The U.S. Senate race in Delaware carries the potential of a historic first for the state's voters and their congressional delegation in Washington. Democratic U.S. Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester faces Republican Eric Hansen and independent Michael Katz in Tuesday’s Senate contest.
FILE - Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester speaks during the reopening of the St. George’s bridge in New Castle County, Del., Oct., 11, 2024. DOVER, Del. — The U.S. Senate race in Delaware carries the potential of a historic first for residents and their congressional delegation in Washington.
Should Blunt Rochester win, she would become the first woman and first Black person to represent Delaware in the Senate. Only three otherBlunt Rochester is the presumptive favorite in the Senate race, given her name recognition and voter registration numbers that favor Democrats in solid-blue Delaware, which last sent a Republican to Washington in 2008. Her campaign coffers also dwarf Hansen’s.
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