John Carney Democratic Lisa Blunt Rochester Democratic The 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 8, 2016, to elect the U.S. representative from the state of Delaware from Delaware's at-large congressional district.

[1] Democrat Lisa Blunt Rochester won the open seat on November 8.

[1][2] Following Carney's announcement that he would run for governor, both Short and Townsend declared their candidacies in the race to succeed him.

[3][4] Lisa Blunt Rochester, the former State Labor Secretary, also joined the race.

[7] Individuals Organizations Hans Reigle, a former mayor of Wyoming, Delaware, and the former chairman of the Kent County Republican Party, ran unopposed on the ballot for the Republican nomination.