The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Also in this race: Joseph Arminio (Republican).
Official candidate list: Delaware Department of Elections. Faces and bars are the campaigns that hold the seat or have $25,000 raised or outside spending on file; being outside that group is a filing fact, not a mark. Not a prediction.
The seat
Sarah McBride
Democrat · Holds the seat now
First took office 2025 · Age 36
Discloses no individual stock trades.
From the member's own disclosures and congress.gov. Not cosponsoring is not a vote against a ban.
How to vote in Delaware
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 24 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
The primary · 38,924 votes
- Joseph Arminio Won: 47.9% 18,629
- John J. Whalen: 32.2% 12,523
- Earl Cooper: 20.0% 7,772
Primary results as recorded September 24, 2026, ordered by votes. Source: Delaware Department of Elections official primary results data. Certified September 18, 2026. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $5.1M
- Outside money
- $20
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing. No outside money is on file for or against the other name on this ballot.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Not on the November ballot
4 filedPrimary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
The district
Census context- People
- 1.0M
- Median household income
- $85K
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
- Living below the poverty line
- 10.4%
- Without health insurance
- 6.3%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
How this seat voted last time
D+16 in 2024
- Sarah McBride Won: 57.9%
- John J. Whalen: 42.1%
497,436 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are reported to the FEC through August 26, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.