Riding profile
DE-AL
The question
DE-AL: a safe seat for the Democrats?
Editorial read
DE-AL, a mixed riding in DE, elected a member with the Democrats in the previous cycle, with a 16-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Democrats ahead at 61% vote share, against 39% for the Republicans, and the probability of a close race is negligible.
Sitting member
MCBRIDE, SARAH ELIZABETH
Sits with Democrat
Who's running
The candidates
Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.
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Democrat Incumbent Mcbride, Sarah Elizabeth
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Republican Challenger Whalen III, John J
Current forecast
Democrat
Safe
- Probability
- 100%
- Mean margin (pts)
- 21.6
- P(close race)
- 0%
In context
How this riding stacks up
| Democrat | Republican | |
|---|---|---|
| HereDE-AL | 60.8% | 39.2% |
| National averageUnited States | 51.9% +9.0 | 46.6% −7.5 |
Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).
Projection track
How the projection has moved
Previous election · US HOUSE_2024
- Last model run
- Cycle
us_house_2026