The Delaware GOP’s preferred candidate to run for the state attorney general’s office has decided not to enter this year’s contest.
Former federal prosecutor Colm Connolly declined to run for AG after two weeks of courtship from the Republican Party, according to the state GOP’s executive director John Fluharty.
Fluharty says Connolly handled the process of considering a run with an “amazing amount of grace”, but adds there are other potential candidates.
"Colm did his due diligence, came to the conclusion that for he and his family 2014 was not the year for him," said Fuharty. "That being said, the Republican Party did not put its eggs in one basket."
Fluharty adds he thinks it is a race the GOP can win. Fluharty says likely Democratic nominee Lieutenant Governor Matt Denn can be beaten in the fall.
"Our polling shows that this is a race we can win, that Matt Denn is a weak candidate for attorney general, and we intend to have someone soon," said Fluharty.
Lt. Gov. Matt Denn has filed to run on the Democratic side of the race last month. He stepped into the race days after current Attorney General Beau Biden announced he will not seek reelection. Biden says he is instead focusing on a run for the governor’s office in 2016.
