Delaware Liberal

It is easy to see the vote margin and view the primary against Coons as misguided. It wasn't. The primary put Coons on the record. It is notice to any candidates for statewide office that Democrats expect Democrats to sound like Democrat's and vote like Democrats.  Seeing Coons discover, during the campaign, that he is a Democrat was amusing but also somewhat gratifying.  Indeed, his statement (see the comments section) upon winning eschews his usual habit of jerking off Republicans in favor of promoting a genuinely Democratic message.   It may be short-lived, and Coons may very well go right back to his obsequious pandering to Republicans, but if he does it will be because he is a shit head, not because he thinks it is effective. Also it is important to note that that Scarane's campaign did not take place in a vacuum. Overlapping progressive primaries twined together on Election Day and GOTV efforts bounce off each other and amplify the individual efforts.  The Leg Hall victories we enjoy today are, in part, Scarane's victories. Her grassroots effort was impacted by having to campaign during Covid. But Scarane showed the gasping-for-breath Democratic Party that progressives are willing to fight, that they not going away and will not be ignored. This is not a race it is a movement. And Scarane kept the pressure on this time. It falls to all of us to ensure that we keep the pressure up and demand Coons and Carper represent actual Delawareans and not Delaware based companies.

Go-along-to-get-along "moderates" had a rough night as a wave of progressive activist replaced a host of "Republican-Lite" incumbent Democrats. Marie Pinkney defeats Dave McBride in SD13. Eric Morrison defeats Earl Jaques in the 27th RD Madinah Wilson-Anton over John Viola Rep. District 26 Sarah McBride won the open seat in SD1 Kyle Evans Gay wins the right to take out Cathy Cloutier in (SD5) in November. Sherae "Rae" Moore wins the 8th RD seat vacated by Republican-Lite Quinton Johnson Adewunmi Kuforiji wins in the 34th.

Crossroads Presbyterian Church notified the Department elections late last week that the church would not be open for Spet 15th primary election - AND THE DEPARTMENT IS JUST GETTING THE NOTICE OUT NOW. The polling pace finder STILL shows Crossroads as my polling place. WTF?

I predict that no matter what happens tomorrow, candidates like Jess Scarane, Sarah McBride, Kyle Evans Gay, Marie Pinkney, Kyra Hoffner, Larry Lambert, Rae Moore, Sean Matthews, Madinah Wilson-Anton, Eric Morrison, Matt Meyer, Ciro Poppiti, and Kevin Caneco are the future of the Delaware Democratic Party and the gasping-for-breath, "Dark Money Dems" are done. If not in this election, in 24 months. (All seats, even Senate seats, are back in play in the next election.) Read this about Rhode Island if you haven't yet and tell me it doesn't sound like Delaware. The people I mention above (and other great insurgent candidates) just need to stay in the fight between elections.  Keep your campaigns in place, and the intellectually and physically exhausted Ennis/Jaques/Carney/BHL/Carney/Coons Democratic Party will be ousted. If not now... soon.

Studies show that nothing beats face to face interaction for influencing voters. While that is out these day, friends and neighbors have an inside track when it comes to getting a message out - particularly when it comes to getting the message out about insurgent primary campaigns. That's why I got the "Vote Builder" list for Dems in my neighborhood who voted in primaries and put together this little door hanger including a little note from me. They are going out to 88 neighbors today and tomorrow.