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Volunteers for Delaware Senate Republican primary candidate Christine O’Donnell meet during a rally at Brecknock Park in Camden, DE Sunday, September 5, 2010.
Over the weekend I photographed what’s becoming an important Republican Senate primary race in Delaware for The New York Times. On the one hand we have a career politician, Congressman Mike Castle, a moderate Republican who is a textbook bipartisan. On the other side is Christine O’Donnell. She recently received $250,000 from the Tea Party Express — the same organization that dropped $600,000 in Joe Miller’s pocket up in Alaska, effectively ousting GOP establishment favorite Senator Lisa Murkowski. Politics aside, this race is symbolic.
Republican Congressman Mike Castle takes a break from campaigning for the Senate seat to eat a black raspberry ice cream cone a the annual Arden Fair, in Arden, Delaware Saturday, September 4, 2010.
When I first shot this, I thought nothing of it. But the more I learned the more I realized this photo has some symbolic weight. Castle, publicly, seems to have a somewhat flippant attitude towards O’Donnell.
Dover resident Steve Bentz, 39, project manager for an office furniture company, left, offers up his services to help Conservative Delaware Senate Republican primary candidate Christine O’Donnell with her campaign before she speaks during a meet and great at the Dover Masonic Lodge in Dover, DE Sunday, September 5, 2010.
O’Donnell’s most powerful weapon is an enthusiastic base. Coupled with what will most likely be a low voter turnout year, she might have a fighting chance.
Longtime Delaware resident and recent Elkton Maryland transplant Ingo Zeise, left, and his wife Phyllis Zeise, bend the ear of Republican Congressman Mike Castle, middle, at the annual Arden Fair, in Arden, Delaware, Saturday, September 4, 2010. Castle takes advantage of the dense Labor Day weekend crowd attending the fair to campaign for his party’s Senate seat. The Zeises say they wish they could vote for him again.
This picture is what somewhat out of context. Castle actually ended up talking to this couple for a good minute. This moment is of him wrapping up the conversation, NOT ignoring these people. I only put this in because I think this how it seems O’Donnell’s supporters are painting him. From my experience, both candidates were very nice. …to me. …someone representing the New York Times.
Pat Beams, 70, from Townsend, DE, receives a hug from conservative Delaware Senate Republican primary candidate Christine O’Donnell, during a volunteer rally at Brecknock Park in Camden, DE Sunday, September 5, 2010.
Conservative Delaware Senate Republican primary candidate Christine O’Donnell, who is backed by the Tea Party Express, is filmed by John Hawley, a tracker from the Delaware Republican State Committee, while the GOP outsider makes an appearance at her campaign’s volunteer rally at Brecknock Park in Camden, DE Sunday, September 5, 2010.
According to Kit Seelye, the NYT’s writer I worked with, tracking (videotaping) a political adversary’s public appearances is a pretty common thing. But in interviews, O’Donnell has taken on a conspiratorial tone saying that members of Castle’s camp are following her and “hiding in her bushes.”
Registered Republican Tom Newby, 53, from Wilmington, DE, accompanied by his fifteen-year-old son, Teddy, listens to Conservative Delaware Senate Republican primary candidate Christine O’Donnell speaks during a meet and great at the Dover Masonic Lodge in Dover, DE Sunday, September 5, 2010. Newby left the event still undecided wether he was going to spend his vote on O’Donnell or Mike Castle, but he said, “I liked what she had to say.”
Lyn and Bob Benton came in matching “Team Christine” t-shirts to see Conservative Delaware Senate Republican primary candidate Christine O’Donnell, who is backed by the Tea Party Express, speak during a meet and great at the Dover Masonic Lodge in Dover, DE Sunday, September 5, 2010.