You would be forgiven if you thought Matt Meyer was already running for Governor and has been for over a year. He has and is. But he had not officially filed with the Department of Elections yet. Indeed, before last week, the only filed candidate for Governor was Colin O'Mara. Meyer now joins him, and Lt. Govenror Bethany Hall Long, who is also running despite scandal and financial irregulataries surrounding her campaign, remains unfiled as of this post.
It's one of those campaign oddities, like the exploratory committee. You can announce you are running without officially filing and paying the fee. But if you want to raise money, you should form an exploratory or financial committee for your campaign. Some campaigns hold off on filing so they can raise money to pay the filing fee, or to delay paying, or to create a campaign moment for later in the campaign. Some campaigns just file right away, like O'Mara, although he did the exploratory committee dance. But once he announced he was running officially, he officially filed.
Meyer is doing the campaign moment dance, hence the photographer and his wife and new baby being present. Congratulations by the way. Here is Mr. Meyer upon filing:
"I am running for Governor because we must move our state forward with urgency to address our most pressing issues. We don't just make promises. We make plans and from those plans we make progress. As the only candidate in this race who has managed a government, we've delivered one of the only property tax reductions in Delaware history while also delivering real results for hard-working families. I know we can deliver at the state level, too.
The rent is still too damn high. We will expand affordable housing and lower the cost of living so working families can finally get ahead. We will fix our state's broken and underfunded education system so every student can get a world-class education, and every teacher can thrive. We will improve the quality and accessibility of our health system by reducing wait times and limiting costs.
Delaware needs a leader with a track record of getting big things done. We have leading Delaware's largest local government and we can statewide."
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