Posted: Sept. 6, 2012
The polls will be open all over Delaware, as both the
Democrats and the Republicans have statewide primaries.
Along with a smattering of legislative contests, they
make up the Top Ten state races to be decided on
Tuesday, Sept. 11.
| Office |
Party |
Candidates |
Rundown |
| U.S. Senate |
D |
Tom Carper
Keith
Spanarelli |
People may be surprised to hear Carper has a
primary against Spanarelli, a walk-on candidate
who did not mind blowing $10,000 on a filing fee |
| U.S. House |
R |
Tom
Kovach
Rose
Izzo |
If Kovach, the New Castle County Council
president who has the party's endorsement, does
not crush Izzo, a political loner, it will be
the saddest commentary yet on the Republican
Party |
| Insurance commissioner |
D |
Karen Weldin Stewart
Mitch
Crane
P.
Gallagher
D.
Spivack |
Stewart did not have enough clout to keep
Crane from getting the party endorsement, but
she could have enough to divide-and-conquer
three challengers |
| Senate 11th Brookside-Christiana |
D |
Tony DeLuca
Bryan
Townsend |
DeLuca, the president pro tem, is a
reward-your-friends-and-punish-your-enemies type
whose style brought him a primary, but he should
get by with a little help from his political
friends, including the governor |
| Senate 6th Lewes-Rehoboth-Dewey-Milton |
R |
Ernie
Lopez
Glen
Urquhart |
This seat is new, due to redistricting, but
the race has a familiar divide with Lopez
drawing support from party regulars and Urquhart
from tea partiers |
| Senate 6th Lewes-Rehoboth-Dewey-Milton |
D |
Bob Frederick Mike Miller
Andy Staton |
The new seat was irresistible on the
Democratic side, too. Staton has prime backing
from the governor and Pete Schwartzkopf, the
House majority leader, against Frederick, the
ex-mayor of Dewey Beach, and Miller, a perennial
candidate |
| Senate 19th Bridgeville-Georgetown-Long
Neck |
R |
Joe Booth
Eric
Bodenweiser |
Booth is running for his political life
against the tea partiers and his own boneheaded
play to get himself on the public payroll at
Sussex Tech |
| House 2nd Wilmington |
D |
Stephanie Bolden
Arthur Scott |
Bolden is getting a race from Scott, an
ex-representative who lost his seat 10 years ago
in the last round of redistricting |
| House 22nd Hockessin-Pike Creek Valley |
R |
Nick Manolakos
Joe Miro |
Redistricting is the reason for this
member-against-member primary |
| House 32nd Dover |
D |
Andria Bennett
Bill
McGlumphy |
A second DUI stop kept Brad Bennett from
running for re-election, so his wife is running
instead. It is McGlumphy, who spent 10 years on
the Dover City Council, against "Brandria" |
