The current U.S. House member, endorsed by Tom Carper to be his successor, would be the third Black woman elected to the U.S. Senate
during his 2020 presidential campaign, particularly when he was vetting vice-presidential possibilities.
The likelihood that she will avoid a difficult primary was illustrated by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is all but treating her as a senator-elect though she hasn’t yet announced her candidacy, even informally, as PoliticoSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spoke to Blunt Rochester on Monday after Carper’s announcement. Schumer told her “he believes she could be a really good senator and he looks forward to sitting down with her soon,” a Schumer spokesperson said.
Carper, even more than Biden, had a strong reputation as a party centrist in his many years in state and national politics. Blunt Rochester, who takes a very nuts-and-bolts, hands-on approach to politicking, may be more in the broader party mainstream: She is a member of both the Progressive Caucus and the New Democrat Coalition.
Presumably, Delaware Republicans will put up a credible candidate for this open seat in 2024, but since 2018, Democrats have held all nine statewide offices, and Republicans haven’t won a Senate race in Delaware since 1994. This has become a very blue state, and with Biden at the head of the ticket, 2024 seems an unlikely year for a breakthrough. Assuming she does win, Blunt Rochester will gain immediate attention as just the third Black woman elected to the upper chamber.
. And it’s possible she’ll be joined in taking the oath by another Black woman and a current House colleague, California’s Barbara Lee.
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