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2014 Candidate Conversations: U.S. House
As part of our election coverage, Delaware Public Media is offering a series of Candidate Conversations. We’ve reached out to all candidates that have filed to run in a statewide race and invited them to sit down with us. Candidates in each race are being asked the same set of questions to allow you to get to know then and compare them.
This week, we turn to the race for US House where three candidates, Republican Rose Izzo, The Green Party's Bernard August and Libertarian Scott Gesty, are running to unseat two-term incumbent Democrat, Rep. John Carney. All three challengers also ran two years ago, with Izzo losing Tom Kovach in a Republican primary while August and Gesty each barely received more that one percent of the vote in losing to Carney in the November General election. (More)
Green Party's Bernard August
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Democrat John Carney
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Libertarian Scott Gesty
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(Note: Rose Izzo declined our invitation to participate.)
Next week: We begin presenting Candidate Conversations from the State Attorney General's race.
Arts Playlist: Michael Learned and Daniel Davis bring Love Letters to life at Delaware Theatre Co.
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The Pulitzer Prize nominated “Love Letters” opens a new season at Wilmington’s Delaware Theater Company.
The two character play stars Michael Learned, best known for her Emmy winning portrayal of Ma Walton on TV’s The Waltons and veteran actor Daniel Davis who played Niles, the butler on the sitcom, The Nanny.
The two are real life friends, which will serve them well in "Love Letters," which explores the bittersweet relationship between two friends over the span of fifty years.
In this week’s Arts Playlist, Delaware Public Media's Cathy Carter talks to Learned and Davis. (More)
Enlighten Me: UD doesn't play games with knock-off Blue Hen gear.
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Counterfeit gear has always been a problem along the edges of professional sports arenas on game day and larger college programs are starting to feel the effect. In this week's Enlighten Me, Delaware Public Media’s James Dawson tells us the problem has apparently trickled down to Delaware. (More)
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