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Scott Walker to Challenge Senator Chris Coons in Democratic Party

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Former presidential and gubernatorial candidate Scott Walker now has his eyes set on Senator Chris Coons.

This time Walker has switched parties to challenge the junior senator from Delaware in the Democratic primary.

Walker told the Wilmington News Journal that he plans to focus on the health care system.

While he took a swipe at Democrats for passing “policies that are bad for you” he also told the paper that Republicans are just as guilty.

He made his fame as a fiery Republican challenger to incumbent Democratic Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester in 2018.

She kept her seat.

Republicans only make up 28 percent of the state’s registered voters so Walker says he decided to switch back to where the majority of Delaware voters are.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.