First some news about the U.S. House race courtesy of TNJ’s Dialogue Delaware:
Scott Spencer has dropped his bid for the Democratic nomination and has endorsed John Carney. He raised only $8000 so I guess he didn’t have enough for the filing fee.
In other ballot news, Democrat Scott Spencer of Wilmington said he has ended his campaign for the office, endorsing former Lt. Gov. John C. Carney Jr. Spencer said his “organic” approach to campaign finance was a success. He raised about $8,000, he said, but has not filed a campaign finance report. The deadline for second-quarter reports is Thursday.
As RSmitty noted, Libertarian candidate Brent Wangen has also filed for the Republican primary for U.S. House. So it’s a 4-way race: Michele Rollins, Glen Urquhart, Rose Izzo and Brent Wangen. I’m predicting they’ll finish in this order in the primary as well.
TNJ put together a handy spreadsheet of the races. Among the notable changes is that Hazel Plant has not one but two primary challengers: Stephanie Boulden and Darius Brown. Will Plant’s name recognition carry the day or will she be outworked by the two newcomers?
There are still 12 state reps without challengers in the primary or general, 6 Democrats and 6 Republicans. These state reps are RD1 Dennis P. Williams (D), RD5 Melanie George (D), RD11 Greg Lavelle (R), RD13 John Mitchell (D), RD16 J.J. Johnson (D), RD17 Mike Mulrooney (D), RD19 Bob Gilligan (D), RD21 Mike Ramone (R), RD30 Bobby Outten (R), RD38 Gerald Hocker (R), RD39 Danny Short (R) and RD40 Biff Lee (R).
In the State Senate there are 3 incumbents without challengers, 2 D and 1 R. They are SD1 Harris McDowell (D), SD12 Dori Connor (R) and SD13 David McBride (D). Karen Peterson (SD9) now has a Republican challenger, Robert Johnston.