Keith James Announces Pointless Challenge To Sean Matthews in 10th RD

Well, there is one circumstance where the challenge might not be totally pointless, and we’ll get to that shortly. However, there is no way that Keith James has any chance of unseating Sean Matthews in a contested primary.

Matthews vanquished previous State Rep. Dennis Williams in a primary and then buried him in a rematch two years later. Whether James, who reportedly worked on Williams’ campaign for State Auditor, is a stalking horse for one of Delaware’s perennial candidates, is a distinction w/o a difference. Doesn’t matter.

James has no roots in the 10th RD. None. Blue Delaware quoted from a Delaware Today piece in its article on the race:

James was profiled by Delaware Today in September 2017: “Youth advocate Keith James’ 2016 plan to run for mayor of Wilmington was stopped by a law that says he’s too young, so the 22-year-old is moving to change the law and one for city council members. It’s not the first time he campaigned for change. In 2014, he founded Voices for the Voiceless, a group to speak for the downtrodden and against violence, crime and drug problems ravaging the city.

So. He wanted to run for Mayor of Wilmington in 2016 and was planning on challenging Wilmington eligibility requirements in 2017. Now he’s running for the 10th RD which pointedly has none of Wilmington in the district. In fact, it’s nowhere near Wilmington.  Where is his constituency?

Announcing on Facebook that you’re running is not the same as filing for election. Just sayin’. Filing takes money.

There is one possibility other than James not filing where he wouldn’t face Matthews in a primary: If Sean Matthews runs for Cathy Cloutier’s State Senate seat. Which indeed could happen.

However, should that occur, I highly doubt that Keith James will be there to pick up the pieces. Many-time loser Dennis Williams would likely step in. And he would likely lose to Sean’s chosen successor. Losers lose.

Am I missing anything here?