Who do you think will succeed John Carney as Governor of Delaware?
From the sharp crack of the starter’s pistol, the results were never in doubt. Bethany Hall Long is the DL readers & lurkers predicted next Governor of Delaware with 36%. I’ve comment rescued a fairly cogent comment on the topic below. As for the rest, Matt Meyer was second with 20%. DEGOPers contributed some nonsense as they tend to do and Tabatha Castro has burst onto the scene with 17%.
This week’s poll is a bit of a follow up and one that asks you to put on your campaign consultancy hat.
Which issue should Bethany Hall Long pick to be her signature issue in the upcoming gubernatorial race?
I think it’s BHL race to lose. She has sussex, Kent and sncc locked up. She works hard, has built name recognition the last 8 years and I think will perform better in the city than many think.
Matt Meyer will raise more money and prob run a sexier campaign. But his unimpressive 56 percent in the democratic primary for his re election showed how much he pissed off segments of the democratic coalition, like labor and much of south of the canal due to his developer ties. Matt’s a nice guy but I think he’s comes off fake to many outside the Uber rich areas that made him county exec like hockesin and Greenville. He ran against an old corpse Tom Gordon and got a lot of votes first time around for not being Tom Gordon.
I don’t see any other viable lanes. Mcguiness is cooked. Trini is a hack happy to have a state job. Lydia York is happy to be auditor. Colleen Davis is happy to be treasurer. Wild card who would have a shot is Kathleen Jennings but not seeing her get in at this point.
Can someone from leg hall make a run? Maybe but I don’t see them as as viable. To me McBride wants to be in DC one day not Dover.
Now the LT gov race? Once again that will be a free for all and have no clue.