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Posted: Nov. 19, 2014
GOTTA GETTA GOVERNOR
By Celia Cohen
Grapevine Political Writer
All of Delaware politics is in a tizzy about the
prospect of a new governor.
It is way too early to call Jack Markell, the
two-term Democratic governor who cannot run again in
2016, a lame duck, but a limping duck? Maybe.
So who should the next governor be?
DEMOCRATS
| NAME |
BACKGROUND |
RUNDOWN |
| Beau Biden |
Attorney general, son of the vice president |
If Beau runs, he clears the field, and the
never-ending speculation about his "small
lesion" will give way to a following of a "large
legion" |
| John Carney |
Congressman, ex-lieutenant governor, past
candidate in a primary for governor |
If Beau does not run, there will be a line
from here to D.C. of Democrats begging Carney to
run |
| Tom Gordon |
New Castle County executive |
Gordon would be the reason there would be a
line of Democrats reaching from here to Carney |
| Matt Denn |
Lieutenant governor, attorney general-elect,
ex-insurance commissioner |
If Beau and Carney do not run, the line of
Democrats swivels from D.C. to the A-G's office
in Wilmington to get Denn to run |
REPUBLICANS
| NAME |
BACKGROUND |
RUNDOWN |
| Ken Simpler |
Treasurer-elect |
Simpler is the only Republican in the field
with the prerequisite -- nobody gets elected
governor anymore without already having run and
won statewide. But he says he will serve a
4-year term for treasurer, and as a "numbers
guy," he gets that 2 does not equal 4 |
| Greg Lavelle |
State Senate minority whip, past state House
minority leader |
Lavelle has been in legislative leadership,
he showed he can duke it out by unseating a
sitting Democratic state senator, and he can
raise great gobs of money |
| Colin Bonini |
State senator |
Is it midway through Bonini's four-year
term? Then he must be running statewide for
something |
| Lacey Lafferty |
Tea Party type, model, retired state trooper |
People who loved Rose Izzo for congresswoman
will love Lacey Lafferty for governor |
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