Insurance Commissioner (D Primary): Trinidad Navarro vs. Kayode Abegunde. There are circumstances under which I could be persuaded to consider someone other than Navarro for this office. This is not one of those circumstances. Abegunde’s campaign, such as it is, has all the earmarks of a vanity campaign. He hasn’t really engaged in a debate over Navarro’s stewardship and how he would change things.
Governor (R Primary): The Six-Way–Bonini vs. Bosco vs. Graham vs. Murray vs. Richardson vs. Walker. The sheer comedic value of a six-way primary to lose to John Carney is not lost on me. Someone will win this pointless race. The endorsed candidate is Julianne Murray, whose claim to the nomination is that she is suing Carney on behalf of her husband for infringing on his right to place his business’ patrons in danger. She could win, but I’m betting on someone who has already won a statewide R primary. That’s right, the Driftwood Grifter, Scott Walker. I also predict that Bonini will have a poor showing, and that his senate seat will be in danger in two years–as long as McBride and Poore don’t run interference for him like they did last time.
Governor (D Primary): John Carney vs. David Williams. A vote for Williams is a protest vote in a primary that is not really a contest. I’m voting for him.
Representative In Congress (R Primary): Matthew Morris vs. Lee Murphy. Since Murphy stands for nothing, he is vulnerable in a primary, as Scott Walker has proven. However, even by R standards, Morris is a candidate living in his own Private Idaho Of Grievance, and I expect Murphy to finally prevail. A note: Murphy, Morris and Rochester all live within about five miles of each other in a Claymont to Bellefonte window. Hey, I can’t manufacture intrigue where little exists.
US Senator (R Primary): Jim DeMartino vs. Lauren Witzke. For what it’s worth (literally nothing), DeMartino is the endorsed candidate and is arguably slightly less wacko than Witzke. But I betcha that those lower slower mouth-breathers find Witzke to be ‘hot’, hot enough for them to vote for her. History is on her side (*cough, Christine O’Donnell, cough*).
US Senator (D Primary): Chris Coons vs. Jess Scarane. Perhaps no campaign in Delaware has been challenged more by the pandemic and by last week’s Democratic convention than Scarane’s. She has run a superb grassroots campaign and has established herself as a viable alternative to Coons. It will be tough, though, to overcome the twin blows of the pandemic, which made it more difficult to run a statewide insurgent campaign, and the convention, where Coons, like Zelig, made sure he appeared in every picture. And now he’s got those TV commercials, which had to have been made by whoever did LBR’s 2016 ads, right down to that ‘Chris gets it’. I’m rooting for Jess and I hope she wins. However, if she doesn’t, I hope that this is just the beginning of her political career. Delaware needs more Jess Scaranes.