Delaware's At-large congressional district

Delaware's 1st congressional district
Current Representative John C. Carney, Jr. (D–Wilmington)
Area 2,489 mi²
Distribution 80.0% urban, 20.0% rural
Population (2010) 897,934
Median income $57,357
Ethnicity 68.9% White, 21.4% Black, 8.2% Hispanic, 1.5% other
Cook PVI D+7

Delaware's At-large congressional district is a congressional district that includes the entire U.S. state of Delaware.

It is currently represented by Democrat John C. Carney, Jr., the former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.

See also: List of United States Representatives from Delaware

Contents

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
2000 President Gore 55 - 42%
2004 President Kerry 53 - 45%
2008 President Obama 61 - 36%

History

See also: General ticket

Delaware has always had only one U.S. Representative, except for 10 years between 1813 and 1823, when there was a second Representative. This person was elected statewide, at-large, on the same ballot as the first Representative. The two candidates with the highest number of votes were elected.

Former U.S. Representative Michael N. Castle, a Republican and former Governor of Delaware, had held this seat easily from January 1993 until his retirement in January 2011 in his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination to run for the U.S. Senate.

Recent election results

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1920

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Caleb R. Layton 52145 55.7%
Democratic James R. Clements 40206 42.9%
Socialist Robert A. Walker 1063 .01%
Independent Howard T. Ennis 196 0.002%
Totals 93609 100%
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

1922

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic William H. Boyce 39126 53.9%
Republican Caleb R. Layton 32577 44.9%
Independent Frank A. Houck 908 .01%
Totals 72611 100%
Voter turnout  %
Democratic gain from Republican

1924

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Robert G. Houston 51536 58.6%
Democratic William H. Boyce 35943 40.8%
Independent Florence Garvin 519 0.005%
Totals 87998 100%
Voter turnout  %
Republican gain from Democratic

1926

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Robert G. Houston 38919 52%
Democratic Merrill H. Tilghman 35943 48%
Totals 74862 100%
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Robert G. Houston 66361 63.5%
Democratic John M. Richardson 38045 36.4%
Totals 104406 100%
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

1930

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican Robert G. Houston 48493 55.7%
Democratic John P. Le Fevre 38391 44.1%
Independent Arnold Williams 127 0.001%
Totals 87011 100%
Voter turnout  %
Republican hold

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Wilbur L. Adams 51698 46.1%
Republican Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr. 48841 43.6%
Prohibition Francis B. Short 10560 9.4%
Socialist Edgar G. Shaeffer 887 0.008%
Communist Frank Rhoades 110 0.001%
Totals 112096 100%
Voter turnout  %
Democratic gain from Republican

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican J. George Stewart 52829 53.3%
Democratic John C. Hazzard 45771 46.2%
Socialist William A. Mayor 404 .004%
Communist Joseph P. Daniels 58 .0006%
Totals 99062 100%
Voter turnout  %
Republican gain from Democratic

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic William F. Allen 65485 51.7%
Republican J. George Stewart 55664 43.9%
Republican James A. Ellison 5338 4.2%
Socialist William A. Mayor 176 .001%
Totals 126663 100%
Voter turnout  %
Democratic gain from Republican

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Republican George S. Williams 60661 55.9%
Democratic William F. Allen 46989 43.3%
Republican William J. Highfield 816 .007%
Progressive Ralph L. Brown 105 .001%
Totals 108571 100%
Voter turnout  %
Republican gain from Democratic

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic Philip A. Traynor 68205 51.1%
Republican George S. Williams 64384 48.3%
Independent Royden C. Caulk 816 .006%
Totals 133405 100%
Voter turnout  %
Democratic gain from Republican

1992-2008

Election results
Year Office Election Victor Party Votes % Opponent Party Votes %
1992 U.S. Representative Primary Michael N. Castle Republican 18,377 56% Janet C. Rzewnicki Republican 9,812 30%
U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 153,037 55% Shien Biau Woo Democratic 117,426 43%
1994 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 137,945 71% Carol Ann DeSantis Democratic 51,793 27%
1996 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 185,577 70% Dennis E. Williams Democratic 73,258 27%
1998 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 119,811 66% Dennis E. Williams Democratic 57,446 32%
2000 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 211,797 68% Michael C. Miller Democratic 96,488 31%
2002 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 164,605 72% Michael C. Miller Democratic 61,011 27%
2004 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 245,978 69% Paul Donnelly Democratic 105,716 30%
2006 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 143,897 57% Dennis Spivack Democratic 97,555 39%
2008 U.S. Representative General Michael N. Castle Republican 235,419 61.1% Karen Hartley-Nagle Democratic 146,399 38.0%

2010

United States House of Representatives elections, 2010
Party Candidate Votes Percentage
Democratic John Carney 173,543 56.78%
Republican Glen Urquhart 125,442 41.04%
Independent Earl R. Lofland 3,704 1.21%
Libertarian Brent Wangen 1,986 0.65%
Independent Jeffrey Brown 961 0.31%
Totals 305,636 100.00%
Voter turnout  %
Democratic gain from Republican

References

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