No, I’m not gonna list stuff like row office primaries. Except when I’m snarking them. In some cases, these are primaries that could have been important had at least one of the candidates proven worthy. In other cases, it’s because only one side is running a campaign. And in some, hey, it’s my list, I make the rules:
“Dr.” Joe Armonio vs. Donyale Hall vs. John Whalen III for the R nomination to lose to Sarah McBride in Delaware’s Congressional race. This serves as a proxy for other races, including the Rethug primary race for Governor, where candidates are running for the right to be the Last Sacrificial Lamb standing. If I still smoked reefer, I might opt to check out a ‘debate’ between the three of them though…
Incumbent D Trinidad Navarro vs. Kayode Abegunde For Insurance Commissioner. This serves as a proxy for other races where the challenger is a chronic name on the ballot. Navarro should have a serious challenger. He didn’t get one.
State Rep. Stephanie Bolden vs. James Taylor In RD 2 Democratic Primary. Why retire when you are now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Buccini/Pollin and your opponent is a refugee from an Anger Management program? A candidate recruitment failure.
Dennis E. Williams vs. Melanie Ross Levin vs. Stephen Jankovic In RD 10 Democratic Primary. Williams reportedly got the RD committee endorsement because, wait for it, he promised to oppose Our PAL Val Longhurst for Speaker. Of course, Williams had promised to back a more progressive team for Speaker back in 2008, lied about it, flipped his support to the Kop Kabal team, and then claimed he had never promised his vote. For that, his dismal record while in office, and a whole lot of other reasons, he is unfit to serve. Melanie Ross Levin has Val’s imprimatur. And Jankovic is a chiropractor with no involvement in public affairs that I can find. Oh, just one more thing. At the risk of pissing off some of my more progressive readers, the Delaware General Assembly can’t do a fucking thing about the Israeli war in Gaza. So, to base an endorsement on one’s position on that is a fool’s errand, IMO. If I lived in that district, I’d probably trade my vote for a nice adjustment on my back. Paging Dr. Jankovic…I can be bought, and you can probably still bill Medicare for it.
Carlucci Coelho vs. Danny Rappa in RD 13 Rethuglican Primary. Two highly-undesirable candidates. One, Coelho, who is against ‘everything good’. The other, Rappa, who is the latest would-be political influencer from the family who ‘funded’ Gene Reed back when the NCC Democratic Party was run pretty much by trade union guys. Back then, most campaign fundraising was delivered in the form of shoe boxes full of money. From his campaign website, cut-and-pasted:
Together, let’s Drive Delware Forward for all Delawareans.
Marcus Henry vs. Karen Hartley-Nagle For NCC Executive. Hey, I support Marcus, have his sign on my lawn, our committee endorsed him. I’ve put this race here because KHN has apparently chosen not to run a campaign. Turns out that ours wasn’t the only committee she stiffed when it came to appealing for our support. I don’t know who she will blame and/or sue when the results come in. If past behavior is a predictor, she will likely do both. But all the money that Jimmy Maravelias might waste on this race will accomplish nothing. Hope he wastes a lot.
There ya go. The decks are now cleared for the MOST Intriguing Primaries. Coming, um, whenever I get around to writing about them.