% | [1] |
Oct 1, 1805 | At-large | special[c] | James M. Broom | Federalist | 3,011 | 52.7% | David Hall | Democratic-Republican | 2,682 | 46.9% | [1] | |
Isaac H. Starr | Democratic-Republican | 24 | 0.4% | |||||||||
Oct 7, 1806 | 10th | At-large | general | James M. Broom | Federalist | 2,353 | 60.5% | Thomas Fitzgerald | Democratic-Republican | 830 | 21.3% | [1] |
Joseph Haslet | Democratic-Republican | 382 | 9.8% | |||||||||
Thomas Montgomery | Democratic-Republican | 323 | 8.3% | |||||||||
Oct 6, 1807 | At-large | special[d] | Nicholas Van Dyke | Federalist | 3,294 | 51.7% | John Dickinson | Democratic-Republican | 3,078 | 48.3% | [1] | |
Oct 4, 1808 | 11th | At-large | general | Nicholas Van Dyke | Federalist | 3,242 | 53.3% | Joseph Haslet | Democratic-Republican | 2,837 | 46.7% | [1] |
Oct 2, 1810 | 12th | At-large | general | Henry M. Ridgely | Federalist | 3,634 | 50.1% | Richard C. Dale | Democratic-Republican | 3,617 | 49.9% | [1] |
Oct 6, 1812 | 13th | At-large (2 seats) | general | Henry M. Ridgely | Federalist | 4,193 | 28.3% | David Hall | Democratic-Republican | 3,221 | 21.8% | [1] |
Thomas Cooper | Federalist | 4,183 | 28.3% | Richard C. Dale | Democratic-Republican | 3,210 | 21.7% | |||||
Oct 4, 1814 | 14th | At-large (2 seats) | general | Thomas Clayton | Federalist | 3,964 | 30.5% | Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | 2,547 | 19.6% | [1] |
Thomas Cooper | Federalist | 3,960 | 30.4% | George Read Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 2,545 | 19.6% | |||||
Oct 7, 1816 | 15th | At-large (2 seats) | general | Louis McLane | Federalist | 3,580 | 24.1% | Caesar Augustus Rodney | Democratic-Republican | 3,476 | 23.4% | [1] |
Caleb Rodney | Federalist | 3,410 | 22.9% | |||||||||
Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | 3,524 | 23.7% | Thomas Clayton | Federalist | 486 | 3.3% | |||||
Thomas Cooper | Federalist | 390 | 2.6% | |||||||||
Oct 5, 1818 | 16th | At-large (2 seats) | general | Louis McLane | Federalist | 3,098 | 26.2% | Thomas Clayton | Federalist | 2,902 | 24.6% | [1] |
Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | 3,007 | 25.4% | George Read Jr. | Democratic-Republican | 2,810 | 23.8% | |||||
Oct 3, 1820 | 17th | At-large (2 seats) | general | Caesar Augustus Rodney | Democratic-Republican | 4,029 | 26.9% | Willard Hall | Democratic-Republican | 3,525 | 23.5% | [1] |
Louis McLane | Federalist | 3,918 | 26.2% | John Mitchell | Federalist | 3,500 | 23.4% | |||||
Oct 1, 1822 | At-large | special[e] | Daniel Rodney | Federalist | 3,884 | 51.5% | James Derickson | Democratic-Republican | 3,653 | 48.5% | [1] | |
Oct 1, 1822 | 18th | At-large | general | Louis McLane | Federalist | 4,110 | 54.3% | Arnold Naudain | Democratic-Republican | 3,466 | 45.7% | [1] |
Oct 5, 1824 | 19th | At-large | general | Louis McLane | Federalist | 3,387 | 51.7% | Arnold Naudain | Democratic-Republican | 3,163 | 48.3% | [1] |
Oct 3, 1826 | 20th | At-large | general | Louis McLane | Federalist | 4,630 | 54.1% | Arnold Naudain | Democratic-Republican | 3,931 | 45.9% | [1] |
Oct 2, 1827 | At-large | special[f] | Kensey Johns Jr. | National Republican | 4,148 | 52.5% | James A. Bayard Jr. | Jacksonian Democratic | 3,753 | 47.5% | [1] | |
Oct 7, 1828 | 21st | At-large | general | Kensey Johns Jr. | National Republican | 4,769 | 52.3% | James A. Bayard Jr. | Jacksonian Democratic | 4,347 | 47.7% | [1] |
Nov 13, 1830 | 22nd | At-large | general | John J. Milligan | National Republican | 4,267 | 52.7% | Henry M. Ridgely | Jacksonian Democratic | 3,833 | 47.3% | [1] |
Nov 13, 1832 | 23rd | At-large | general | John J. Milligan | National Republican | 4,257 | 50.7% | Martin W. Bates | Jacksonian Democratic | 4,142 | 49.3% | [1] |
Nov 11, 1834 | 24th | At-large | general | John J. Milligan | Whig | 4,779 | 50.8% | James A. Bayard Jr. | Democratic | 4,626 | 49.2% | [1] |
Nov 8, 1836 | 25th | At-large | general | John J. Milligan | Whig | 4,705 | 52.6% | Martin W. Bates | Democratic | 4,247 | 47.4% | [1] |
Nov 13, 1838 | 26th | At-large | general | Thomas Robinson Jr. | Democratic | 4,437 | 50.3% | John J. Milligan | Whig | 4,379 | 49.7% | [1] |
Nov 10, 1840 | 27th | At-large | general | George B. Rodney | Whig | 5,896 | 54.2% | Thomas Robinson Jr. | Democratic | 4,974 | 45.8% | [1] |
Nov 8, 1842 | 28th | At-large | general | George B. Rodney | Whig | 5,465 | 50.04% | William Hemphill Jones | Democratic | 5,456 | 49.96% | [1] |
Nov 12, 1844 | 29th | At-large | general | John W. Houston | Whig | 6,229 | 50.8% | George R. Riddle | Democratic | 6,023 | 49.2% | [1] |
Nov 10, 1846 | 30th | At-large | general | John W. Houston | Whig | 6,254 | 51.0% | John D. Delworth | Democratic | 6,007 | 49.0% | [1] |
Nov 6, 1848 | 31st | At-large | general | John W. Houston | Whig | 6,369 | 51.4% | William G. Whiteley | Democratic | 6,026 | 48.6% | [1] |
Nov 12, 1850 | 32nd | At-large | general | George R. Riddle | Democratic | 6,055 | 49.2% | George B. Rodney | Whig | 5,936 | 48.2% | [1] |
Francis D. Wait | Temperance | 313 | 2.5% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1852 | 33rd | At-large | general | George R. Riddle | Democratic | 6,692 | 50.2% | John W. Houston | Whig | 6,630 | 49.8% | [1] |
Nov 14, 1854 | 34th | At-large | general | Elisha D. Cullen | American | 6,820 | 51.8% | George R. Riddle | Democratic | 6,334 | 48.2% | [1] |
Nov 4, 1856 | 35th | At-large | general | William G. Whiteley | Democratic | 8,111 | 56.1% | Elisha D. Cullen | American | 6,360 | 43.9% | [1] |
Nov 2, 1858 | 36th | At-large | general | William G. Whiteley | Democratic | 7,868 | 51.4% | William H. Morris | People's | 7,452 | 48.6% | [1] |
Nov 6, 1860 | 37th | At-large | general | George P. Fisher | People's | 7,732 | 48.4% | Benjamin T. Biggs | Democratic | 7,485 | 46.8% | [1] |
Elias Reed | Democratic | 761 | 4.8% | |||||||||
Nov 1, 1862 | 38th | At-large | general | William Temple | Democratic | 8,051 | 50.1% | George P. Fisher | Union | 8,014 | 49.9% | [1] |
Nov 19, 1863 | At-large | special[g] | Nathaniel B. Smithers | Union | 8,215 | 99.8% | Charles Brown | Copperhead | 15 | 0.2% | [2] | |
Nov 8, 1864 | 39th | At-large | general | John A. Nicholson | Democratic | 8,762 | 51.5% | Nathaniel B. Smithers | Union | 8,253 | 48.5% | [1] |
Nov 6, 1866 | 40th | At-large | general | John A. Nicholson | Democratic | 9,933 | 53.7% | John L. McKim | Republican | 8,553 | 46.3% | [1] |
Nov 3, 1868 | 41st | At-large | general | Benjamin T. Biggs | Democratic | 10,961 | 58.9% | Alfred I. Torbet | Republican | 7,636 | 41.1% | [1] |
Nov 8, 1870 | 42nd | At-large | general | Benjamin T. Biggs | Democratic | 12,434 | 55.4% | Joshua T. Heald | Republican | 10,001 | 44.6% | [1] |
Nov 5, 1872 | 43rd | At-large | general | James R. Lofland | Republican | 11,378 | 50.8% | Eustis Wright | Democratic | 11,023 | 49.2% | [1] |
Nov 3, 1874 | 44th | At-large | general | James Williams | Democratic | 12,602 | 53.3% | James R. Lofland | Republican | 11,024 | 46.7% | [1] |
Nov 7, 1876 | 45th | At-large | general | James Williams | Democratic | 13,169 | 54.9% | Levi C. Bird | Republican | 10,592 | 44.1% | [1] |
Charles Moore | Temperance | 236 | 1.0% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 1878 | 46th | At-large | general | Edward L. Martin | Democratic | 10,576 | 78.1% | John G. Jackson | Greenback | 2,966 | 21.9% | [1] |
Nov 2, 1880 | 47th | At-large | general | Edward L. Martin | Democratic | 14,966 | 50.8% | John W. Houston | Republican | 14,336 | 48.7% | [1] |
John G. Jackson | Greenback | 132 | 0.4% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 1882 | 48th | At-large | general | Charles B. Lore | Democratic | 16,563 | 53.1% | Washington Hastings | Republican | 14,640 | 46.9% | [1] |
Nov 4, 1884 | 49th | At-large | general | Charles B. Lore | Democratic | 17,054 | 57.0% | Anthony Higgins | Republican | 12,878 | 43.0% | [1] |
Nov 2, 1886 | 50th | At-large | general | John B. Penington | Democratic | 13,837 | 62.2% | Richard W. Cooper | Temperance Reform | 8,392 | 37.8% | [1] |
Nov 6, 1888 | 51st | At-large | general | John B. Penington | Democratic | 16,396 | 55.2% | Charles H. Treat | Republican | 12,935 | 43.5% | [1] |
Charles H. Register | Prohibition | 387 | 1.3% | |||||||||
Nov 4, 1890 | 52nd | At-large | general | John W. Causey | Democratic | 17,848 | 50.6% | Henry P. Cannon | Republican | 17,180 | 48.7% | [1] |
Daniel M. Green | Prohibition | 257 | 0.7% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1892 | 53rd | At-large | general | John W. Causey | Democratic | 18,554 | 50.0% | Jonathan S. Willis | Republican | 18,080 | 48.7% | [1] |
Lewis M. Price | Prohibition | 509 | 1.4% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 1894 | 54th | At-large | general | Jonathan S. Willis | Republican | 19,789 | 50.8% | Samuel Bancroft | Democratic | 18,492 | 47.5% | [1] |
W. W. Bullock | Prohibition | 584 | 1.5% | |||||||||
John P. Donahue | Independent Democratic | 67 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1896 | 55th | At-large | general | L. Irving Handy | Democratic | 15,407 | 44.0% | Jonathan S. Willis | Union Republican | 11,159 | 31.9% | [1] |
Robert G. Houston | Republican | 7,123 | 20.4% | |||||||||
Thomas F. Bayard Jr. | Honest Money Democratic | 844 | 2.4% | |||||||||
William Faries | Prohibition | 462 | 1.3% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1898 | 56th | At-large | general | John H. Hoffecker | Republican | 17,566 | 53.1% | L. Irving Handy | Democratic | 15,053 | 45.5% | [1] |
Lewis M. Brosius | Prohibition | 454 | 1.4% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 1900 | At-large | special[h] | Walter O. Hoffecker | Republican | 22,389 | 53.5% | Edward Fowler | Democratic | 19,012 | 45.4% | [1] | |
Lewis M. Price | Prohibition | 394 | 0.9% | |||||||||
John P. Mettler | Social Democratic | 55 | 0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 1900 | 57th | At-large | general | L. Heisler Ball | Republican | 22,353 | 53.1% | Alexander M. Daly | Democratic | 19,157 | 45.5% | [1] |
Lewis M. Brosius | Prohibition | 548 | 1.3% | |||||||||
Nathan Shtofman | Social Democratic | 54 | 0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 4, 1902 | 58th | At-large | general | Henry A. Houston | Democratic | 16,396 | 42.9% | William A. Byrne | Union Republican | 12,998 | 34.0% | [1] |
L. Heisler Ball | Republican | 8,028 | 21.0% | |||||||||
George W. Todd | Prohibition | 569 | 1.5% | |||||||||
James A. Ward | Labor | 216 | 0.6% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1904 | 59th | At-large | general | Hiram R. Burton | Republican | 23,512 | 53.7% | Edward D. Hearne | Democratic | 19,552 | 44.6% | [1] |
William Faries | Prohibition | 607 | 1.4% | |||||||||
John P. Edwards | Socialist | 135 | 0.3% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 1906 | 60th | At-large | general | Hiram R. Burton | Republican | 20,210 | 52.8% | David T. Marvel | Democratic | 17,118 | 44.8% | [1] |
Alfred Smith | Prohibition | 767 | 2.0% | |||||||||
Frank A. Houck | Socialist | 149 | 0.4% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1908 | 61st | At-large | general | William H. Heald | Republican | 24,314 | 50.7% | L. Irving Handy | Democratic | 22,515 | 46.9% | [1] |
William E. Hawkins | Prohibition | 921 | 1.9% | |||||||||
Frank A. Houck | Socialist | 228 | 0.5% | |||||||||
Elliott Cresson | Independence League | 10 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1910 | 62nd | At-large | general | William H. Heald | Republican | 22,410 | 50.9% | Robert C. White | Democratic | 20,281 | 46.1% | [1] |
Lewis M. Brosius | Prohibition | 763 | 1.7% | |||||||||
Frank A. Houck | Socialist | 559 | 1.3% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 1912 | 63rd | At-large | general | Franklin Brockson | Democratic | 22,485 | 46.2% | George Hall | Republican | 16,740 | 34.4% | [1] |
Hiram R. Burton | National Progressive | 5,497 | 11.3% | |||||||||
Louis A. Drexler | Progressive | 2,825 | 5.8% | |||||||||
John H. Kelly | Prohibition | 597 | 1.2% | |||||||||
Edward Norton | Socialist | 563 | 1.2% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1914 | 64th | At-large | general | Thomas W. Miller | Republican | 22,922 | 50.1% | Franklin Brockson | Democratic | 20,681 | 45.2% | [1] |
James H. Anderson | Prohibition/Progressive | 1,653 | 3.6% | |||||||||
William H. Connor | Socialist | 463 | 1.0% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 1916 | 65th | At-large | general | Albert F. Polk | Democratic | 24,395 | 47.6% | Thomas W. Miller | Republican | 24,202 | 47.3% | [1] |
Edward G. Bradford | Progressive | 2,130 | 4.2% | |||||||||
Frederick K. Miller | Socialist | 484 | 0.9% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 1918 | 66th | At-large | general | Caleb R. Layton | Republican | 21,226 | 51.4% | Albert F. Polk | Democratic | 19,652 | 47.6% | [1] |
William H. Crawford | Socialist | 420 | 1.0% | |||||||||
Nov 2, 1920 | 67th | At-large | general | Caleb R. Layton | Republican | 52,145 | 55.7% | James R. Clements | Democratic | 40,206 | 43.0% | [1] |
Robert A. Walker | Socialist | 1,063 | 1.1% | |||||||||
Howard T. Ennis | Independent | 196 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 1922 | 68th | At-large | general | William H. Boyce | Democratic | 39,126 | 53.9% | Caleb R. Layton | Republican | 32,577 | 44.9% | [1] |
Frank A. Houck | Forward | 908 | 1.3% | |||||||||
Nov 4, 1924 | 69th | At-large | general | Robert G. Houston | Republican | 51,536 | 58.6% | William H. Boyce | Democratic | 35,943 | 40.8% | [1] |
Florence Garvin | Prohibition | 519 | 0.6% | |||||||||
Nov 2, 1926 | 70th | At-large | general | Robert G. Houston | Republican | 38,919 | 56.9% | Merrill H. Tilghman | Democratic | 29,424 | 43.1% | [1] |
Nov 6, 1928 | 71st | At-large | general | Robert G. Houston | Republican | 66,361 | 63.6% | John M. Richardson | Democratic | 38,045 | 36.4% | [1] |
Nov 4, 1930 | 72nd | At-large | general | Robert G. Houston | Republican | 48,493 | 55.7% | John P. Le Fevre | Democratic | 38,391 | 44.1% | [1] |
Arnold Williams | Communist | 127 | 0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1932 | 73rd | At-large | general | Wilbur L. Adams | Democratic | 51,698 | 46.1% | Reuben Satterthwaite Jr. | Republican | 48,841 | 43.6% | [1] |
Francis B. Short | Prohibition | 10,560 | 9.4% | |||||||||
Edgar G. Shaeffer | Socialist | 887 | 0.8% | |||||||||
Frank Rhoades | Communist | 110 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 1934 | 74th | At-large | general | J. George Stewart | Republican | 52,468 | 53.1% | John C. Hazzard | Democratic | 45,927 | 46.5% | [1] |
William A. Mayer | Socialist | 404 | 0.4% | |||||||||
Joseph P. Daniels | Communist | 58 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1936 | 75th | At-large | general | William F. Allen | Democratic | 65,485 | 51.7% | J. George Stewart | Republican | 55,664 | 43.9% | [1] |
James A. Ellison | Independent Republican | 5,338 | 4.2% | |||||||||
William A. Mayer | Socialist | 176 | 0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1938 | 76th | At-large | general | George S. Williams | Republican | 60,661 | 55.9% | William F. Allen | Democratic | 46,989 | 43.3% | [1] |
William J. Highfield | Independent Republican | 816 | 0.8% | |||||||||
Ralph L. Brown | Prohibition | 105 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 1940 | 77th | At-large | general | Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | 68,205 | 50.6% | George S. Williams | Republican | 64,384 | 47.8% | [3] |
Royden C. Caulk | Liberal Democratic | 2,189 | 1.6% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1942 | 78th | At-large | general | Earle D. Willey | Republican | 45,376 | 53.6% | Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | 38,791 | 45.8% | [3] |
Charles A. Kirk | Prohibition | 559 | 0.7% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 1944 | 79th | At-large | general | Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | 63,649 | 50.3% | Earle D. Willey | Republican | 62,378 | 49.3% | [3] |
Harold H. Vigneulle | Prohibition | 413 | 0.3% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 1946 | 80th | At-large | general | J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | 63,516 | 56.4% | Philip A. Traynor | Democratic | 49,105 | 43.6% | [3] |
Nov 2, 1948 | 81st | At-large | general | J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | 71,127 | 50.6% | J. Carl McGuigan | Democratic | 68,909 | 49.0% | [3] |
Edward C. Graham | Prohibition | 399 | 0.3% | |||||||||
LeRoy B. Jones | Socialist | 100 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 1950 | 82nd | At-large | general | J. Caleb Boggs | Republican | 73,313 | 56.7% | Henry M. Winchester | Republican | 56,091 | 43.3% | [3] |
Nov 4, 1952 | 83rd | At-large | general | Herbert Warburton | Republican | 88,285 | 51.9% | Joseph S. Scannell | Democratic | 81,730 | 48.1% | [3] |
Nov 2, 1954 | 84th | At-large | general | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 79,201 | 54.9% | Lillian I. Martin | Republican | 65,035 | 45.1% | [1] |
Nov 6, 1956 | 85th | At-large | general | Harry G. Haskell Jr. | Republican | 91,538 | 52.0% | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 84,644 | 48.0% | [1] |
Nov 4, 1958 | 86th | At-large | general | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 76,797 | 50.2% | Harry G. Haskell Jr. | Republican | 76,099 | 49.8% | [1] |
Nov 8, 1960 | 87th | At-large | general | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 98,227 | 50.5% | James T. McKinstry | Republican | 96,337 | 49.5% | [1] |
Nov 6, 1962 | 88th | At-large | general | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 81,166 | 52.9% | Wilmer F. Williams | Republican | 71,934 | 46.9% | [1] |
Joseph B. Hollon | Socialist Labor | 256 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1964 | 89th | At-large | general | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 112,361 | 56.6% | James H. Snowden | Republican | 86,254 | 43.4% | [1] |
George LaForest | Socialist Labor | 76 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1966 | 90th | At-large | general | William Roth | Republican | 90,961 | 55.8% | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 72,142 | 44.2% | [3] |
Nov 5, 1968 | 91st | At-large | general | William Roth | Republican | 117,827 | 58.7% | Harris McDowell | Democratic | 82,993 | 41.3% | [3] |
Nov 3, 1970 | 92nd | At-large | general | Pete du Pont | Republican | 86,125 | 53.7% | John D. Daniello | Democratic | 71,429 | 44.6% | [3] |
Walter Hoey | American | 2,759 | 1.7% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 1972 | 93rd | At-large | general | Pete du Pont | Republican | 141,237 | 62.5% | Norma Handloff | Democratic | 83,230 | 36.9% | [3] |
Robert G. LoPresti | American | 1,120 | 0.5% | |||||||||
Rachel L. Dickerson | Prohibition | 264 | 0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 1974 | 94th | At-large | general | Pete du Pont | Republican | 93,826 | 58.5% | James R. Soles | Democratic | 63,490 | 39.6% | [3] |
Donald G. Gies | American | 1,250 | 0.8% | |||||||||
John Trager | Public Congress | 1,241 | 0.8% | |||||||||
George C. Brown | Prohibition | 370 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Melvin Dillard | U.S. Labor | 151 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 2, 1976 | 95th | At-large | general | Thomas B. Evans Jr. | Republican | 110,677 | 51.5% | Samuel L. Shipley | Democratic | 102,431 | 47.7% | [3] |
Robert G. LoPresti | American | 840 | 0.4% | |||||||||
Joseph B. Hollon | Socialist Labor | 347 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Raymond R. Green | Prohibition | 346 | 0.2% | |||||||||
Phillip Valenti | U.S. Labor | 158 | <0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 1978 | 96th | At-large | general | Thomas B. Evans Jr. | Republican | 91,689 | 58.2% | Gary E. Hindes | Democratic | 64,863 | 41.2% | [3] |
James E. Hicks | American | 1,014 | 0.6% | |||||||||
Nov 4, 1980 | 97th | At-large | general | Thomas B. Evans Jr. | Republican | 133,842 | 61.8% | Robert L. Maxwell | Democratic | 81,227 | 37.5% | [3] |
Lawrence D. Sullivan | Libertarian | 1,506 | 0.7% | |||||||||
Nov 2, 1982 | 98th | At-large | general | Tom Carper | Democratic | 98,533 | 52.4% | Thomas B. Evans Jr. | Republican | 87,153 | 46.3% | [3] |
Mary D. Gies | American | 1,109 | 0.6% | |||||||||
Richard A. Cohen | Libertarian | 711 | 0.4% | |||||||||
David A. Nuttall | Citizens | 558 | 0.3% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 1984 | 99th | At-large | general | Tom Carper | Democratic | 142,070 | 58.5% | Elise du Pont | Republican | 100,650 | 41.4% | [3] |
Vernon L. Etzel | Libertarian | 294 | 0.1% | |||||||||
Nov 4, 1986 | 100th | At-large | general | Tom Carper | Democratic | 106,351 | 66.2% | Thomas S. Neuberger | Republican | 53,767 | 33.4% | [3] |
Patrick F. Harrison | American | 639 | 0.4% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1988 | 101st | At-large | general | Tom Carper | Democratic | 158,338 | 67.5% | James P. Krapf | Republican | 76,179 | 32.5% | [3] |
Nov 6, 1990 | 102nd | At-large | general | Tom Carper | Democratic | 116,274 | 65.5% | Ralph O. Williams | Republican | 58,037 | 32.7% | [3] |
Richard A. Cohen | Libertarian | 3,121 | 1.8% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1992 | 103rd | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 153,037 | 55.4% | S. B. Woo | Democratic | 117,426 | 42.5% | [3] |
Peggy Schmitt | Libertarian | 5,661 | 2.1% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 1994 | 104th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 137,960 | 70.7% | Carol Ann DeSantis | Democratic | 51,803 | 26.6% | [3] |
Danny Ray Beaver | Libertarian | 3,869 | 2.0% | |||||||||
Donald M. Hockmuth | A Delaware Party | 1,405 | 0.7% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 1996 | 105th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 185,576 | 69.5% | Dennis E. Williams | Democratic | 73,253 | 27.5% | [3] |
George A. Jurgensen | Libertarian | 4,000 | 1.5% | |||||||||
Felicia B. Johnson | U.S. Taxpayers | 3,009 | 1.1% | |||||||||
Robert E. Mattson | Natural Law | 987 | 0.4% | |||||||||
Nov 3, 1998 | 106th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 119,811 | 66.4% | Dennis E. Williams | Democratic | 57,446 | 31.8% | [3] |
James P. Webster | U.S. Taxpayers | 2,411 | 1.3% | |||||||||
Kim Stanley Bemis | Natural Law | 859 | 0.5% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 2000 | 107th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 211,797 | 67.6% | Micheal C. Miller | Democratic | 96,488 | 30.8% | [3] |
James P. Webster | Constitution | 2,490 | 0.8% | |||||||||
Brad C. Thomas | Libertarian | 2,351 | 0.8% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 2002 | 108th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 164,605 | 72.1% | Micheal C. Miller | Democratic | 61,011 | 26.7% | [3] |
Brad C. Thomas | Libertarian | 2,789 | 1.2% | |||||||||
Nov 2, 2004 | 109th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 245,808 | 69.1% | Paul Donnelly | Democratic | 105,634 | 29.7% | [3] |
Maurice J. Barros | Independent Party of Delaware | 2,334 | 0.7% | |||||||||
William E. Morris | Libertarian | 2,012 | 0.6% | |||||||||
Nov 7, 2006 | 110th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 143,897 | 57.2% | Dennis Spivack | Democratic | 97,565 | 38.8% | [3] |
Karen Hartley-Nagle | Independent Party of Delaware | 5,769 | 2.3% | |||||||||
Michael Berg | Green | 4,463 | 1.8% | |||||||||
Nov 4, 2008 | 111th | At-large | general | Mike Castle | Republican | 235,437 | 61.1% | Karen Hartley-Nagle | Democratic | 146,434 | 38.0% | [3] |
Mark Anthony Parks | Libertarian | 3,586 | 0.9% | |||||||||
Nov 2, 2010 | 112th | At-large | general | John Carney | Democratic | 173,543 | 56.8% | Glen Urquhart | Republican | 125,442 | 41.0% | [3] |
Earl R. Lofland | Independent Party of Delaware | 3,704 | 1.2% | |||||||||
Brent A. Wangen | Libertarian | 1,986 | 0.6% | |||||||||
Jeffrey Brown | Blue Enigma | 961 | 0.3% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 2012 | 113th | At-large | general | John Carney | Democratic | 249,933 | 64.4% | Tom Kovach | Republican | 129,757 | 33.4% | [3] |
Bernard August | Green | 4,273 | 1.1% | |||||||||
Scott Gesty | Libertarian | 4,096 | 1.1% | |||||||||
Nov 4, 2014 | 114th | At-large | general | John Carney | Democratic | 137,251 | 59.3% | Rose Izzo | Republican | 85,146 | 36.8% | [3] |
Bernard August | Green | 4,801 | 2.1% | |||||||||
Scott Gesty | Libertarian | 4,419 | 1.9% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 2016 | 115th | At-large | general | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | 233,554 | 55.5% | Hans Reigle | Republican | 172,301 | 41.0% | [3] |
Mark J. Perri | Green | 8,326 | 2.0% | |||||||||
Scott Gesty | Libertarian | 6,436 | 1.5% | |||||||||
Nov 6, 2018 | 116th | At-large | general | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | 227,353 | 64.5% | Scott Walker | Republican | 125,384 | 35.5% | [3] |
Nov 3, 2020 | 117th | At-large | general | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | 281,382 | 57.6% | Lee H. Murphy | Republican | 196,392 | 40.2% | [3] |
Catherine S. Purcell | Independent Party of Delaware | 6,682 | 1.4% | |||||||||
David L. Rogers | Libertarian | 3,814 | 0.8% | |||||||||
Nov 8, 2022 | 118th | At-large | general | Lisa Blunt Rochester | Democratic | 178,416 | 55.5% | Lee H. Murphy | Republican | 138,201 | 43.0% | [3] |
Cody McNutt | Libertarian | 3,074 | 1.0% | |||||||||
David L. Rogers | Non-Partisan Delaware | 1,958 | 0.6% | |||||||||
Nov 5, 2024 | 119th | At-large | general | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | Sarah McBride | Democratic | TBD | TBD | [4] |
John Whalen | Republican | TBD | TBD |
Notes
- ^ Write-in candidates are not listed or included in calculations here unless they received at least 1% of the vote in an election.
- ^ Totals approved by the U.S. House of Representatives on February 14, 1794.
- ^ Vice James A. Bayard, elevated.
- ^ Vice James M. Broom, resigned.
- ^ Vice Caesar Augustus Rodney, elevated.
- ^ Vice Louis McLane, elevated.
- ^ Vice William Temple, deceased.
- ^ Vice John H. Hoffecker, deceased.
References
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- ^ "Proclamation". Delaware Gazette and State Journal. December 8, 1863.
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