Delaware Dem posted: " It's January 1, 2024. Welcome to an Election Year. So let's check in on how our statewide and General Assembly races are shaping up. First we have our Office Chart showing which candidates are running. Please note that we are including incumbent offi" Blue Delaware
It's January 1, 2024. Welcome to an Election Year. So let's check in on how our statewide and General Assembly races are shaping up. First we have our Office Chart showing which candidates are running. Please note that we are including incumbent office holders, especially in General Assembly races, on the chart as candidates unless they have specifically said they are not running. Many of them have not yet filed for reelection, though. Following the chart, we will have some information on new candidates running in certain important races.
RD34 – TRACEY MILLER V. LYNDON YEARICK. Tracey Miller is the Director of Marketing & Community Engagement at Dedicated To Women, a health clinic in Dover. She's also a member of the Dover/Kent County Metropolitan Planning Organization. She's also the Vice-Chair of the Kent County Democrats and the RD Chair for the 34th.
RD29 – BILL BUSH V. MONICA SHOCKLEY PORTER. Democratic State Representative and Chamber of Commerce's favorite Democrat, Bill Bush, will face the first serious primary challenger of his career. Monica Shockley Porter is a public relations specialist for the Capital School District and a doctoral student at Liberty University. She is an active member of Network Delaware, Metropolitan Wilmington Urban League, Fund for Women at Delaware Community Foundation and National Coalition of 100 Black Women (DE Chapter). She is also active in the Local Journalism Initiative.
"Local news is critical for elevating the voices and sharing the stories of diverse people throughout our state," Shockley-Porter said. "By lifting these voices and stories, we build empathy among neighbors, connect people with resources and strengthen our social fabric."
NEW CASTLE COUNTY COUNCIL PRESIDENT -- ROBERT WILLIAMS V. GEORGE FRANKEL -- Currently County Council President, Karen Hartley Nagle, is running for County Executive, which is a nightmare in and of itself. But that means she is vacating her current position. So we will have a primary to replace here.
Robert A. Williams, who previously served on Wilmington City Council, is running. He is a former police officer who then became a registered nurse. He has worked as a fraud investigator in the Attorney General's office. He is currently the Emergency 911 Administrator in the Department of Homeland Security for the State of Delaware.
George S. Frankel is a consultant currently working for the Delaware Workforce Development Board. He has worked for NewDay USA, a mortage company that focuses on veterans. He is a young man, having graduated college in 2020. It appears that he was Delaware's 'Chief Youth Coordinator' for Kasich For America back in 2016. He has been a US Senate Page and Doorkeeper.
Neither of these candidates have an websites or social media presence as yet.
RD15 – SPEAKER VALERIE LONGHURST V. KAMELA SMITH -- This might be the biggest primary race of 2024. It does not speak well for the new Speaker to immediately have a primary challenger. The Speaker is corrupt, and you can tell that by her support of the ethically challenged Bethany Hall Long if nothing else.
Kamela Smithis the Director Of Community Education & Engagement For Christiana Care. She earned her B. A. in Sociology from the University of Pittsburgh, and her M. Ed. from Wilmington University. She is the past co-chair of Wilmington University's Alumni Association; Board Member of the Kalmar Nyckel; a member of the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, which focuses on civil rights and social action; and is Co-Director of Seeds Of Greatness Ministry.
A win by Smith would remove many roadblocks to progressive reforms that have been stymied by Peter Schwartzkopf and Valerie Longhurst for years.
REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE -- Whomever the Democratic nominee turns out to be, whether its Matt Meyer, Colin O'Mara or Bethany Hall Long, it looks like they finally have a Republican opponent. Jerrold Price. Who?
According to Delaware Public Media: "Price is a former NYPD and Rehoboth Beach police officer who's platform focuses on health care and nursing home costs, promoting career readiness within schools and combating crime."Being NYPD, I've seen the streets — frontline — and I've seen the problems that occur, and I know how to correct them," Price said. Although Price does not have any formal political experience, if elected, he feels his career in the police force will help inform his policy decisions. "We need more police officers on the streets. We have very little in this state. So, we definitely need that – we're going to need more correctional officers," he said."
Yes, if there is one thing Delaware needs is more police. You can read more about his agenda here. Apparently the state GOP is not backing him and expects another candidate to get into the race.
SD6 – SENATOR RUSS HUXTABLE V. KIM HOEY STEVENSON -- Republican Kim Hoey Stevenson is a former teacher who taught sixth-grade science at Seaford Middle School and third grade at the Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville. She currently is the mentor coordinator for the Cape Henlopen School District and an author. She previously served on the Suxco Planning And Zoning Commission.
WILMINGTON MAYOR -- JOHN CARNEY V. VELDA JONES POTTER. Only one person, well no, one family, could make me a devote John Carney fan. The Potter Family. And specifically Velda Jones Potter. She is running for Mayor, again. She ran for Mayor in 2020, and got over 35% of the vote, finishing behind Mike Purzycki, who got about 43%, and Justen Wright, who got 21.5%. She had previously edged Darius Brown for City Treasurer in 2016, and had lost a primary for State Treasurer back in 2010 to the disaster that was Chip Flowers. She had been previouly appointed by Governor Markell to finish out his Treasurer job once he had been elected Governor in 2008.
RD33—AUSTIN AUEN V. CHARLES POSTLES -- Auen has filed a financial committee to run in the RD33. But he has filed for a number of offices before and never followed through, so we will wait and see if he actually files and runs.
Finally, in the RD14, currently held by former Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf, who is not running for reelection, we had a candidate named Rob Burton file his candidacy, purportedly with Pete's backing, and then have it discovered that he is raging MAGA Trumpster, resulting in his withdrawing his candidacy in a matter of days. We hardly knew ye, Rob. And Pete, retire quietly and don't recruit anyone. Because you are bad at it.
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