Delaware

Kids, I want you to consider the twin fates of 'Tiny Tony' DeLuca and John 'Third Chair' Viola.  Both were products of the construction trade power brokers.  Both got jobs…

While the absentee senator cuts a deal to increase the size of the Minquadale landfill, Marie Pinkney campaigns against blatant environmental racism:

Insurance Commissioner (D Primary): Trinidad Navarro vs. Kayode Abegunde.  There are circumstances under which I could be persuaded to consider someone other than Navarro for this office.  This is not…

There aren't very many races, but I find them all to be interesting, albeit often for different reasons: State Senator District 14 (R Primary): Craig Pugh vs. Terrance Baker. Gotta…

--perpetrated on Delaware's unsuspecting voters by...wait, I'm getting ahead of myself. The ads are everywhere. In your mailbox, on the internets, in the paper, all congratulating Coons on having 'won'…

Today featuring primaries for the State House Of Representatives.  Again, in reverse numerical order by district: RD 34 (D Primary): Bob Haynes vs. Ade Koforiji.  Koforiji ran (IMO) a disappointing…

Not a clunker in the bunch: "It is with great pride that Delaware United announces the first round of endorsements for this election season. We have also scheduled our first…

Continuing our trek northward through the statewide primary ballot: President Of Wilmington City Council (D Primary): Hanifa Shabazz vs. Trippi Congo. After all the dust settled at the filing deadline,…

I'm gonna do things a little differently this time around.  I'm gonna start at the bottom of the statewide primary ballot and work my way to the top, stopping along…

Politicians lie. Some lie about where they live.  Dave McBride and Cathy Cloutier are two of them.  As Democratic State Chair Erik Raser-Schramm has made clear, it is unethical to…

The great John Lewis died last week.  A man who was beaten by police for the crime of championing voting rights. A man who rose to Congress and into history…