Delaware
BREAKING: Working Families Party Of Delaware Endorses Six Candidates For The General Assembly
The announcements were made at a Working Families Party event this morning at the Wilmington PAL. The following were endorsed: Adrianna Leela Bohm, SD 1. Running against incumbent Dan Cruce. Shay Frisby, SD 5. Running against incumbent Ray Seigfried. Shané Darby, RD 1. Running against incumbent Nnamdi Chukwuocha, maybe. He hasn’t yet filed. Rae Krantz, […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 30, 2026
1. BREAKING: Nicole Poore Has A Challenger! Keonna Watson. Got this in my e-mail yesterday evening: Friend, I am Delaware. I was raised in New Castle County—shaped by these streets, these neighborhoods, and the people who showed up for one another when systems too often failed us. My roots run deep here. My parents were […]
Delaware Way Insiders Try To Foist Ed Mulvihill On RD 6 Democrats
By insiders, I mean at least two of Delaware’s top corporate lobbyists, and blood relatives of Tiny Tony DeLuca. As you know, Deb Heffernan announced her retirement last week. She will not run for reelection. A great candidate, Rachel ‘Rae’ Krantz, has been running for that seat for several months now. She would be an […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 23, 2026
1. Deb Heffernan Announces Retirement. This is big. Big big. I had learned while campaigning for Becca Cotto back in 2022 that Heffernan had a lot of residual goodwill in that district. Cotto ran a great race, far exceeded her projected ‘win’ number (the number of votes the ‘calculus’ suggested she needed to reach to win), […]
BREAKING: Rep. Deb Heffernan Announces Retirement!
You know what to do. Here’s where you do it: https://www.raefordelaware.com/ You just know that the Finnigans and the Byrds will be looking for an easily-malleable insider to try to fill that seat. Time to really rally around Rae!
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 23, 2026
It’s more challenging writing an interesting legislative piece on Thursdays. Little, other than committee hearings, happens on Wednesdays. And there are no committee meetings on Thursdays. Basically, the agendas are pretty much the only items worth discussing today. Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Thankfully, there are some substantive (if not universally desirable) bills for […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Weds., April 22, 2026
Oops, I missed something yesterday and, for the newbies, this will (very narrowly) expand your knowledge base. The House ran a Consent Agenda on Tuesday. A consent agenda consists of non-controversial and often inconsequential legislation. Several bills, in other words, to be approved by a single roll call. At the request of any legislator, an […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 21, 2026
One of this session’s key bills highlights today’s House Agenda. HB 400 (Harris) increases business licensing fees assessed by the Department of State. In other words, modest increases for LLC’s and corporations who choose to make Delaware their official home. We’re not talking about mom-and-pop businesses, and we’re mostly not talking about business entities who […]
DL Open Thread Saturday, April 18, 2026
Whoopee! Trump says the Strait of Iran (sic) is open again! And you can believe what Trump says, right? Especially on Friday afternoons. Tell ya what, though, you go through first. No links because at publication time nobody actually has any clear idea of what’s going on. It seems Secretary of Belligerence Pete Hegseth isn’t […]
Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending April 16, 2026
1. Rep. Ronald Gray Announces Retirement, Suggests Successor: State Rep. Ron Gray (R-38th) is not running for an eighth two-year term, but is instead supporting Fenwick Island businesswoman Carlie Carey — former owner of One Coastal restaurant — to succeed him. “We talked to some different people, and someone suggested her name. We asked her, […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, April 16, 2026
Here is yesterday’s Session Activity Report. Pretty much the only thing I noticed was that a lot of bills with lengthy synopses (enough to fry my synapses) cleared committee. YMMV. Oh, and ‘Christian’ Sen. Richardson has introduced yet another ‘pro-life’ bill called ‘The Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act’. Well, actually, it’s a Senate Substitute, but […]
General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, April 15, 2026
A pretty pro-forma session yesterday. I listened to the Senate Corrections Committee hearing on the Plummer Center and the residents and programs that have now been transferred to a facility in Smyrna. The main takeaway? The Plummer Center ain’t coming back, at least not in its previous capacity. Here is an article about the hearing. Here is […]
Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Well, they’re not exactly back with a bang. The most interesting item on today’s docket, at least to me, is a hearing conducted by the Senate Corrections Committee to address the closing of the Plummer Center in Wilmington (started at 10). I know, it’s already taking place as I write this. I’ll report on it […]
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