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Wilmington activist Keandra McDole, whose brother was shot and killed by city police officers, said she was sued in the Chancery Court by Attorney General Kathy Jennings in 2021 after protesting outside a Department of Justice employees home.

I was at the Chancery Court and I was so nervous, she said. Why? Because not one judge in that building represented me or looked like me. That is a problem.

Two of the three Democrats running for governor, Matt Meyer and Collin OMara, also spoke at the rally. New Castle County Executive Meyer highlighted the schism happening in Wilmington between low-income residents and those on the higher end of the income scale. OMara, CEO at National Wildlife Federation, emphasized that electing new Democratic leaders was the answer to making change.

We need better Democrats to represent the community to engage in the community, OMara said. Were gonna stand up for the community and not allow the kind of pay-to-play culture thats defined Delaware for far too long to persist.

Carney declared his run for Wilmington mayor Monday morning and held a kickoff event that evening. Hes running against Velda Jones-Potter, the first American American Delawarean to serve in statewide office.

Besides Jones-Potter, the Democratic candidates for governor who attended the rally, as well as the other Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Lt. Gov. Bethany Hall-Long, are all white.

Pastor Derrick Johnson, a local activist, said race was an issue in the governors and mayors race. He pointed to the Black support Carney received at his campaign launch and the citys water bill collection policies, which he said means low-income Black residents are more likely to get their homes foreclosed on if they cant pay their water bills.

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