Delaware on Path to Electing First Female and African-American

RollCall

Lisa Blunt Rochester is on the path to making history in Delaware.

The state's former secretary of Labor won the Democratic primary for Rep. John Carney's at-large House seat Tuesday night, and is likely to be the first woman and first African-American the First State sends to Congress.

Delaware's House seat is considered safely Democratic.  

With 99 percent of precincts reporting, Rochester led with 44 percent of the vote in the six-way primary. 

EMILY's List backed Rochester and helped get her campaign off the ground. To date, Delaware is one of just three states that has never sent a woman to Congress. [MORE]