No, I’m not gonna do a deep dive on every report. But I will highlight anything that I find noteworthy. I took a quick look at the reports last night, and I noticed that the Schell Brothers and their family are all over these reports. And we’re not just talking Suxco. Meaning, they’ve got shit they want done, and they’re willing to bribe, I mean, contribute to, legislators to help them do it.
Deep breath, cold-brew coffee at the ready, let’s go:
There is a Mondo Bizarro report from something called the ‘State And Local Election Alliance’. They purport to challenge ‘election deniers‘. I suspect they’re interested in far more than that. AI, maybe? Started with over $6 mill in the bank, raised another $2.4 mill. Pages and pages of contributors, none of them from Delaware. There is, however, a Delaware connection. The PAC spent over $498,000 on media services for The Other Michael Smith.
A third-party ‘First State Future’ PAC spent $81 K on direct mail and TV advertising supporting the Bad Guys and opposing the Good Guys. A lot of it on local TV. That’s $81K since the 30-day report.
Yet another Third Party PAC ‘Delaware LEAD’ spent about $11K on mail for Krista Griffith and Ed Mulvihill, bringing their total this year to $78K for the Forces Of Ee-vil.
The Delaware CAN Third Party Advertiser PAC spent about $49K on behalf of Nnamdi Chukwuocha, Ed Mulvihill, Krista Griffith, Kim Williams, Dan Cruce, Spiros Mantzavinos, and Nicole Poore.
The Schell Family has a PAC called ‘First State Service’, started with $225K, added another $100K, then transferred $200K to two LLC’s. One PAC, SKD Knickerbocker, ‘provides political consulting services to political candidates, campaigns, and issue advocacy groups. SKDK describes itself as a full-service public affairs practice that offers crisis communications, branding, marketing, media training, digital/social media advice, speech writing, and message development. The other, Tapp Networks LLC, is a pro-AI growth vehicle. You know, as in data centers. Let’s see if these two PACs pop up on any other reports. I’m betting ‘yes’.
The Delaware REALTORS PAC spent over $38K on behalf of Nnamdi Chukwuocha, Stephanie Bolden, Lumpy Carson, Dan Cruce, and Ray Seigfried. Gee, anyone see a pattern emerging here?
Looks like at least one Third Party PAC is helping progressive candidates. The Progressive Democrats Of Delaware Third-Party PAC has spent about $26K for mailers for Dr. Keonna Watson, Adriana Bohm, Michelle Booker, Lachelle Paul, and Tye Greer (yay!).
The Schell family is all over the 8-day report for Ayanna Khan-Flowers, who clearly is a plant for some sort of corporate interests. She’s running in the three-way D primary to succeed Kevin Hensley.
Lumpy Carson’s 8-day report befits someone completely in thrall to the Delaware Way. Every single donation he got was from a PAC, with the exception of one ‘Rickey Horsey’. Hmmm, could ‘Rickey Horsey’ be a synonym for, say, the Harness Breeders’ Association? Sorry, mere (br)idle speculation.
The Schell Family is also coming to the aid of noted Suxco politico Stephanie Bolden. I kid, I kid. What’s weird about that Bolden report isn’t how much she’s raised, but how little she’s spent. A retirement nest egg, perhaps?
You know who contributed $10 K to the House Democrats coffers? Kalshi, the ‘prediction market’ company. Hey, man, small price to pay for keeping that rip-off legal.
Here’s another hinky PAC to peruse. Justice For All. While I think it’s essentially a pass-through on behalf of AG Jennings’ campaign ($50 K donated by the Democratic Attorneys General Association), we’ve also got contributions from Colin Bonini and, yes, an additional $15K from Kalshi (see above). Over $170 K has been transferred to yet another media corporation, Canal Partners Media LLC. Betcha that name pops up on AG Jennings’ report.
John Carney’s PAC, Wilmington Strong, contributed the max to two candidates–Dan Cruce and Nnamdi Chukwuocha. You were perhaps expecting something different?
Josue Ortega raised $650 since the 30-day report–$600 of it from the Chemours Corporation.
Yep, the Schells pop up on Franklin Cooke’s 8-day report as well. Hey, he can be bought cheap.
OK, I think I’m up to date. More reports will surface throughout the day. I’ll be back.
