1. The Collin O’Mara Soon-To-Be Gubernatorial Candidacy. He’s running. I have no idea how he’ll do. Don’t know for sure, but I believe he’s running in the BHL lane that I think is soon to be available. You can’t run a campaign without money, without donors, without staff, and without volunteers. Which is why I see her exiting the race by, or soon after, year’s end. Because I think her financial report will be brutal. Regardless of whether it’s fact or fiction. Looks like Meyer vs. O’Mara to me. Until or unless O’Mara can explain why he was all-in on the Underground City At Ft. DuPont, I’m with Meyer. For a supposed environmental warrior, he facilitated a lot of ill-advised projects, some, like Ft. DuPont, that stunk of corruption.
2. The Kamela Smith Soon-To-Be Candidacy. She’s running. Against Val Longhurst. I have a real good idea how she’ll do. Betcha Val does, too. Get on board as the train is ready to leave the station. The Act Blue is not yet activated as it turns out that it’s a more cumbersome process than it used to be. But head right here, learn about her, and sign up to volunteer.
3. Rethugs Have A Gubernatorial Candidate–Whether They Want One Or Not. One Jerrold Price. Has a similar resume to two-time loser John Marino. Ex-NYC cop, moved to Suxco, took a job as a Rehoboth cop, took a disability retirement, and, well, wants to run for office. Here’s a letter he wrote to the Delaware Cape Gazette back in 2021 that lays out his agenda.
4. Sen. Russ Huxtable Gets An R Opponent In SD 6. Kim Hoey Stevenson, and she’s not from Rethug Central Casting. Three news organizations posted her announcement verbatim w/o ever mentioning that Russ Huxtable is the incumbent. An excerpt:
A lifelong Sussex Countian, Kim is a former educator who taught sixth-grade science at Seaford Middle School and third grade at the Southern Delaware School of the Arts in Selbyville. She currently is the mentor coordinator for the Cape Henlopen School District and is an award-winning author, having been recognized as an Emerging Artist for Literature by the Delaware Division of the Arts in 2023 according to a press release by Stevenson.
She previously served on the Suxco Planning And Zoning Commission. Based on her comments upon retiring, it seems clear that she would have loved to restrict some of the county’s breakneck development, but that the county ordinances prevented her from doing so. I have no idea why she’s an R and/or why she’s not running for Suxco Council.
5. Kayode Abegunde Files His Vanity Candidacy. A non-serious candidate who simply can’t resist the lure of running. Trinidad Navarro deserves a serious primary challenge. He’s not getting it from Abegunde, who shifts comfortably from first- to third-person in his statement:
I am Kayode Abegunde running for Delaware State Insurance Commissioner in 2024. I am a Democrat. Kayode is an advocate for cultural competence. As your 2024 Delaware State Insurance Commissioner Candidate, I will represent and advocate for all to reduce your insurance premiums.
I will enforce the policies aimed at regulating the insurance market.
He got 36% against Navarro in 2020. He also filed a committee to run in RD 17 back in 2017, but doesn’t appear to have run.
That’s all I’ve got. What’d I miss, and whaddayathink?