Chad Livengood’s story about the GOP primary for the 6th senate seat did a good job identifying the players and revealing the dynamic that could help Staton prevail.
The northern establishment guy:
Lewes resident Ernesto Lopez, a New Castle County native with ties to the northern GOP establishment, recently declared his candidacy for the seat. But Lopez was quickly met with suspicion from southern Republicans, who have been at odds with the party’s northern leadership since last year’s congressional primaries.
The teabag spoiler:
The day after Lopez declared his candidacy, Rehoboth Beach businessman Glen Urquhart shocked fellow Republicans by announcing that he, too, would run for the seat and force a primary. The winner will likely face Democrat Andy Staton in the November 2012 general election.
The crazy ass SC teabag base:
“What basically happened was some upstate politicians got together and decided that they would pick a candidate for Sussex,” said Christian Hudson of Lewes, a Republican district committeeman. “The folks I talk to hate that. They’re tired of the folks upstate cramming either an agenda or a politician down our throat.”
Who knows? Maybe Lopez and Urquhart will have a primary of ideas that leaves the winner in better shape going into the general election. Yeah. It could happen.