Wilmington Mayor Debate — WHYY Event

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WHYY hosted their debate featuring the Democratic primary contenders for Wilmington Mayor Tuesday night (8/14) at U of D. This debate was the culmination of a process where WHYY hosted multiple forums around the city to get input from people in the city as to what questions they would specifically want candidates to address. The actual debate was about an hour long, maybe a little more because of some technical glitch at the beginning. The venue was maybe 60% full, with little pockets of each candidate's partisans.

27 Days to go – The Betting Lines

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Since the Dem primary will settle the issue for many of the races in Delaware, election day is effectively a month out.
September 11, 2012 Primary Election
New Castle County Executive - Clark/Gordon Gordon plus 1 (no previous line) Gordon just seems to want it a little more and that could make the difference. I'm writing in "Tom Kovach" because I can't bring myself to vote for either of these d-bags. Insurance Commissioner - Weldin Stewart/Crane/Others Crane plus 1 (no change) I really haven't seen much from team KWS, and Crane is running a great race. Still in a multi-way primary against an incumbent, you can't make Crane anything but a slight favorite. ...

NCCo Executive Debate — WDEL

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There is a debate tonite between the Democratic contenders for NCCo Executive. This is hosted by WDEL and the New Castle County Chamber of Commerce at the NCCo Chamber Building located at 12 Penns Way, New Castle, DE 19720. Don't know if this is open to the public, but WDEL is broadcasting this live from 6 until 7:30.

Support Clean Energy Victory Bonds

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This is a great idea to get interested citizens to invest in transitioning to cleaner, more secure energy sources.
Clean Energy Victory Bonds In the same spirit that Americans invested in WWII Victory Bonds to support the war effort, CEVBs will provide a channel for Americans to mobilize toward the goal of a globally competitive clean technology industry and domestic energy security.

Campaign Finance Reports

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30 day Campaign Finance reports for the 9/11 primary were due yesterday -- 8/14/2012 -- to the Department of Elections. Looking over finance reports is a good deal of fun and you can judge something about campaigns by the amount of money raised and *who* they raise it from. If you want to start perusing some reports, take a look