http://www.mattdenn.com Matt Denn for Lt. Governor of Delaware Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:36:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en While MattDenn.com takes a break, there are other ways to keep getting the observations and updates that made Matt's 2008 campaign blog unique: 1. As Lieutenant Governor, Matt started the first-ever blog on the state government website in May 2009. You can find it at mattdenn.blogs.delaware.gov 2. Matt often posts his blog ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2009/11/11/ways-to-follow-matt/ The News Journal, November 5, 2008 Democrat Matt Denn became the state's next lieutenant governor with more than 61 percent of the vote, defeating Republican Charlie Copeland. Denn garnered 236,741 votes compared to Copeland's 149,222 in a year that saw overwhelming victories for Democrats across the nation. Speaking to supporters at the ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/11/07/denn-takes-lieutenant-governor-race-with-61-of-vote/ Top six things I haven’t done since Tuesday: 1.  Asked anyone for money. 2.  Fast-forwarded through six hours of taped cable television to see if there are new ads on tv calling me names 3.  Eaten any food items in my car. 4.  Forgotten to feed the dog 5.  Failed to read the sports pages 6.  ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/11/07/post-election-activities/ What a night.  President Barack Obama.  Speaker of the Delaware House of Representatives Bob Gilligan.  Governor Jack Markell.  And me, with 61.3% of the vote, elected Delaware’s next Lieutenant Governor.   It was a clear mandate, and a broad one—one of the things I was most pleased about was winning all ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/11/05/we-won/ The results of Delaware public school mock elections were released today, and I am pleased to say that I won with about 64.5% of the statewide student vote.  Why am I so excited about this?  Because the political pros in Delaware, believe it or not, have always watched the result ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/10/31/i-win-sort-of/ Amid all the ugliness of the campaign, I had a great experience on Monday.  One of the perks of serving as Insurance Commissioner is that I get to participate in the state’s Principal for a Day program.  The schools that I have visited over the last four years have had ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/10/29/principal-for-a-day/ The election is one week from tomorrow! Yesterday, we participated in the final parade of the campaign season, the Newark Halloween Parade. This one is the boys’ favorite, because all of the kids watching the parade are also dressed in costumes. For them, it’s almost like being on an amusement park ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/10/27/eight-days-to-go/ We've had some fun with our links this year and hope our regular readers have enjoyed them - from sports sites to music videos to recipes to, well, more random offerings. Feel free to visit the Link of the Week archive. Please skip the posts predicting an outstanding season for ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/10/26/decision-time/ The News Journal, October 21, 2008 Education and spending were the main topics discussed Monday at a debate at Hockessin Memorial Hall for candidates vying for two state Senate seats and lieutenant governor. Candidates for the 4th and 6th Senate Districts fielded questions from the Hockessin Area Development Association, before the candidates ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/10/26/copeland-denn-differ-on-health-care/ Brandywine East Community News, October 21, 2008 Hockessin, Del. — With 15, maybe 20 debates under their belts, the candidates for lieutenant governor have been asked just about everything. So it’s no surprise that both Republican Charlie Copeland and Democrat Matt Denn seemed well-rehearsed for their 40 minute face-off Monday at Hockessin ... http://www.mattdenn.com/2008/10/26/lt-gov-candidates-denn-and-copeland-differ-on-health-care-education/