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Delaware Political Weekly: Week Ending May 7, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 8, 202617 Comments

Conventional wisdom holds that the later one's campaign starts, the less likely it is to be a winning campaign. I mean, it only makes sense, right? A finite number of…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Thursday, May 7, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 7, 20261 Comment

Very happy to see that HS2/HB 151 (Gorman) unanimously passed the Senate yesterday, and now heads to the Governor. No private prisons for Delaware! If you look at the bills…

DL Open Thread: Thursday, May 7, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 7, 2026

Dover's House Of Hope Facing Possible Closure: A Delaware emergency shelter that has served nearly 100 women in the past year — many fleeing violence, battling untreated mental health conditions…

General Assembly Post-Game Wrap-Up/Pre-Game Show: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20261 Comment

Looks like a 'Just the facts, Ma'am' edition today. But I'll try to toss in a little snark to make it, if not interesting, at least readable. Here is yesterday's…

DL Open Thread: Wednesday, May 6, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 6, 20263 Comments

Rep. Spiegelman Tries To Justify Free Trips By Introducing Legislation To 'Clarify' What Is Already The Law. Hey, as long as it brings more public scrutiny to these junkets, I'm…

Did Deb Heffernan, Ed Mulvihill, and Peco Liquors Violate Delaware Campaign Finance Laws?

By El Somnambulo May 5, 202610 Comments

Signs point to 'yes'. Let's take a trip in the Not-So-Wayback Machine to December of 2021. December 30, to be specific. Progressive candidate Becca Cotto is running an insurgent campaign…

DL Open Thread: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 5, 20262 Comments

Delaware Cops Doing Delaware Cops Things. Utterly disgraceful: Delaware Pastor Tony Neal said he turned his life around in the early 1990s after leaving prison. But his criminal record prevented…

Delaware General Assembly Pre-Game Show: Tuesday, May 5, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 5, 20261 Comment

Let's start with two bills whose fates remain uncertain: SB 1(Townsend) was released to great fanfare, and promised to limit increased costs of primary health care. The bill cleared its…

DL Open Thread: Monday, May 4, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 4, 202623 Comments

Melanie Ross Levin Owes Us An Apology. Kids, here's what the State Rep wrote on her Facebook: What is it like being a Democratic Jewish legislator? It means dealing with antisemitism…

DL Open Thread Sunday Magazine: May 3, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 3, 2026

How The Tech World Turned Evil. Some pieces lend themselves to judicious excerpting. This is not such a piece. It's a perfect long-form Sunday morning read. Read it, you'll learn…

BREAKING: Working Families Party Of Delaware Endorses Six Candidates For The General Assembly

By El Somnambulo May 2, 20266 Comments

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.…

DL Open Thread: Saturday, May 2, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 2, 20262 Comments

Delaware Progressives Hit The Big Time--or, at least, CNBC: A progressive wing of the Democratic Party in Delaware is endorsing primary opponents to six incumbent Democratic state lawmakers who pushed…

DL Open Thread: Friday, May 1, 2026

By El Somnambulo May 1, 20262 Comments

Marydel Fire Company--Exception, Or The Rule?: A state audit investigating fraud within the volunteer fire company of a small, unincorporated town along the Delaware-Maryland border revealed tens of thousands of…