Ex-Comcast exec Markell wins Del. gov nod

Ex-Nextel and Comcast executive-turned-Delaware state treasurer Jack Markell, who raised over $2 million by fundraising among business-oriented Democrats in Philly and beyond,  edged party-backed Lt. Gov. John Carney (a onetime aide to VP-candidate Sen. Joe Biden) in the Democratic primary. Markell outspent Carney roughly 2 to 1, and his TV ads beat the Democratic organization's union-backed door-to-door campaign.
  Markell will face GOP hopeful ex-Judge William Swain Lee, best known for having sentenced to death former Saul Ewing law firm partner Thomas Capano, for killing an ex-girlfriend. Democratic primary voters outnumbered Republicans by nearly 3-to-1, leaving Markell the favorite in November.
  Business-backed New Castle County executive Christopher Coons coasted in his primary re-election bid, quashing predecessor and ex-county cops chief Tom Gordon nearly 2-1.  No GOP nominee, so Coons gets four more years running Delaware's dominant county. There are no towns in most of Delaware, so counties there have extra powers, especially over development. News Journal coverage here.
  Jobs, development and redevelopment are big issues in northern Delaware, where the biggest corporate employers, DuPont Co. and Bank of America Corp. (ex-MBNA), have been cutting back and Chrysler LLC is about to close its Newark plant.