I’d expect nothing less from Dick Carter, Jesse Chadderdon, Valerie McCartan, Anthony Bernadzikowski and the Senate D leadership team.
Here are the big takeaways:
1. Darius Brown will not be happy. Oh, sure he has a district to run in. But it’s not really a Wilmington-centric district any more. He picks up a whole bunch of the northern portion of Marie Pinkney’s district, including West Minquadale, Wilmington Manor, and pretty much everything from I-295 south to Wilmington Manor, Collins Park, and beyond (all the way to Rt. 273). While I wish he’d picked up all of Minquadale (Tizzy Lockman picks up East Minquadale, where the trash pile is), he nevertheless will be forced to explain why he sided with Waste Management and Bobby Byrd over the people who live there. If, that is, he runs again. I think he’s toast. Sarah McBride’s district moves significantly south, and back into Wilmington, while Kyle Evans Gay picks up the northernmost Claymont areas in Sarah’s current district.
2. Bruce Ennis is retiring. There are major changes to his district, the main one being that the northwestern part of Kent County, all the way to the Maryland line, will now be in SD 14. While I don’t know for sure whether the district has been reshaped to benefit Jaci Hugg, who challenged Dave Lawson in 2020, I’d guess that that’s the case.
3. Sussex County will elect a D senator in 2022. SD 6, currently held by the retiring Ernie Lopez, has been burnished to a solid blue in redistricting. Also, SD 20 (Hocker) could be in play for the D’s, as it’s more compact than previously, and it takes in the southern part of coastal Sussex. Worth watching.
4. No districts got shifted. Sen. Sokola had said that Sussex was perhaps entitled to 1/2 a new district. But it didn’t happen. Good.
We’re gonna try to put up the map, but you can access them all right here:
Enjoy! And comment.
