Delaware's at-large congressional district
| Delaware's At-large congressional district | |
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| Current Representative | Lisa Blunt Rochester (D–Wilmington) |
| Area | 2,489 sq mi (6,450 km2) |
| Distribution |
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| Population (2010) | 897,934 |
| Median income | 57,357 |
| Ethnicity | |
| 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 Lisa Blunt Rochester.
Delaware has always had only one U.S. Representative, except for 10 years between 1813 and 1823, when the state had two at-large representatives. The two seats were filled by a statewide ballot, with the two candidates receiving the highest votes being elected.
Former U.S. Representative Michael N. Castle, a Republican and former Governor of Delaware, held this seat from January 1993 until his retirement in January 2011, after his unsuccessful bid for the Republican nomination to run for the U.S. Senate. Even as Delaware swung heavily Democratic at the state and national level, Castle was usually reelected without serious difficulty. Since his retirement, however, the Democrats have held it with no substantive opposition.
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.
As of January 2017[update], there are six former members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Delaware's at-large congressional district who are currently living at this time.
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