And it works too! Just look at what they’ve done in Delaware. This sends an undeniable message to move left and focus on working families. A Republican winning sends the opposite message. That’s the calculus 3/ https://t.co/qyvo4XQk0T
If you want to break a duopoly, getting on ballots isn’t enough. You need to recruit a base that exists outside of election cycles. This is why I love @WorkingFamilies model. They have strategically targeted key states and races with a long term goal of national viability. 2/
What a night! Here are our primary victories and what they mean for Delaware’s future.
Up first, Kamela Smith defeated Speaker Val Longhurst, who was in office since 2004 and part of leadership for over a decade. This victory will represent a huge change in how Dover works.
The 2024 Primary in DE-15th HD, a contest between Working Families Party Supported Kamela Smith—an employee of ChristianaCare, Delaware's largest hospital system—and Newly minted House Speaker Valerie Longhurst resulted in the ouster of the first Female DE House Speaker.
Yesterday, first-time candidate Kamela Smith beat District 15’s incumbent of nearly two decades, House Speaker Valerie Longhurst.
How did it happen, and what does it mean for the future of progressive candidates in Delaware 👇🏼
https://t.co/OHKCbK5i0W
RESULT, and a big one, in Delaware during the debate:
Delaware's state Speaker has lost her reelection bid in the Democratic primary tonight, to a progressive challenger endorsed by the Working Families Party.
Kamela Smith beats Speaker Valerie Longhurst by roughly 6%.
#BREAKING Delaware Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long’s political campaigns repeatedly violated state law by not disclosing payments made to her husband, a report from the state Department of Elections concluded.
https://t.co/TrwFPIUnsu
I am incredibly perturbed by the fact that we were promised adequate time to deliberate on substantive bills coming from the CLC earlier in session & yet here we are again.
SB313 will likely be fast tracked through the Senate when we get back on June 12.
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🧵 Exclusive on Israeli war crimes published on soldiers' social media accounts
Sergant Simha Lubling 890th battalion:
“You have to much china stuff at your kitchen. I was happy to help you residents of Khan Younes (as much as I had time to). GO SUE ME AT THE HAGUE BASTARDS” ->
Sen. Coons (D-DE) from Senate floor on what he told Israeli PM Netanyahu in his last in-person meeting:"You don't just have right to defend the Israeli people against Hamas, you have the obligation....You have go after them. You have to finish the job. You have to go into Rafah."