Beau Biden was not really an option for outgoing Governor Ruth Ann Minner to fill his father Joe’s Delaware Senate seat as. The reason was Beau was preparing to deploy to Iraq as a member of the Delaware National Guard. Beau though is expected to try to win the seat in the upcoming special election. The appointee, Ted Kaufman, has said he does not plan on running for re-election. Young Biden though would have a very though challenge as the GOP has its sights on the seat vacated by the Vice President.
Mike Castle is what you would call a “quality challenger”. He was a two term governor in Delaware and currently represents the state in the House. Of course Rep. Castle is not a challenger. The seat will be vacated, but that sometimes seems murky due to the most likely Democratic candidate having the same last name (and genes) as the former Senator. Castle would seem like a slam dunk since Biden has only said he is considering running. Castle is extremely popular as seen in the fact he has dominated elections in Delaware for a long time. After Beau gave that moving speech at the DNC it seemed like it was Beau’s seat to lose. With the state of the nation as it is with the Democrats in power though I think Castle saw his chance despite his advanced age of seventy. I am hoping we get a good youth vs. experience election personally.
Source: http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2009/10/biden-v-castle.html
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