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Delaware Political Weekly: Oct. 13-19, 2012

Filed in National by on October 19, 2012 80 Comments

The political world in western Sussex returns to normal. While there will likely be some confusion on the R side, Eric Bodenweiser’s full withdrawal from the 19th Senate District race virtually guarantees that Brian Pettyjohn will keep this crimson red senate seat in the R column come November. Bodenweiser’s name will not appear on the ballot. While voters indeed will have to write in Pettyjohn’s name, the DOE will make it as easy as possible for people to do so, and I don’t think it will be close. Don’t blame Jane Hovington. She stepped up and took one for the team, whatever that team might be in western Sussex. Which begs this thought: You’ve got a moribund Democratic Party in western Sussex. You’ve got a growing Latino and minority population base that has next to no voice in the official party structure there. A party structure that is almost gone. I see a great opportunity to build a new and more inclusive Democratic Party in western Sussex. With grassroots leadership from these growing populations. It’s not as if there’s gonna be a revival of the good ol’ boys Democrats there. There’s a political vacuum. Fill it, amigos.

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Will Eric Bodenweiser Withdraw From His Senate Race?

Filed in National by on October 5, 2012 32 Comments

Bill Colley of WGMD seems to think so.  Here’s what he wrote on his Facebook page: “After speaking with Eric Bodenweiser I get the impression he may withdraw from his Senate race.”

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