Yesterday, Christine O’Donnell garnered 30,561 votes compared to Mike Castle’s 27,021. Let’s put that in perspective. In the 2008 Primary, both . . . BOTH . . . Democrats Markell and Carney picked up more than 30,000 votes: 37,849 to 36,112. Coons, in his run against Gordon, received 31,405 votes. Here’s one that will make you spit out your morning coffee, Karen Hartly-Nagle in her run for Congress took in 35,995 votes.
There’s a lot of hard work ahead for Chris Coons, Democrats and moderate Republicans. But 30,000 is not all it’s cracked up to be.