Announcing: the 2023-24 Delaware Accountability Project
It took longer than I thought it would, but the 2023-24 Delaware Accountability Project is complete.
If you were sharp-eyed over the weekend, you would have noticed I did the “soft opening” Saturday by adding the “DAP 2023-24” item to my top menu. That’s the new home of the Delaware Accountability Project.
I wrote this summary four years ago, and much of it remains true.
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Without getting too much into it – after all, I want my friends in the First State to read and share the information – it was another discouraging session for the Delaware General Assembly. The nanny state and Trump Derangement Syndrome were out in full force this session, and the DGA continued our fair state’s march to the left. Unfortunately, most of these legislators aren’t going anywhere.
On this year’s DAP I have a series of columns that show whether legislators have primary and/or general election opponents. While the Republicans have gotten better at this, normally these opposition campaigns start very late and lose big thanks to heavy gerrymandering.
This year there were 51 races, and in 8 of the 10 Senate races and 20 of the 41 House races, the winner ran unopposed. In the other 23 elections, only Senate District 6 and 10 House districts had a margin under 20%. (The closest was House District 20 in Sussex County, where the Democrat incumbent eked out a 1.4% victory.) 7 of those 11 were won by Democrats, which is an obvious gain target for Republicans.
It’s time for conservatives to put their money where their mouth is. We need to right this ship of state because I’m sure you’ll see in two years when I revisit the DAP that things are even worse.
Until next time, remember you can Buy Me a Coffee since I have a page there.