Coons to face off against Katz in solid blue Delaware Senate race

Delaware Democrats are already acting like November is a formality, and honestly, they have a point. Chris Coons won his primary and now gets to run in a state that treats a Democratic Senate seat like an heirloom. The press write-ups practically have him measuring the drapes for another term, and nobody in Dover is pretending this is going to be a nail-biter.

Still, it’s worth noticing how fast this race gets filed under “done.” A “solid blue” label turns elections into autopilot. Coons has been in Washington long enough to have fingerprints on the mess voters are mad about: spending that never seems to slow down, a border that turned into a talking point instead of a policy, and a foreign policy that too often looks like improvisation. If Delaware wants to rubber-stamp that, fine, but voters deserve an argument, not a coronation.

For Republicans, Michael Katz’s job is harder than winning a primary. He has to make a case that a Senate seat isn’t just a party badge, it’s a check on a one-party state. That means talking plainly about costs, crime, and the feeling that normal people are the last priority in a town run by career insiders. Even in Delaware, Democrats shouldn’t get to run unchallenged. Not because it’s dramatic, but because it’s healthy for voters to hear someone say, “No, this isn’t working.”

And let’s not kid ourselves: Coons will try to coast on being familiar and vaguely “reasonable” while his party keeps moving left and treating Trump voters like a problem to be managed. Katz doesn’t need to win every precinct to matter. He needs to force a real debate and put Coons on the record, over and over, about the direction Democrats have taken the country. The least Delaware can demand is a real contest, not a ceremonial re-election..