The 2018 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 6, 2018, to elect the U.S. representative from Delaware's at-large congressional district, who will represent the state of

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. The election coincided with the election of a U.S. Senator from Delaware and other federal and state offices. Democratic Congresswoman

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, the incumbent, won re-election.

Democratic primary

Lisa Blunt Rochester ran unopposed in the primary and automatically became the Democratic nominee.

Candidates

Nominee

, incumbent U.S. Representative

Withdrew

* Rose Izzo,

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candidate for the seat in

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(ran for State House in district 7)

Declined

* Kerri Evelyn Harris,

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veteran (ran for U.S. Senate)

Endorsements

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee

* Scott Walker, Republican candidate for the seat in

Eliminated in primary

* Lee Murphy, retired railroad worker and actor (refused to concede)

Write-in

* Marvin Davis, far-rightist * Lee Murphy, retired railroad worker and actor (not filed) * Andrew Webb, community activist and student

Endorsements

Primary results

Controversy

Shortly after the final results for the

primary, controversy almost immediately emerged about Scott Walker’s victory, as Lee Murphy had been seen by many as the favorite to win. Murphy refused to concede and took to

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in saying, “Friends, thanks for all your support- something stinks here and I will not be conceding anytime soon. Need to investigate big time. A Dem wins a Republican primary?” Murphy also called for an investigation into the results. Walker responded in saying that God led his campaign to victory. Student and community activist Andrew Webb declared his Republican write-in candidacy on September 17, 2018, hoping to gain support from dissatisfied Republicans. He announced a platform of more moderate/traditional conservative ideas.

Libertarian Party

Candidates

Endorsed by Sussex County Chapter

* Andrew Webb, community activist and student (write-in)

Independent Party of Delaware

Candidates

Write-in

* Andrew Webb, community activist and student

Independents

Candidates

Declared

* Paul Johnston, veteran (write-in)

Withdrew

* Christopher Mockerman, activist (running for State House in District 17)

General election

Endorsements

Debates

Full video of debate, University of Delaware
October 17, 2018
Full audio of debate, Delaware Public Media
October 17, 2018

Predictions

Polling

;with Lisa Blunt Rochester and Lee Murphy

Results

References

External links

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