Primary Season's Second "Super Tuesday"

 

The second "Super Tuesday" this primary season is quickly approaching.  AGC PAC has been active in many of the nine states that will hold primaries next Tuesday: Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.  The final primary, held in Hawaii, will take place on Saturday, September 18.  AGC PAC checks designated to a candidate's "PRIMARY" race must be delivered before the primary election. These checks will not be accepted after the date of the primary race and will be considered void.  AGC is carefully watching the Delaware Senate "likely Republican" seat left open by Vice President Joe Biden (Sen. Ted Kaufman holds the seat for the interim).  Vying for the GOP nomination are current U.S. Representative Mike Castle and Christine O'Donnell.  Current polls show Castle, who is likely to be the GOP candidate, winning over presumptive Democratic candidate Chris Coons, who serves as New Castle's City Executive. But this could be another Tea Party upset of a GOP favorite. AGC has identified several seats at play on Tuesday where contractors are on the ballot: Delaware Open AL Seat (Two Republicans running for the GOP nomination) Michelle Rollins, Republican, Real Estate Development Glen Urquhart, Republican, Real Estate Development NY-24 (Will face current Representative Michael Arcuri (D)) Richard Hanna, Republican, Residential Construction WI-8 (Winner will face current Representative Steve Kagen (D)) Reid Ribble, Republican, Roofing Contractor will face off in the GOP primary against another Republican contractor, Roger Roth, who is a homebuilder. NY-29 Open Seat Tom Reed, Republican, Real Estate Development Stay tuned for all the primary results in next week's Construction Legislative Week in Review. Upcoming Pre-Election PAC/Grassroots Conference Call On Thursday, September 16, AGC PAC and Grassroots will host a conference call for the entire Legislative Network and interested parties to discuss the pre-election environment.  Please contact Blair Hood at hoodb@agc.org if you would like to participate.