1. It’s Official! Becca Cotto Files Against Deb Heffernan. Becca has been campaigning since the beginning of the year. A true grassroots campaign. I’ve been knocking doors on her behalf. Response has been great. She is our kind of candidate–a true progressive, the Director of YWCA Delaware’s Social And Racial Justice Program. In predictable fashion, the Heffernan campaign, which had been almost as invisible as Heffernan herself has been in the district, posted a shit e-blast about Cotto’s demand for accountability following the police killing of George Floyd. Guess they were waiting for Becca to file. Heffernan’s votes aren’t bad. However, she has enabled the Kop Kabal with her support for them in leadership, and even helped Longhurst’s scheme to fund the Ft. DuPont boondoggle. Heffernan now holds the distinction of holding the purse-strings for the project while serving on the Ft. DuPont board that will ask her for the money. Totally unethical. She is also one of Buccini/Pollin’s beneficiaries. Leg Hall fixer Bobby Byrd has publicly promised to raise Heffernan all the money she will need. Cotto has pledged to take no corporate money. It’s no secret that the incumbent has been virtually invisible. She didn’t even show up for the reorganization of her own district committee on Monday. Becca doesn’t expect to outspend Deb. But she can raise enough money to be competitive which, with her burgeoning grassroots support, makes this race one of the best opportunities for a progressive pickup this cycle. Help her out. Right here! Just click on that orange ‘Donate’ button.
2. And Then There Were–Five. A five-way D primary to succeed Sen. Bruce Ennis in the 14th SD. The latest entry, and he looks like he’ll have the construction trades behind him, is Sam Noel. All carpenters, all the time. I suppose you could do worse in this district. Having said that, four out of the five filed candidates will lose this primary. If someone would just switch to challenge Ol’ Lumpy Carson, they’d likely have better than a 50% chance of winning. Hey, all I can do is suggest, I can’t make anybody switch.
3. Colin’s Three-Way. No, he doesn’t have the energy for that. Will Bonini have enough energy to fend off both Kent County Levy Court Commissioner Eric Buckson and NRA gun nut Kim Petters in an R primary for his Senate seat? What do our Kentco pundits think?
4. R Bryan Shupe Gets A Primary. His name? Patrick Smith. Check out the bow tie. Looks like a clip-on to me. Kinda enjoy this excerpt from his bio:
Patrick spends most of his time working around their property, hunting, or socializing with friends. Patrick is an avid fan of local craft breweries.
Ho-kay. Hadn’t heard of much R dissatisfaction with Shupe, but, hey, I don’t live there.
5. Rethug Primary In RD 4. The district that was transplanted from Wilmington and NCC to Suxco. The new candidate is Jeff Hilovsky, a retired USAF Medical Commander. At first blush, quite the credible candidate. The other candidate is Brad Layfield, a high school principal. A prospective D candidate, Keegan Worley, has filed a committee, but hasn’t yet filed for office.
6. Filings: D State Treasurer Colleen Davis; State Rep. Ruth Briggs King (R-37th RD).
That’s all I’ve got. What’d I miss, and whaddayathink?