UPDATE: EL Sonambulo has the skinny in the comments.
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This is an easy Dem pick-up. BHL is a determined campaigner and a shrewd electoral tactician so I know she has done her homework on this and then some.
Amick had it easy in 2004 and only polled 55%. Today, the 10th district (map), like every other SD in New Castle, has been trending Democratic.
I’ll leave it to Dave Burris to discuss what a BHL win means for the district. From my perspective she has been a bit of a disappointment as a state Rep. Mostly under the radar and keeping her powder dry for bigger things (did I mention she is a great tactician?) Then again she’ll be working more with the John Kowalkos of the world and less with the Dickie Burris’, so maybe she’ll surprise me. (Note to self: Don’t hold breath.)
Who takes over in her 8th Rep district?
Good question. I know that Cathcart has a protege that he has been working with for a while, what was that guys name again…?
As for the Dems, maybe new elected NCC council man Bill Powers gets the nod. The 8th RD (map) was created so that Cathcart would not have to go head to head with BHL so it is a little bit of a backwater. That is to say, I don’t know of many Democrats that I would get very excited about supporting.