1. Filing Fees Finalized. Candidates Start Filing. Here’s who have so far:
Jack Bucchioni: D-SD 6 in Sussex County. This is the district currently held by R Ernie Lopez, who is retiring, at least from this seat.
Mark Pugh: R-SD 14 in Kent County. This is the district currently held by Bruce Ennis. Pugh got 40.5% of the vote against Ennis in 2020.
Edward Ruyter: R-SD 17 in Kent County. Ruyter is either a farmer or a real estate agent–or–perhaps a farmer and a real estate agent. Doesn’t matter. This district, currently held by Trey Paradee, is overwhelmingly D, featuring most of the City of Dover.
Greg Fuller, Sr. : Sussex County Register of Wills. Turncoat Fuller was gifted the Sussex County Register of Wills position by then-Governor Ruth Ann Minner, then lost it. He switched parties, of course, after ‘lots of prayer’.
2. Newark Mayor Jerry Clifton To Retire. Setting up one of those non-partisan elections where everybody knows who the D candidate and the R candidate are. The municipal elections will take place in April.
3. Kayode Abegunde Says He’s Running For Insurance Commissioner. Again. He’ll start out the year with an imposing $649.81 in the ol’ coffers.
4. Shout-Out To Mitch Crane. He had collected a pretty significant amount of money for a campaign in SD 6, but was drawn out of the district. He gave back every single one of the donations. And donated $600 to Kyra Hoffner, who is running for Senate in SD 14. She would be a progressive alternative to Bruce Ennis.
What’d I miss, and whaddayathink?