One More Day to File
The 62 District Strategy has been achieved in the Senate. Democrats have recruited Michael Katz to run for Gavin Newsom’s…er ah… Charlie Copeland’s seat in the 4th. He awaits the winner of a three way Republican primary. We have recruited Gary Downes to face Republican Senator Gary Simpson in the 18th. Democrats have a five seat majority (13-8), and with them defending three open seats, it is impossible for them to even gain seats this cycle. Indeed, it will be a moral victory for the Republicans if they do not lose any more seats. I say it is highly likely that the Democrats will pick up at least one, maybe two, of the open seats. Probably the 10th, but the 17th is a possibility as well.
In the House, we are apparently not challenging Lavelle (11th), Hudson (12th), Manolakos (20th), Miro (22nd), Oberle (24th), Outten (30th), Blakely (34th), Carey (36th), Hocker (38th), and Lee (40th).
10 Republicans that we are not holding accountable. That is unacceptable, but I am encouraged by Representative Gilligan’s comments last week that by 2010, we will be challenging every seat. And there is still more time to file. The deadline is tomorrow.
Below the fold there is a chart of all of the races this fall. I am trying to find all the candidate’s websites, if they have them. If you know of one that I do not have, post it in the comments. Thanks.
|
District |
Candidate | Website |
|
02 |
Margaret Rose Henry | www.senatorhenry.com |
|
03 |
Robert I Marshall | |
|
04 |
Michael S. Katz | |
|
04 |
Richard Abbott | |
|
04 |
John Clatworthy | |
|
04 |
Michael Fleming | |
|
06 |
Liane Sorenson | www.lianesorenson.com |
|
06 |
John McKenzie | |
|
06 |
Michael Terranova | |
|
10 |
Bethany A. Hall-Long | http://www.bethanyhall-long.us/ |
|
10 |
James David Weldin | www.WeldinForSenate.com |
|
11 |
Anthony J. DeLuca | |
|
16 |
Harold E. Stafford | |
|
16 |
Colin Bonini | |
|
17 |
Brian J. Bushweller | |
|
17 |
James L Hutchison | |
|
18 |
Gary Downes | |
|
18 |
F. Gary Simpson | |
|
21 |
Robert L. Venables Sr. | |
|
District |
Representative | Website |
|
01 |
Dennis P. Williams | |
|
02 |
Hazel D. Plant | |
|
02 |
Robert E. Brown | |
|
03 |
Helene M. Keeley | |
|
04 |
Gerald L. Brady | |
|
05 |
Melanie George Marshall | |
|
06 |
Diana M. McWilliams | |
|
07 |
Bryon H. Short | |
|
07 |
James Bowers | |
|
08 |
S. Quinton Johnson IV | |
|
08 |
Martha B. Sturtevant | www.Martha08.com |
|
09 |
Rebecca Walker | |
|
09 |
Richard C. Cathcart | |
|
10 |
Dennis E. Williams | |
|
10 |
Robert J. Valihura, Jr. | www.valihura.com |
|
11 |
Gregory F. Lavelle | www.greglavelle.com |
|
12 |
Deborah D. Hudson | |
|
13 |
John L. Mitchell, Jr. | |
|
14 |
Peter C. Schwartzkopf | |
|
15 |
Valerie Longhurst | |
|
16 |
James Johnson | |
|
17 |
Michael Mulrooney | |
|
17 |
David Lee Osborn | |
|
18 |
Michael A. Barbieri | |
|
18 |
Terry R. Spence | |
|
19 |
Robert F. Gilligan | |
|
20 |
Nick T. Manolakos | |
|
21 |
Patricia D. Creedon | |
|
22 |
Joseph E. Miro | |
|
23 |
Teresa L. Schooley | www.terryschooley.com |
|
23 |
Jesse Priester IV | |
|
24 |
William A. Oberle, Jr. | |
|
25 |
John A. Kowalko, Jr. | www.johnkowalko.com |
|
26 |
John J. Viola | RepJohnViola.net |
|
26 |
Jeremy Filliben | www.JeremyFilliben.com |
|
27 |
Earl Jaques | |
|
27 |
James L Spencer | |
|
27 |
Vincent A. Lofink | |
|
28 |
William J Carson | |
|
29 |
W. Charles Paradee, III | |
|
30 |
William R. Outten | |
|
31 |
Darryl M Scott | www.darrylscott.org |
|
31 |
Nancy H. Wagner | |
|
32 |
E. Bradford Bennett | |
|
32 |
Donna Stone | |
|
33 |
Robert E. Walls | |
|
33 |
Harold J Peterman | |
|
34 |
Donald A Blakey | |
|
35 |
L. Aaron Chaffinch | |
|
35 |
David L. Wilson | |
|
36 |
V. George Carey | |
|
37 |
Helen C. Truitt | |
|
37 |
Joseph W. Booth | |
|
38 |
Gerald W. Hocker | |
|
39 |
Jerry L. Semper | JerrySemper.com |
|
39 |
Daniel B. Short | www.DannyShort.com |
|
40 |
Clifford G. Lee | |
|
41 |
Gregory A. Hastings | VoteHastings.com |
|
41 |
John Atkins | |
|
41 |
Barbara Lifflander |
Comment by cassandra_m on 24 July 2008 at 11:12 am:
Tyler Nixon in State Rep 04 is missing from this list, DD, unless I’ve missed something….
Comment by Delaware Dem on 24 July 2008 at 12:00 pm:
D’oh! How could I forget him. Wait…has he filed yet?? This chart is from the ballot qualified candidates list. Hmmmm….
Comment by below the canal on 24 July 2008 at 12:07 pm:
Quinn Johnson’s (8th RD) website is quinnjohnson.org. Becky Walker (9th) also has a website, though I’m not sure what it is and google doesn’t return either of them.
We can’t seem to get the deldems or the DE elections folks to post these sites on their pages…any help could be greatly appreciated!
Comment by Nancy Willing on 24 July 2008 at 12:45 pm:
Tyler Nixon hasn’t filed? huh.
Pingback by Gaping Open Positions (on the ballot) | DelawarePolitics.net on 24 July 2008 at 2:06 pm:
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Comment by RSmitty on 24 July 2008 at 2:58 pm:
Tyler is now officially in for RD4.
You now have an official primary for SD4, too! Welcome to the fun!
NAME – FILE DATE
Michael S. Katz – July 3, 2008
Dee Durham – July 24, 2008
Comment by delawaredem on 24 July 2008 at 8:12 pm:
Thanks RSmitty.
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