McMurray to Challenge Carper?

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Yesterday I got a tip from someone that Bill McMurray was going to try to challenge Tom Carper. I reached out to him to see what he has planned. So far, he's got a website, a treasurer and $500. He hopes to raise the remainder of the filing fee (another $10K) in the next few days.

Delaware Political Weekly: June 30-July 6, 2012

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Speaker Bob Gilligan’s announcement that he would not seek reelection has created quite a seismic shift in local politics. As soon as the election is over, you’ll see all sorts of machinations as to who will get what position in what is virtually certain to still be the House Majority Caucus. But that can wait. Within 36 hours of Gilligan’s announcement, two candidates had already filed for the 19th RD seat currently held by the Speaker.

A very small Polling Report [7.6.12]

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President Obama maintains his small but significant lead in Gallup and in a new You Gov poll. Not much for state polling this week, due to the mid-week Fourth of July holiday screwing everything up. Meanwhile, in Wisconsin, former Governor and Senate frontrunner Tommy Thompson is about to get himself Christine O'Donnelled.