Congressman Bill Delahunt
The National Republican Congressional Committee is suggesting that Congressman Bill Delahunt (D-MA) may retire, rather than face a strong Republican candidate in a district won overwhelmingly by Scott Brown in January.
Reid Wilson at the National Journal notes that Delahunt raised just $31k in the last fundraising quarter, a fairly paltry sum given the recent turn of events in the 10th Congressional. Delahunt does have nearly $600k in his campaign account.
In an email this afternoon, Tory Mazzola, Northeast press secretary for the NRCC, openly speculated about Delahunt’s future.
“With such poor fundraising, a near-perfect record of supporting the radical agenda that Massachusetts voters rejected on January 19, and a district that strongly supported Scott Brown, what does the future hold for Bill Delahunt (MA-10)?” Mazzola asked. He added, “Delahunt is a career politician who votes with Pelosi 97% of the time, including a ‘yes’ on government-run healthcare, tax hikes and reckless spending.”
Republicans would obviously love to see Delahunt step aside and improve their chances of taking his seat. I placed a call to the Congressman’s office and will update the post with his response if I get one.
Heh, yeah. I can see him choosing not to. It’ll be a tough race, but the NRCC is showing wishful thinking here in the light of no facts whatsoever.
Delahunt only raised $31K? Let’s not forget that Scott Brown was elected AFTER the last fundraising quarter. In Brown-era Massachusetts, he’ll obviously need more, but that number reflects about what a strong incumbent Democrat in MA might raise, right? His vulnerability only appeared after Brown’s election.