DE-SEN: Tom Carper running for re-election

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Maybe Lisa Blunt Rochester will run?

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Markell would presumably have right of first refusal in the primary, though Delaware Democrats sometimes like to elect young freshmen (see Joe Biden or, less obviously, Chris Coons).

TBF, those were both sacrificial lambs that ended up winning due to really strong campaigning (Biden) or luck (Coons).

Was Coons really a "sacrificial lamb"? I know he was the underdog, but I thought that race was always going to be vaguely competitive.

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Here's a fun fact: Chris Coons is actually short in real life.

Is this like the opposite of the Napoleon one?

I'll start telling people that. "Napoleon wasn't actually short. But Chris Coons is!"

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Piss off, Tom.

Unlike Manchin, Democrats would be smart to primary him.

If you're a progressive how exactly is Jack Markell better than Tom Carper?

Markell presumably isn't running.

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herein lies the problem with Delaware - their entire political culture is pretty wack.

you can't just leave us hanging like that.

And why is everyone so sure that Markell isn't running?

He probably runs if we get a surprise retirement from Carper, but why would he primary Carper?