The way candidacies get going is you hear about them on the Grapevine.
|
U.S. Senate, Democrats |
Joe Biden |
Incumbent |
It looks like the only way to get Biden out of the
Senate would be to put him in a Cabinet |
|
U.S. Senate, Republicans |
Christine O'Donnell |
'06 Senate write-in candidate |
The Republicans appear to be signaling their
interest in this race with a white flag |
|
U.S. House of Representatives, Republicans |
Mike Castle |
Incumbent |
The Democrats' current strategy for taking this seat
is waiting until Castle retires |
|
U.S. House of Representatives, Democrats |
Karen Hartley-Nagle Mike Miller |
'06 congressional primary loser Candidate in '00, '02 |
It is not good when the only candidates who
are interested already lost before |
|
Governor, Democrats |
John Carney Jack Markell |
Lt. governor Treasurer |
This is the Delaware version of a Clinton-Obama
standoff |
|
Governor, Republicans |
Bill Lee Mike Protack |
'04 nominee Pilot |
Republicans are wearing their old "Draft Judge Lee" buttons |
|
Lieutenant governor, Republicans |
Charlie Copeland
|
Sen. minority leader |
The party seems headed for a Lee-Copeland ticket |
|
Lieutenant governor, Democrats |
Matt Denn Ted Blunt |
Ins. commissioner City council pres |
The winner gets to run in the general election
against a du Pont family member |
|
Insurance commissioner, Democrats |
Gene Reed Jr. Karen W. Stewart Tom Savage |
Ins. Dept. director Candidate in '00, '04
Retired firefighter |
It is hard to believe so many people are earnest
about being insurance commissioner |
|
Insurance commissioner, Republicans |
John Brady |
Sussex row officer |
Get Brady. He'll run for anything, even insurance
commissioner. He won two different county row
offices, and now he's going statewide |