Tag: State House of Representatives

Jim Westhoff Announces Run for 35th District Representative

Filed in National by on April 27, 2010 16 Comments

Jim Westhoff — from Greenwood, DE — announced his run as the Democratic candidate for the 35th State Representative seat.  The seat is currently held by first-term GOP Rep David Wilson.  He may seem vaguely familiar to lots of people — he is a spokesman for DelDOT and was the person speaking for them during […]

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Has Delaware’s 2010 Biggest Political Blunder Already Taken Place?

Filed in National by on January 4, 2010 23 Comments

Unless there’s an even bigger example of political and policy stupidity waiting in the wings, the answer is Yes, and it was announced in December of 2009. This example of political and public policy malpractice, unless reversed, will likely lead to the Democrats losing control of the State House of Representatives. And it will be on […]

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Breaking: State Rep. Announces Retirement

Filed in National by on December 4, 2009 21 Comments

I have been told on good authority that State Representative  V. George Carey (R-Milford) tonight announced that he will retire at the conclusion of his current term. The D’s reportedly have a superb possible candidate in the wings, Russ McCabe, former state archivist.  I’ve known Russ casually for awhile, and I can tell you that […]

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Help Out Trey Paradee This Weekend

Filed in Delaware by on September 29, 2009 3 Comments

Trey Paradee, who lost what former Phils’ manager Danny Ozark called a ‘cliff-dweller’ to State Rep. Pam Thornburg for the 29th RD seat in 2008, will host a fundraiser for the 29th RD committee and for ‘Democratic candidates’ on Sunday. I think this is the first announcement of its type for which I’ve shilled (thanks for […]

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