Yes, it’s on! Bryan Townsend has filed the paperwork and paid the fees to run for the 11th Senatorial District seat currently held by President Pro-Tempore Anthony J. DeLuca.
From the release:
Townsend, age 30, is a life-long resident of the district, and a graduate of Glasgow High School and the University of Delaware. For the past several months, Townsend has been attending civic association meetings and other events in the community, where he has
Townsend also holds a law degree from Yale Law School and a master’s degree from the University of Cambridge in England. He is an attorney with the Morris James law firmin Wilmington. Townsend is active in the 11th District and Delaware community, serving as a long-time supporter of Special Olympics Delaware and as a Big Brother with BigBrothers Big Sisters.
“The first job of any legislator is to represent the interests of the people in the district,” Townsend says. “I know the people of the 11th. I grew up in Breezewood, attended schools in the Christina School District, worked at the Newark Dairy Queen in high school and at MBNA and Christiana Care as an undergraduate, and for the past fifteen years have been active in the community. This campaign is a grassroots effort and a departure from the traditional power structure we have seen here in the 11th. I am excited to continue meeting with and listening to the people of the 11th District in the coming months and working with them to address their concerns about their families and futures.”
I’m excited about this campaign. Here you have a well-qualified enthusiastic candidate taking on the person who embodies the worst of the Delaware Way, and who has parlayed his position into personal wealth and power far out of proportion to his meager accomplishments.
Townsend’s website, which you can view here, is unfailingly positive, as it should be. Even if you’ve grown disgusted or depressed with politics, I encourage you to consider supporting Bryan Townsend’s campaign. I’m sure that volunteers and/or early seed money would be greatly appreciated.
I’m dropping any pretense of objectivity here. If Bryan Townsend were to replace Tony DeLuca in the Delaware State Senate, the people of this state would immediately be better off. Since this will be a grassroots campaign, there’s nothing to stop you from helping to make it happen.