1. Two Kent County Democrats File to Challenge Republican State Reps.
Jonathan Gallo has filed to face Bobby Outten in the 30th RD. Gallo changed his registration from R to D to run and, if you check out his site right now, you will not find the word Democrat, or the donkey, anywhere on the site. I mean, anywhere. He’s got the classic bio, and he’s a “man of dedication, integrity, and commitment, who 
J. Kevin Robbins of Harrington, is challenging Harold Peterman in the conservative 33rd RD. Robbins is a long-time farmer and has the type of profile that could give him a shot in this district. Here is his site. Not only does he have the donkey there, he actually calls the Party the Democratic Party.
Guess which one I prefer.
2. Shirley Price Tries Again
Former State Rep. Shirley Price (D) has filed to run for the 4th Sussex County Council District seat currently held by George Cole. Should Cole run, he will also face a primary challenge from William F. Carroll, Jr. According to this article from the Cape Gazette which, by the way, does a good job of covering Sussex politics, Carroll believes that too much money from Sussex goes to the state, and that the county doesn’t get enough back:
“I see the state starting to usurp a lot of the things county government should be doing,” he said. “We need to tell them we don’t like the way they are doing it. The council should start defining what the problems are and telling the state what we want them to do.”
“We need people in our government to make sure the state spends our money down here,” he said. “We need to take more control.”
Price essentially echoes the same message:
“There is a disconnect and I’d like to explore ways to do it better,” she said, adding her contacts in state government would assist her efforts. “We need a stronger voice because we are so top heavy upstate. We need to bring some of our own money back to us,” she said.
Uh, OK. Longtime incumbent George Cole has not decided if he will run. Should he retire, former Sussex County Clerk of the Peace George Parrish has said he will run. Lest you might have forgotten Parrish, let’s allow Delaware Dem to remind us.
3. Does Anybody Support Chip Flowers Besides Chip Flowers?
Not only is Flowers having a hard time raising money, even former supporters like Sam Lathem are, at best, noncommittal. Thursday’s News-Journal article raised a key question in my mind: What is Flowers’ base? Does he have one? I’m not being facetious. Many who previously supported Flowers are staying away from him like he’s radioactive. I know it’s early, and Sean Barney still has a long way to go as a candidate, but if Flowers is doomed to primarily spend his own money, I think he’s doomed to defeat.
4. Filings.
Since my last weekly update, which was much more than a week ago, the following have filed in addition to those we’ve mentioned today: State Rep. Debbie Hudson, 12th RD; State Rep. John Mitchell 13th RD; Matthew Lenzini, R, 15th RD (he believes that too many skateboarders are in prison); and Rep. Kim Williams, 19th RD.