Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending November 6, 2025
“We are kings of our bikes. So, we are again really lucky to live in Rehoboth, when we park a car, we have to get back into the car. We can hop on our bikes and our ritual is that we are always biking from our home to L(ewe)s. We do a little bit of walking around, a little bit of margarita, a little bit of good food – there’s amazing food then bike right back. So the ritual, on our bikes, every chance we can, any place we can go, and eliminate the cars.”–Dan Cruce.
As of about noon yesterday, I had nothing for this column. Was going to pull the plug for the week.
However, with two filings and a bleepload of rumors from last night’s Spotlight Delaware event, I’m now locked and loaded.
1. D Andrew Gunnar Demarest files committee for RD 40 seat. Currently held by the (Extreme Right-)Reverend Tim Dukes. Which reminds me, has anyone heard of ‘The University Of Valley Forge’, ostensibly Dukes’ alma mater? Time for some research…here ya’ go. Anyway, Demarest is either Marketing Manager for ‘a full-service professional land surveying, geospatial, and consulting services firm’ and/or an employee of the Seaford School District (based on his e-mail address). RD 40 (Seaford, Laurel and environs) has a solid R registration edge, 4848 D, 7810 R, 6297 I.
2. R Matt Bucher files committee for RD 33 seat. He’s the VP of the Milford School District Board Of Education. Not especially impressed with his views on education. The incumbent is R Charles Postles, who is ‘an outspoken supporter of the agricultural community’. As opposed to a soft-spoken supporter of the agricultural community. Don’t know if this means Postles is not seeking reelection, or if there will be a primary. Registration is 6145 D, 6481 R, 7018 I. District tends to skew more R than the registration might suggest.
3. Rumors And Innuendo. They were flowing freely at last night’s Spotlight Delaware event. I’ll present them to you in the forms of questions:
Which (apparently-delusional) Delaware political figure harbors Presidential aspirations?
Which (clearly-delusional) Delaware political figure hopes to run for the same office that they ran for in 2024–and lost?
Which Pakistani resident is considering returning to the United States to challenge the representative who basically forced him off the Red Clay School Board? (I know, some questions are easier than others.) Uh, wouldn’t he have to reestablish residency first? BTW, Elaine Manlove isn’t around any more to flout election law like she did with Speaker Pete’s protegee, Kathleen McGuiness. I mean, at least Park City was in the US.
Which wealthy 2024 campaign contributor plans to spend beaucoups bucks to challenge those legislators who had the temerity to vote against SB 21? Perhaps it’s just me, but those who did the right thing should wear this as a badge of honor. But, it’s his money.
That’s all I’ve got this week. What’d I miss, and whaddayathink?
feels like a trick question, but i’ll take a shot:
#1 You know that twice a day, Chris Coons looks himself in the mirror and practices different enunciations of “My fellow americans,” searching for some kind of executive gravitas. It ain’t there.
#2 BHL tries for guv in ’28, on the assumption that the critical block of NCCO voters that rejected her last year will still be agitated about the reassessment.
#3 It would be kinda funny if he showed up and then was intermediately sent to ICE detention.
#4 I actually think there are are more than a few donors that fit this description, some of which are directly involved in the CRI. I’m thinking they pool their funds, set up some shell layers, and form a PAC to hide that the corpradem challengers are being funded by R’s. Someone whose name rhymes with “dopeland” would certainly be interested.
This is somewhat easy….
1) Matt Meyer is always looking past the office he’s in. He basically started running for Governor 6 months into being CE. And Matt is delusional with a whole lot of luck, running against Gordon and BHL.
2) Yes we all knew BHL would never just go away. These people can’t, it’s in their DNA. They never get the hint their time is over….
3) Oh we know who that is. That be funny.
4) Lots of old rich white guys who don’t really matter. They keep trying to take out WFP folks and keep losing.
There’s a specific answer to #4, we’ll just see if anybody gets it.
Phil Shawe?
Dingdingding!
#3 was on the Christina Board and I’ll be amazed if he comes back to answer questions on his COVID relief awards.
Thanks for the correction.
I’m well past the point where I should trust my memory for anything.
Matt Meyer does not want to be president but I imagine Mike Ramone does want to run against him again because he keeps posting things on Facebook like he is going to do so.
Uh, if you say so.