page_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware
section_title: Overview
hierarchical_section_title: 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware / Overview
context_page_description: The 2010 United States House of Representatives election in Delaware was held on November 2, 2010 to determine who would represent the state of Delaware in the United States House of Representatives for the 112th United States Congress. Democratic nominee former Lieutenant Governor, John Carney defeated Republican nominee, Glen Urquhart in a landslide giving Delaware an all Democratic congressional delegation for the first time since 1943. This is the first open seat election since 1992 and only the second since 1976.
context_section_description: The state of Delaware is completely contained in a single at-large district. The district has a Cook Partisan Voting Index of D+7. Since 1993, the district had been represented by Republican Michael Castle.
  Castle announced in 2009 he would run for the United States Senate seat held by Ted Kaufman (D) who had been appointed to the seat when his predecessor, Joe Biden (D), resigned to become Vice President. Castle was defeated by Christine O'Donnell in the Delaware Republican Senate primary.
caption: Map of Delaware's at-large congressional district
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