United States House of Representatives elections in Delaware explained

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.

List of elections

Seat	Election type	Winner(s)	Party	Votes	%	Opponent(s)	Party	Votes	%	Ref.
	general		Pro-Administration		43.6%			Anti-Administration		23.8%	^[1]
					Pro-Administration		15.0%
					Pro-Administration		13.2%
					Pro-Administration		4.4%
	general		Pro-Administration		50.3%			Pro-Administration		28.9%
	general						20.8%
	general		Anti-Administration		38.8%			Pro-Administration		38.3%
							11.7%
					Anti-Administration		7.9%
					Pro-Administration		3.3%
	recount			Pro-Administration		50.4%			Anti-Administration		49.6%
	general			Democratic-Republican		51.3%			Federalist		48.7%
	general			Federalist		56.3%			Democratic-Republican		43.7%
	general			Federalist		61.2%			Democratic-Republican		38.8%
	general			Federalist		53.3%			Democratic-Republican		46.7%
	general			Democratic-Republican		50.1%			Federalist		49.9%
	general			Federalist		52.1%			Democratic-Republican		47.9%
	special		Federalist		52.7%			Democratic-Republican		46.9%
	special				Democratic-Republican		0.4%
	general		Federalist		60.5%			Democratic-Republican		21.3%
					Democratic-Republican		9.8%
					Democratic-Republican		8.3%
	special			Federalist		51.7%			Democratic-Republican		48.3%
	general			Federalist		53.3%			Democratic-Republican		46.7%
	general			Federalist		50.1%			Democratic-Republican		49.9%
(2 seats)	general			Federalist		28.3%			Democratic-Republican		21.8%
(2 seats)	general			Federalist		28.3%			Democratic-Republican		21.7%
(2 seats)	general			Federalist		30.5%			Democratic-Republican		19.6%
(2 seats)	general			Federalist		30.4%			Democratic-Republican		19.6%
(2 seats)	general		Federalist		24.1%			Democratic-Republican		23.4%
					Federalist		22.9%
			Democratic-Republican		23.7%			Federalist		3.3%
					Federalist		2.6%
(2 seats)	general			Federalist		26.2%			Federalist		24.6%
(2 seats)	general			Democratic-Republican		25.4%			Democratic-Republican		23.8%
(2 seats)	general			Democratic-Republican		26.9%			Democratic-Republican		23.5%
(2 seats)	general			Federalist		26.2%			Federalist		23.4%
	special			Federalist		51.5%			Democratic-Republican		48.5%
	general			Federalist		54.3%			Democratic-Republican		45.7%
	general			Federalist		51.7%			Democratic-Republican		48.3%
	general			Federalist		54.1%			Democratic-Republican		45.9%
	special			National Republican		52.5%			Jacksonian Democratic		47.5%
	general			National Republican		52.3%			Jacksonian Democratic		47.7%
	general			National Republican		52.7%			Jacksonian Democratic		47.3%
	general			National Republican		50.7%			Jacksonian Democratic		49.3%
	general			Whig		50.8%			Democratic		49.2%
	general			Whig		52.6%			Democratic		47.4%
	general			Democratic		50.3%			Whig		49.7%
	general			Whig		54.2%			Democratic		45.8%
	general			Whig		50.04%			Democratic		49.96%
	general			Whig		50.8%			Democratic		49.2%
	general			Whig		51.0%			Democratic		49.0%
	general			Whig		51.4%			Democratic		48.6%
	general		Democratic		49.2%			Whig		48.2%
	general				Temperance		2.5%
	general			Democratic		50.2%			Whig		49.8%
	general			American		51.8%			Democratic		48.2%
	general			Democratic		56.1%			American		43.9%
	general			Democratic		51.4%			People's		48.6%
	general		People's		48.4%			Democratic		46.8%
	general				Democratic		4.8%
	general			Democratic		50.1%			Union		49.9%
	special			Union		99.8%			Copperhead		0.2%	^[2]
	general			Democratic		51.5%			Union		48.5%
	general			Democratic		53.7%			Republican		46.3%
	general			Democratic		58.9%			Republican		41.1%
	general			Democratic		55.4%			Republican		44.6%
	general			Republican		50.8%			Democratic		49.2%
	general			Democratic		53.3%			Republican		46.7%
	general		Democratic		54.9%			Republican		44.1%
	general				Temperance		1.0%
	general			Democratic		78.1%			Greenback		21.9%
	general		Democratic		50.8%			Republican		48.7%
	general				Greenback		0.4%
	general			Democratic		53.1%			Republican		46.9%
	general			Democratic		57.0%			Republican		43.0%
	general			Democratic		62.2%			Temperance Reform		37.8%
	general		Democratic		55.2%			Republican		43.5%
	general				Prohibition		1.3%
	general		Democratic		50.6%			Republican		48.7%
	general				Prohibition		0.7%
	general		Democratic		50.0%			Republican		48.7%
	general				Prohibition		1.4%
	general		Republican		50.8%			Democratic		47.5%
					Prohibition		1.5%
					Independent Democratic		0.2%
	general		Democratic		44.0%			Union Republican		31.9%
					Republican		20.4%
					Honest Money Democratic		2.4%
					Prohibition		1.3%
	general		Republican		53.1%			Democratic		45.5%
	general				Prohibition		1.4%
	special		Republican		53.5%			Democratic		45.4%
					Prohibition		0.9%
					Social Democratic		0.1%
	general		Republican		53.1%			Democratic		45.5%
					Prohibition		1.3%
					Social Democratic		0.1%
	general		Democratic		42.9%			Union Republican		34.0%
					Republican		21.0%
					Prohibition		1.5%
					Labor		0.6%
	general		Republican		53.7%			Democratic		44.6%
					Prohibition		1.4%
					Socialist		0.3%
	general		Republican		52.8%			Democratic		44.8%
					Prohibition		2.0%
					Socialist		0.4%
	general		Republican		50.7%			Democratic		46.9%
					Prohibition		1.9%
					Socialist		0.5%
					Independence League
	general		Republican		50.9%			Democratic		46.1%
					Prohibition		1.7%
					Socialist		1.3%
	general		Democratic		46.2%			Republican		34.4%
					National Progressive		11.3%
					Progressive		5.8%
					Prohibition		1.2%
					Socialist		1.2%
	general		Republican		50.1%			Democratic		45.2%
					Prohibition/Progressive		3.6%
					Socialist		1.0%
	general		Democratic		47.6%			Republican		47.3%
					Progressive		4.2%
					Socialist		0.9%
	general		Republican		51.4%			Democratic		47.6%
	general				Socialist		1.0%
	general		Republican		55.7%			Democratic		43.0%
					Socialist		1.1%
					Independent		0.2%
	general		Democratic		53.9%			Republican		44.9%
	general				Forward		1.3%
	general		Republican		58.6%			Democratic		40.8%
	general				Prohibition		0.6%
	general			Republican		56.9%			Democratic		43.1%
	general			Republican		63.6%			Democratic		36.4%
	general		Republican		55.7%			Democratic		44.1%
	general				Communist		0.1%
	general		Democratic		46.1%			Republican		43.6%
					Prohibition		9.4%
					Socialist		0.8%
					Communist
	general		Republican		53.1%			Democratic		46.5%
					Socialist		0.4%
					Communist
	general		Democratic		51.7%			Republican		43.9%
					Independent Republican		4.2%
					Socialist		0.1%
	general		Republican		55.9%			Democratic		43.3%
					Independent Republican		0.8%
					Prohibition
	general		Democratic		50.6%			Republican		47.8%	^[3]
	general				Liberal Democratic		1.6%				^[3]
	general		Republican		53.6%			Democratic		45.8%
	general				Prohibition		0.7%
	general		Democratic		50.3%			Republican		49.3%
	general				Prohibition		0.3%
	general			Republican		56.4%			Democratic		43.6%
	general		Republican		50.6%			Democratic		49.0%
					Prohibition		0.3%
					Socialist
	general			Republican		56.7%			Republican		43.3%
	general			Republican		51.9%			Democratic		48.1%
	general			Democratic		54.9%			Republican		45.1%
	general			Republican		52.0%			Democratic		48.0%
	general			Democratic		50.2%			Republican		49.8%
	general			Democratic		50.5%			Republican		49.5%
	general		Democratic		52.9%			Republican		46.9%
	general				Socialist Labor		0.2%
	general		Democratic		56.6%			Republican		43.4%
	general				Socialist Labor
	general			Republican		55.8%			Democratic		44.2%
	general			Republican		58.7%			Democratic		41.3%
	general		Republican		53.7%			Democratic		44.6%
	general				American		1.7%
	general		Republican		62.5%			Democratic		36.9%
					American		0.5%
					Prohibition		0.1%
	general		Republican		58.5%			Democratic		39.6%
					American		0.8%
					Public Congress		0.8%
					Prohibition		0.2%
					U.S. Labor
	general		Republican		51.5%			Democratic		47.7%
					American		0.4%
					Socialist Labor		0.2%
					Prohibition		0.2%
					U.S. Labor
	general		Republican		58.2%			Democratic		41.2%
	general				American		0.6%
	general		Republican		61.8%			Democratic		37.5%
	general				Libertarian		0.7%
	general		Democratic		52.4%			Republican		46.3%
					American		0.6%
					Libertarian		0.4%
					Citizens		0.3%
	general		Democratic		58.5%			Republican		41.4%
	general				Libertarian		0.1%
	general		Democratic		66.2%			Republican		33.4%
	general				American		0.4%
	general			Democratic		67.5%			Republican		32.5%
	general		Democratic		65.5%			Republican		32.7%
	general				Libertarian		1.8%
	general		Republican		55.4%			Democratic		42.5%
	general				Libertarian		2.1%
	general		Republican		70.7%			Democratic		26.6%
					Libertarian		2.0%
					A Delaware Party		0.7%
	general		Republican		69.5%			Democratic		27.5%
					Libertarian		1.5%
					U.S. Taxpayers		1.1%
					Natural Law		0.4%
	general		Republican		66.4%			Democratic		31.8%
					U.S. Taxpayers		1.3%
					Natural Law		0.5%
	general		Republican		67.6%			Democratic		30.8%
					Constitution		0.8%
					Libertarian		0.8%
	general		Republican		72.1%			Democratic		26.7%
	general				Libertarian		1.2%
	general		Republican		69.1%			Democratic		29.7%
					Independent Party of Delaware		0.7%
					Libertarian		0.6%
	general		Republican		57.2%			Democratic		38.8%
					Independent Party of Delaware		2.3%
					Green		1.8%
	general		Republican		61.1%			Democratic		38.0%
	general				Libertarian		0.9%
	general		Democratic		56.8%			Republican		41.0%
					Independent Party of Delaware		1.2%
					Libertarian		0.6%
					Blue Enigma		0.3%
	general		Democratic		64.4%			Republican		33.4%
					Green		1.1%
					Libertarian		1.1%
	general		Democratic		59.3%			Republican		36.8%
					Green		2.1%
					Libertarian		1.9%
	general		Democratic		55.5%			Republican		41.0%
					Green		2.0%
					Libertarian		1.5%
	general			Democratic		64.5%			Republican		35.5%
	general		Democratic		57.6%			Republican		40.2%
					Independent Party of Delaware		1.4%
					Libertarian		0.8%
	general		Democratic		55.5%			Republican		43.0%
					Libertarian		1.0%
					Non-Partisan Delaware		0.6%
	general	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD			Democratic	TBD	TBD	^[4]
	general	TBD			Republican	TBD	TBD				^[4]

Notes and References

Book: Dubin, Michael. United States Congressional Elections, 1788–1997. 1998. McFarland & Company.
News: Proclamation. Delaware Gazette and State Journal. December 8, 1863.
Web site: Election Results Archive. Delaware Department of Elections. August 22, 2023.
Web site: Delaware State Sen. Sarah McBride, John Whalen to face off for congressional seat in November. 10 September 2024. 10 September 2024.