If you’re reading this from the First State, well, finish the article and then head to the polls because it’s your primary election day!
Obviously there are a lot of local races going on, but the statewide attention has been on the race for Governor on the Democrat side as State Treasurer Jack Markell and current Lieutenant Governor John Carney slug it out in an election filled with charges and counter-charges. A recent salvo from Markell’s campaign accused Carney of “Republican-style attacks”:
…more special interest money is being dumped into the race, with the National Rifle Association helping to prop up Carney’s failing campaign by using the usual untrue Republican-style attacks. The NRA is spreading the lie that Jack will take away law-abiding citizens’ gun rights.
Nothing could be further from the truth. To quote Jack’s plan from weeks ago: “Markell’s plan focuses on keeping guns away from criminals by making it harder for criminals to get weapons and getting criminals off the street.” The fact is that Delaware has seen significant increases in murders and gun violence this year. We all have a right to safety and to live in our neighborhoods without fear of being caught in the crossfire of illegal guns. (All emphasis in original.)
I guess it’s armed guards at every Delaware household if Markell is elected, since otherwise the only way to make it harder for the criminals to get weapons is to take away your right to purchase your own. (Perhaps the NRA has a point, or is my pointing this out a Republican attack? And I don’t even live in Delaware, I just bowl there and have a few good friends in the First State.) By the way, I wonder why the NRA isn’t helping out Republican candidate Bill Lee?
Anyway, as a refresher I discuss the Governor’s race here, and cover the federal races for Congressman and Senator as well. In all of these, the Democrats have all the choices as only one Republican stood for election (Mike Protack is still on the GOP ballot for Governor but also advanced to the November ballot on the Independent Party of Delaware ticket.) For the statewide downticket races, I link the candidate websites in the left-hand column.
Once Delaware’s results are known, I’ll go ahead and remove the losers from my link list and add the races of interest for a number of political action committees I’m following. It’ll be a good opportunity to see how much impact they have come November in swaying various races.
And because I posted this at an earlier time than normal, you may have not seen last night’s news item on a Democrat smear website. Who’s really buying influence?
