Delaware's at-large congressional district

Delaware's At-large congressional district
Current Representative John Carney (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 Carney, the former Lieutenant Governor of Delaware.

Voting

Election results from presidential races
Year Office Results
1992 President Clinton 44 - 35%
1996 President Clinton 52 - 37%
2000 President Gore 55 - 42%
2004 President Kerry 53 - 45%
2008 President Obama 61 - 36%
2012 President Obama 59 - 40%

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 after his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination to run for the U.S. Senate.

List of Representatives

# Representative Years Party Congress(es) Electoral history
1 John M. Vining March 4, 1789 –
March 4, 1793		 Pro-
Administration		 1
2		 Elected in 1789
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2 John Patten March 4, 1793 –
February 14, 1794		 Anti-
Administration		 3 Elected in 1792
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3 Henry Latimer February 14, 1794 –
February 7, 1795		 Pro-
Administration		 3 Elected in 1794
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4 John Patten March 4, 1795 –
March 4, 1797		 Democratic-
Republican		 4 Elected in 1794
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5 James A. Bayard, Sr. March 4, 1797 –
March 4, 1803		 Federalist 5
6
7		 Elected in 1796
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6 Caesar A. Rodney March 4, 1803 –
March 4, 1805		 Democratic-
Republican		 8
17		 Elected in 1802
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7 James M. Broom March 4, 1805 –
October 6, 1807		 Federalist 9
10		 Elected in 1804
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8 Nicholas Van Dyke October 6, 1807 –
March 4, 1811		 Federalist 10
11		 Elected in 1807
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9 Henry M. Ridgely March 4, 1811 –
March 4, 1815		 Federalist 12
13		 Elected in 1810
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10 Thomas Clayton March 4, 1815 –
March 4, 1817		 Federalist 14 Elected in 1814
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11 Louis McLane March 4, 1817 –
March 4, 1827		 Federalist 15
16
17		 Elected in 1816
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Crawford Federalist 18
Jacksonian 19
12 Kensey Johns, Jr. October 2, 1827 –
March 4, 1831		 Adams 20 Elected in 1827
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Anti-
Jacksonian		 21
13 John J. Milligan March 4, 1831 –
March 4, 1839		 Anti-
Jacksonian		 22
23
24		 Elected in 1830
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Whig 25
14 Thomas Robinson, Jr. March 4, 1839 –
March 4, 1841		 Democratic 26 Elected in 1838
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15 George B. Rodney March 4, 1841 –
March 4, 1845		 Whig 27
28		 Elected in 1840
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16 John W. Houston March 4, 1845 –
March 4, 1851		 Whig 29
30
31		 Elected in 1844
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17 George R. Riddle March 4, 1851 –
March 4, 1855		 Democratic 32
33		 Elected in 1850
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18 Elisha D. Cullen March 4, 1855 –
March 4, 1857		 Know
Nothing		 34 Elected in 1854
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19 William G. Whiteley March 4, 1857 –
March 4, 1861		 Democratic 35
36		 Elected in 1856
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20 George P. Fisher March 4, 1861 –
March 4, 1863		 Republican 37 Elected in 1860
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21 William Temple March 4, 1863 –
May 28, 1863		 Democratic 38 Elected in 1862
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22 Nathaniel B. Smithers December 7, 1863 –
March 4, 1865		 Republican 38 Elected in 1863
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23 John A. Nicholson March 4, 1865 –
March 4, 1869		 Democratic 39
40		 Elected in 1864
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24 Benjamin T. Biggs March 4, 1869 –
March 4, 1873		 Democratic 41
42		 Elected in 1868
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25 James R. Lofland March 4, 1873 –
March 4, 1875		 Republican 43 Elected in 1872
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26 James Williams March 4, 1875 –
March 4, 1879		 Democratic 44
45		 Elected in 1874
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27 Edward L. Martin March 4, 1879 –
March 4, 1883		 Democratic 46
47		 Elected in 1878
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28 Charles B. Lore March 4, 1883 –
March 4, 1887		 Democratic 48
49		 Elected in 1882
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29 John B. Penington March 4, 1887 –
March 4, 1891		 Democratic 50
51		 Elected in 1886
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30 John W. Causey March 4, 1891 –
March 4, 1895		 Democratic 52
53		 Elected in 1890
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31 Jonathan S. Willis March 4, 1895 –
March 4, 1897		 Republican 54 Elected in 1894
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32 L. Irving Handy March 4, 1897 –
March 4, 1899		 Democratic 55 Elected in 1896
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33 John H. Hoffecker March 4, 1899 –
June 16, 1900		 Republican 56 Elected in 1898
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34 Walter O. Hoffecker November 6, 1900 –
March 4, 1901		 Republican 56 Elected in 1900
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35 L. Heisler Ball March 4, 1901 –
March 4, 1903		 Republican 57 Elected in 1900
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36 Henry A. Houston March 4, 1903 –
March 4, 1905		 Democratic 58 Elected in 1902
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37 Hiram R. Burton March 4, 1905 –
March 4, 1909		 Republican 59
60		 Elected in 1904
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38 William H. Heald March 4, 1909 –
March 4, 1913		 Republican 61
62		 Elected in 1908
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39 Franklin Brockson March 4, 1913 –
March 4, 1915		 Democratic 63 Elected in 1912
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40 Thomas W. Miller March 4, 1915 –
March 4, 1917		 Republican 64 Elected in 1914
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41 Albert F. Polk March 4, 1917 –
March 4, 1919		 Democratic 65 Elected in 1916
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42 Caleb R. Layton March 4, 1919 –
March 4, 1923		 Republican 66
67		 Elected in 1918
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43 William H. Boyce March 4, 1923 –
March 4, 1925		 Democratic 68 Elected in 1922
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44 Robert G. Houston March 4, 1925 –
March 4, 1933		 Republican 69
70
71
72		 Elected in 1924
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45 Wilbur L. Adams March 4, 1933 –
January 3, 1935		 Democratic 73 Elected in 1932
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46 J. George Stewart January 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1937		 Republican 74 Elected in 1934
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47 William F. Allen January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1939		 Democratic 75 Elected in 1936
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48 George S. Williams January 3, 1939 –
January 3, 1941		 Republican 76 Elected in 1938
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49 Philip A. Traynor January 3, 1941 –
January 3, 1943		 Democratic 77 Elected in 1940
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50 Earle D. Willey January 3, 1943 –
January 3, 1945		 Republican 78 Elected in 1942
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51 Philip A. Traynor January 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1947		 Democratic 79 Elected in 1944
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52 J. Caleb Boggs January 3, 1947 –
January 3, 1953		 Republican 80
81
82		 Elected in 1946
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53 Herbert B. Warburton January 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1955		 Republican 83 Elected in 1952
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54 Harris B. McDowell, Jr. January 3, 1955 –
January 3, 1957		 Democratic 84 Elected in 1954
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55 Harry G. Haskell, Jr. January 3, 1957 –
January 3, 1959		 Republican 85 Elected in 1956
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56 Harris B. McDowell, Jr. January 3, 1959 –
January 3, 1967		 Democratic 86
87
88
89		 Elected in 1958
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57 Bill Roth January 3, 1967 –
December 31, 1970		 Republican 90
91		 Elected in 1966
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58 Pierre S. du Pont IV January 3, 1971 –
January 3, 1977		 Republican 92
93
94		 Elected in 1970
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59 Thomas B. Evans, Jr. January 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1983		 Republican 95
96
97		 Elected in 1976
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60 Tom Carper January 3, 1983 –
January 3, 1993		 Democratic 98
99
100
101
102		 Elected in 1982
Retired to run for Governor of Delaware
61 Michael Castle January 3, 1993 –
January 3, 2011		 Republican 103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111		 Elected in 1992
Retired to run for U.S. Senate
62 John Carney January 3, 2011 –
 Democratic 112
113
114		 Elected in 2010
Re-elected in 2012
Re-elected in 2014

Second at-large seat: 1813–1823

From 1813 to 1823, Delaware elected two members of the United States House of Representatives. Both were elected statewide at-large. This is a list of the four men who held that second seat during that decade.

# Representative Years Party Congress Electoral history
1 Thomas Cooper March 4, 1813 –
March 3, 1817		 Federalist 13
14		 Elected in 1812
Re-elected in 1814
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2 Willard Hall March 4, 1817 –
January 22, 1821		 Democratic-
Republican		 15 Elected in 1816
Re-elected in 1818
Lost re-election and resigned early
16
Vacant January 22, 1821 –
March 4, 1821		  
3 Caesar A. Rodney March 4, 1821 –
January 24, 1822		 Democratic-
Republican		 17 Elected in 1820
Resigned when elected to the U.S. Senate
Vacant January 24, 1822 –
October 1, 1822		  
4 Daniel Rodney October 1, 1822 –
March 3, 1823		 Federalist Elected in 1822 to finish his cousin's term
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Recent election results

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1920 • 1922 • 1924 • 1926 • 1928 • 1930 • 1932 • 1934 • 1936 • 1938 • 1940 • 1942 • 1944 • 1946 • 1948 • 1950 • 1952 • 1954 • 1956 • 1958 • 1960 • 1962 • 1964 • 1966 • 1968 • 1970 • 1972 • 1974 • 1976 • 1978 • 1980 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1998 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2008 • 2010

1920

United States House of Representatives elections, 1920
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Caleb R. Layton 52,145 55.7
Democratic James R. Clements 40,206 42.9
Socialist Robert A. Walker 1,063 .01
Independent Howard T. Ennis 196 0.002
Total votes 93,609 100
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

1922

United States House of Representatives elections, 1922
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William H. Boyce 39,126 53.9
Republican Caleb R. Layton 32,577 44.9
Independent Frank A. Houck 908 .01
Total votes 72,611 100
Voter turnout %
Democratic gain from Republican

1924

United States House of Representatives elections, 1924
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert G. Houston 51,536 58.6
Democratic William H. Boyce 35,943 40.8
Independent Florence Garvin 519 0.005
Total votes 87,998 100
Voter turnout %
Republican gain from Democratic

1926

United States House of Representatives elections, 1926
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert G. Houston 38,919 52
Democratic Merrill H. Tilghman 35,943 48
Total votes 74,862 100
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

1928

United States House of Representatives elections, 1928
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert G. Houston 66,361 63.5
Democratic John M. Richardson 38,045 36.4
Total votes 104,406 100
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

1930

United States House of Representatives elections, 1930
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Robert G. Houston 48,493 55.7
Democratic John P. Le Fevre 38,391 44.1
Independent Arnold Williams 127 0.001
Total votes 87,011 100
Voter turnout %
Republican hold

1932

United States House of Representatives elections, 1932
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Wilbur L. Adams 51,698 46.1
Republican Reuben Satterthwaite, Jr. 48,841 43.6
Prohibition Francis B. Short 10,560 9.4
Socialist Edgar G. Shaeffer 887 0.008
Communist Frank Rhoades 110 0.001
Total votes 112,096 100
Voter turnout %
Democratic gain from Republican

1934

United States House of Representatives elections, 1934
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican J. George Stewart 52,829 53.3
Democratic John C. Hazzard 45,771 46.2
Socialist William A. Mayor 404 .004
Communist Joseph P. Daniels 58 .0006
Total votes 99,062 100
Voter turnout %
Republican gain from Democratic

1936

United States House of Representatives elections, 1936
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic William F. Allen 65,485 51.7
Republican J. George Stewart 55,664 43.9
Republican James A. Ellison 5,338 4.2
Socialist William A. Mayor 176 .001
Total votes 126,663 100
Voter turnout %
Democratic gain from Republican

1938

United States House of Representatives elections, 1938
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican George S. Williams 60,661 55.9
Democratic William F. Allen 46,989 43.3
Republican William J. Highfield 816 .007
Progressive Ralph L. Brown 105 .001
Total votes 108,571 100
Voter turnout %
Republican gain from Democratic

1940

United States House of Representatives elections, 1940
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Philip A. Traynor 68,205 51.1
Republican George S. Williams 64,384 48.3
Independent Royden C. Caulk 816 .006
Total votes 133,405 100
Voter turnout %
Democratic gain from Republican

1980

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1980[1]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (inc.) 133,842 61.80
Democratic Robert Maxwell 81,227 37.51
Libertarian Lawrence Sullivan 1,506 0.70
Total votes 216,575 100.00
Republican hold

1982

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1982[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas R. Carper 98,533 52.39
Republican Thomas B. Evans, Jr. (inc.) 87,153 46.34
American Mary Gies 1,109 0.59
Libertarian Richard Cohen 711 0.38
N/A David Nuttall 558 0.30
Total votes 188,064 100.00
Democratic gain from Republican

1984

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1984[3]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas R. Carper (inc.) 142,070 58.46
Republican Elise du Pont 100,650 41.42
Libertarian V. Luther Etzel 294 0.12
Total votes 243,014 100.00
Democratic hold

1986

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1986[4]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas R. Carper (inc.) 106,351 66.16
Republican Thomas Nueberger 53,767 33.45
American Patrick Harrison 639 0.40
Total votes 160,757 100.00
Democratic hold

1988

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1988[5]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas R. Carper (inc.) 158,338 67.52
Republican James P. Krapf 76,179 32.48
Total votes 234,517 100.00
Democratic hold

1990

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1990[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Thomas R. Carper (inc.) 116,274 65.53
Republican Ralph Williams 58,037 32.71
Libertarian Richard Cohen 3,121 1.76
N/A Write-ins 3 <0.01
Total votes 177,435 100.00
Democratic hold

1992

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1992[7]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle 153,037 55.42
Democratic S. B. Woo 117,426 42.53
Libertarian Peggy Schmitt 5,661 2.05
Total votes 276,124 100.00
Republican gain from Democratic

1994

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1994[8]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle (inc.) 137,945 70.74
Democratic Carol Ann DeSantis 51,793 26.56
Libertarian Danny Ray Beaver 3,866 1.98
Delaware Independent Donald M. Hockmuth 1,404 0.72
Total votes 195,008 100.00
Republican hold

1996

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1996[9]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle (inc.) 185,577 69.55
Democratic Dennis E. Williams 73,258 27.45
Libertarian George A. Jurgensen 4,000 1.50
Constitution Felicia B. Johnson 3,009 1.13
Natural Law Bob Mattson 987 0.37
Total votes 266,831 100.00
Republican hold

1998

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 1998[10]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle (inc.) 119,811 66.37
Democratic Micheal C. Miller 57,446 31.82
Constitution James P. Webster 2,411 1.34
Natural Law Kim Stanley Bemis 859 0.48
N/A Write-ins 2 <0.01
Total votes 180,529 100.00
Republican hold

2000

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 2000[11]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle (inc.) 211,797 67.64
Democratic Micheal C. Miller 96,488 30.81
Constitution James P. Webster 2,490 0.80
Libertarian Brad C. Thomas 2,351 0.75
Total votes 313,126 100.00
Republican hold

2002

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 2002[12]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle (inc.) 164,605 72.07
Democratic Micheal C. Miller 61,011 26.71
Libertarian Brad C. Thomas 2,789 1.22
Total votes 228,405 100.00
Republican hold

2004

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 2004[13]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle (inc.) 245,978 69.09
Democratic Paul Donnelly 105,716 29.69
Delaware Independent Maurice J. Barros (write-in) 2,337 0.66
Libertarian William E. Morris 2,014 0.57
Total votes 356,045 100.00
Republican hold

2006

Delaware's At-large congressional district election, 2006[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Mike Castle (inc.) 143,897 57.17
Democratic Dennis Spivack 97,565 38.76
Delaware Independent Karen M. Hartley-Nagle 5,769 2.29
Green Michael Berg 4,463 1.77
Total votes 251,694 100.00
Republican hold

2008

Delaware's at-large congressional district election, 2008
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Michael Castle (inc.) 235,437 61.08
Democratic Karen Hartley-Nagle 146,434 37.99
Libertarian Mark Parks 3,586 0.93
Total votes 385,457 100.00
Republican hold

2010

Delaware's at-large congressional district election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
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
Total votes 305,636 100.00
Voter turnout %
Democratic gain from Republican

2012

Delaware's at-large congressional district election, 2012[15]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Carney (inc.) 249,905 64.40
Republican Tom Kovach 129,749 33.44
Green Bernard August 4,273 1.10
Libertarian Scott Gesty 4,096 1.06
Total votes 388,023 100.00
Democratic hold

2014

Delaware's at-large congressional district election, 2014[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic John Carney (inc.) 137,251 59.26
Republican Rose Izzo 85,146 36.76
Green Bernard August 4,801 2.07
Libertarian Scott Gesty 4,419 1.91
Total votes 231,617 100
Democratic hold

Living former Members

As of April 2015, there are five former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large congressional district who are currently living at this time.

Representative Term of office District Date of birth (and age)
Harry G. Haskell, Jr. 1957–1959 At-large May 27, 1921
Pierre S. du Pont IV 1971–1977 At-large January 22, 1935
Thomas B. Evans, Jr. 1977–1983 At-large November 5, 1931
Tom Carper 1983–1993 At-large January 23, 1947
Michael Castle 1993–2011 At-large July 2, 1939

References

  1. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1980/1980Stat.htm#8
  2. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1982/1982Stat.htm#8
  3. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1984/1984Stat.htm#8
  4. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1986/1986Stat.htm#8
  5. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1988/1988Stat.htm#8
  6. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1990/1990Stat.htm#8
  7. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1992/1992Stat.htm#8
  8. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1994/1994Stat.htm#8
  9. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1996/1996Stat.htm#8
  10. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/1998/1998Stat.htm#8
  11. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2000/2000Stat.htm#8
  12. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2002/2002Stat.htm#8
  13. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2004/2004Stat.htm#8
  14. ↑ http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/2006/2006Stat.htm#8
  15. ↑ "State of Delaware Primary Election Official Results". State of Delaware. Retrieved November 7, 2012.
  16. ↑ "State of Delaware General Election (Official Results)". State of Delaware Election Commissioner. Retrieved November 27, 2014.
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