Given that John Mitchell is unopposed so far for the November elections I finally decided that I should do something about it. Delaware election law allows that when a race is unopposed either major party is permitted to nominate a candidate for the race with a dead line of September 1. So I stopped in at the GOP Headquarters yesterday to see what it would take to secure their nomination for the 13th Representative District. After I expressed my willingness to run against Representative Mitchell there was a short discussion regarding the amount of money needed to run. The GOP estimate was 4 to 5 thousand of personal money and 30 to 50 thousand in fund raising would be needed for the race. I indicated that I had intended to run on a much smaller budget. We ended the conversation with their expressed intention to call me later in the day to discuss the nomination. Still waiting on the phone call. This morning I followed up with another polite email indicating my desire to be nominated and run in the November election. Again, as of this evening no response to the email.
Maybe things move slowly in the political world but at this point I feel that the only way to ensure that someone will run in this race is to ask for help from the members of this forum. If you know someone in the GOP who can help with the nomination please ask them to do so for me. If you would like to write or make a phone call you can contact the GOP at 360 College Square Shopping Center, Newark, DE 19711 Phone 302 668-1954
Most important I feel that the race for the 13th District should not be run unopposed, but just think of the possibilities of replacing an anti-gun incumbent with a pro gun, pro 2nd amendment supporter.
