And you just KNOW that Elon Musk’s attorneys are paying for these Robocalls. Give up?
“Ray Seigfried: A trusted ally for women’s rights. Hi, ______, it’s Sen. Nicole Poore. I want to personally thank Sen. Ray Seigfried (via robocall) for his steadfast leadership–voting to protect women’s reproductive freedom into our state constitution (something Shay Frisby would never have done, right, Nicole?) and backing vital expansions for women’s health, including diagnostic services and treatment for menopause.
We need champions like Ray who protect our healthcare rights. In this fight, we need every reliable vote we (meaning Elon’s corporate attorneys) can get. Ray Seigfried has proven he will stand up, speak out, and vote right alongside us when it matters most.”
Is this mic on? Now that Our PAL Val is stuck in legal limbo, Nicole Poore is without a doubt the single most corrupt legislator currently serving in Delaware. Y’know, I think I’ve written about it. Why, yes, yes I have. Many times. So has Cris Barrish:
When Jobs for Delaware Graduates was seeking a new executive director in 2014, the agency wanted someone with a master’s degree who had worked in public education, had managed at a nonprofit, and could build relationships with state legislators.
Having connections with lawmakers was critical for the nonprofit that relies almost solely on state funding to help students overcome barriers and pursue academic, career, personal and social success.
JDG, as the agency is known, didn’t hire a leader with an advanced degree or experience in K-12 schools, though.
The agency did, however, hire someone with the strongest of connections to the General Assembly.
JDG chose an actual legislator — first-term state Sen. Nicole Poore.
Poore had only a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice and had never worked in education. Instead, she’d held managerial jobs in the health care industry and corporate worlds, with six months at a nonprofit children’s health care facility.
But the Democrat checked perhaps the biggest qualification box for JDG — the ability to network with government officials who control the state’s purse strings.
WHYY News, which reviewed state contracts, bid documents and payment data for more than a decade, found that in fiscal year 2025, JDG’s taxpayer dollars came from:
- An annual payment of exactly $1,395,197 from fellow lawmakers that’s among the top few stipends in the Grant-in-Aid bill to nonprofits and volunteer fire companies. In 2017 and 2018, Poore was on the Joint Finance Committee that allocated Grant-in-Aid money to her agency.
- Contracts worth about $2.7 million with schools and three state departments: Education, Health and Social Services, and Services for Children, Youth & Their Families. Some contracts haven’t required bidding against other vendors. Poore sits on the Senate Education and Health and Social Services committees.
- A contract that paid JDG nearly $500,000 with the Department of Labor and its affiliate, the Delaware Workforce Development Board that has Poore as a member.
Yes she’s unethical. Yes, I’m glad that Cris Barrish has written this story. Somebody (other than me, apparently) should have written the story back in 2017.
Ray Seigfried enthusiastically sold out to Elon Musk’s attorneys at the first opportunity. Once he was sworn in following the Special Election to serve out the term of Kyle Evans Gay, who had been elected Lieutenant Governor, his very first official act was to sign on to SB 21 as a co-sponsor. You know, the bill that was rushed through the General Assembly in three weeks because Musk had thrown a shit-fit at not being legally permitted to collect an obscene salary at the expense of his company’s shareholders.
Now, Musk’s attorneys are desparately trying to salvage these two non-entities by throwing gobs of money at their campaigns. Call it what it is: corruption.
Nicole Poore and Ray Seigfried deserve each other. If there’s any justice, they’ll be shedding tears at the Richards Layton & Finger Victory Party on September 15.
