Someone not named a variant of Brian to make it a three way.
Rep. John Carney’s decision last month to run for governor has opened up his at-large seat to Delaware Democrats hoping to make it to Washington.
The day after the three-term member made his announcement, state Sen. Bryan Townsend, a corporate lawyer in Wilmington, got into the race. A week later, state Rep. Bryon Short, a small business owner and former aide to Sen. Thomas R. Carper, followed suit.
Now a third Democrat is expected to get into the race.
Lisa Blunt Rochester, who served as Delaware’s first African-American female secretary of Labor, is likely to announce her campaign in the coming weeks, a source who is familiar with her thinking told CQ Roll Call Thursday.
In a safe Democratic district that President Barack Obama carried twice, the winner of the primary will almost surely win the seat.
EMILY’s List has met with Rochester, and is encouraging her to run.
“Lisa Blunt Rochester has been a fierce advocate for Delaware families,” EMILY’s List Communications Director Marcy Stech told CQ Roll Call. “We are excited to see that she’s taking a serious look at this race — she would be a strong leader in Washington who knows how to create opportunity for all.”
According to the Roll Call piece, Sean Barney is also eyeing a run. If it becomes a democratic four way race, we may see someone elected to congress (essentially because the Dem primary is the race) with the lowest vote total since reconstruction.