Delaware state Rep. Greg Lavelle said Thursday that he has decided against seeking the Republican nomination for the at-large U.S. House seat that GOP Rep. Michael N. Castle is giving up to run for the Senate.
Lavelle said in a statement that he had discussed a possible House candidacy with family and friends and "reached the decision that it is not the time for me to run for this office."
"Winning this seat will take a tremendous and almost full-time effort," he said.
"I recognize, and others in the GOP who are considering a run for the office must also recognize, that organizing a genuine and effective campaign, including the challenges of raising more than $1 million, will be no small task," he said. "This is no time for chasing windmills."
In an August interview with Wilmington radio station WDEL, Castle identified Lavelle as one among some "good young elected officials in the state who possibly could run on a statewide basis and should be looked at."
Lavelle said he would seek re-election next year to the state legislature, where he is serving his fifth two-year term, and would work to elect Castle to the Senate.
So far, the only Republican officially in the race is Fred Cullis, a Hockessin businessman who announced his candidacy Wednesday. Several others are considering running.
The two announced Democratic candidates are former Lt. Gov. John Carney, who began campaigning in the spring as his party's preferred candidate, and Scott Spencer, a little-known transportation consultant from Wilmington
CQ Politics rates the Delaware at-large contest as Leans Democratic, mainly because of Carney's head start and because Delaware has trended Democratic in recent elections.
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