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New Castle County (DE) GOP chairman resigns, blasts party and U.S. Senate candidate Rob Arlett
Scott Goss, Delaware News Journal Published 1:33 p.m. ET Sept. 19, 2018 | Updated 3:16 p.m. ET Sept. 19, 2018
A central figure in the Delaware Republican Party fired off a scathing resignation letter last week that blasted both the direction of the state GOP and its recent nomination of Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rob Arlett.
“Mr. Arlett lacks the character and integrity needed to lead our Ticket and receive my support,” wrote Peter Kopf, a former banking executive who has chaired the New Castle County Republican Committee and served on the state party’s executive committee since last year.
In his letter — a copy of which was obtained by The News Journal on Wednesday — the 64-year-old references “critical information” about Arlett he claims “will eventually derail his candidacy.”
“What hurts the most here is that with Mr. Arlett heading the Ticket some very good candidates will lose that should not, perhaps even our potential Candidate for Governor in 2020,” he wrote, referring to state Treasurer Ken Simpler, who is widely rumored to be weighing a challenge to Gov. John Carney in two years.
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https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/19/ncco-gop-chair-resigns-blasts-party-and-u-s-senate-candidate-rob-arlett/1357246002/
