Good luck getting that all on a sign.
Last night, the GOP, in an undemocratic smoke filled closed door backroom*, picked a pretty good candidate for the 18th RD Special Election: Eileen O’Shaughnessy-Coleman.
* – I’m sure some kind of relevant committee picked her, just like the Democratic 18th RD Committee picked Bentz, but the GOP always likes to pretend such selections are undemocratic smoke filled backroom selections. Well, touche, Republicans. Unless you had an open primary where every GOP voter in the District had a chance to vote between two candidates, you just did the same thing. So go protest yourselves.
Mrs. O’Shaughnessy-Coleman is “a lifelong Newark resident and intern with former Congressman Mike Castle.”
O’Shaughnessy-Coleman, who has never run for office, raised her five children, two with autism, in Newark. She is a volunteer with several churches, Brandywine High School, Padua Academy, and the Salesianum School.
“Over the nearly 25 years I’ve lived here I’ve learned that most of my neighbors have had to confront their own unique challenges. I’m running for office to speak out for those that have too often not had a voice. I’m running because I want to help,” she said in a written statement.
Given the Democratic Party’s absolutely abysmal record of turnout and of victories in not only midterm elections but in special elections, I expect the GOP to pick up this seat. To remain competitive, Bentz better meet with Mike Matthews and John Kowalko and Paul Baumbach quickly. For example, Mr. Bentz, you don’t “strongly consider” voting for the override of Governor Markell’s veto of House Bill 50, the Opt Out Bill. You say you are going to vote for the override as soon as you take office on the first day of the session in the new year.