1. Outten Retires, 2 Candidates File in 30th RD. Nature and politics abhor a vacuum. Within 24 hours of Rep. Bobby Outten‘s retirement announcement, two candidates flied to run for his 30th RD seat. D Charles Groce and R Shannon Morris. Groce is a, stop me if you’ve heard this before, retired state trooper. For this district, his positions are pretty reasonable. He ran against Outten in 2016 and got just over 29% of the vote. It’s, um, not a D district, to put it mildly. The first R in the race (there may be more) resides on Mud Mill Road and won the 2016 Delaware ‘Dancing With the Stars’ competition. Oh, he’s also Kent County’s Chief Enforcement Officer. And, based on that picture, he is the chosen white male R for the position.
2. Zitofsky Seeks Skin In The Game, Files Against Q. Johnson To Be A Man Of The Pimple People. I’m not a religious man, but, when someone named Zitofsky files to run for office in Delaware, during Holy Week no less, all I can say is “Thank you, Jesus!”. R Daniel Zitofsky filed to challenge Quin Johnson for Johnson’s Middletown-based RD 8. Stop me if you’ve heard this before, but Zitofsky is a retired policeman. NYC, to be specific. I’m still trying to determine if his assignment was to keep blackheads off the street. (Hey, when God hands you a Zitofsky, you just have to pop that sucker.) OK, enough juvenilia. Well, not quite enough. I defy you to read the copy on his website. Jee-zus. To quote Wolcott Gibbs, “Backwards ran sentences until reeled the mind.” Admit it, if you were assigned to edit that copy, you’d throw your hands up in despair. Seriously, if you don’t give two shits about how you initially present yourself, then why should we take you seriously? Until further notice, I consider Zitofsky an unwanted blemish on the body politic.
3. R Candidate Files For Miro’s Seat. One Katherine Beard. That’s all I’ve got so far. Is she related to Sam Beard? I don’t know. Who can help me fill in the blanks? D’s Guillermina Gonzalez and Renee Taschner have also filed.
4. School Financial Officer Challenges Rep. Lyndon Yearick. I’m only gonna try to spell this once. Adewunmi Kuforiji, the Chief Financial Officer of the Lake Forest School District, has filed for Yearick’s 34th RD seat. This could be a sleeper race. Registration figures are 7107 D; 5967 R; and 4869 I. Prior to Yearick, the district was represented by moderate R Don Blakey, who, like Ade, is African-American. A race to watch.
5. Rep. Kim Williams Gets Primary Opponent. And she seems like a real down-to-earth person. Here is Meghan O’Donnell’s story in her own words. A worthy candidate. Wonder why she’s challenging Williams in this solidly D district. Any insights?
6. Ray Seigfried Files In 7th RD, Will Primary Joe Daigle. Seigfried filed this week after announcing his candidacy at this week’s Arden Town Assembly. Seigfried is a senior VP at Christiana Health Care and previously served as chair of the Wilmington Charter School board. He currently chairs the Arden Community Planning Committee. Joe Daigle has also filed in the D primary to succeed retiring Rep. Bryon Short.
That’s it for this week. What’d I forget, and whaddayathink?