Just paying casual attention to politics is a nauseating grind. I can’t imagine how much worse it would be to be in it. That said, if true public servants like Denn sit out politics, that means the grifters hands are strengthened.
After 14 years in elective office, Delaware Attorney General Matt Denn will return to the private sector when his term is over next year.
In a statement posted on his Facebook page Monday afternoon, Denn said it was a “very tough decision” to step away from politics. “I am ready for a change. Although my term does not end for another year and four months, I thought it was responsible to let people know my plans now,” Denn wrote.
He gave two reason for his decision; the first he called a selfish reason. “Politics these days can be grueling, with endless fundraising and traveling and constant attacks, which can be tough on a candidate but are even tougher on his family.”
Denn’s twin sons were born five days before he first took office as Delaware Insurance Commissioner 12 years ago. “Given the time required and the tone involved in politics these days, my boys deserve a change, my wife deserves a change, and I would like a change as well.”
