November 12, 2008 - 3:24 pm — Safe Democratic — #7
Markell won 68 to 33 percent and will make the appointment to replace Biden in the Senate.

November 7, 2008 - 9:52 am — Safe Democratic — #7
Markell beat Lee with more than 67 percent of the vote, according to The News Journal.

October 30, 2008 - 12:55 pm — Safe Democratic — #9
The candidates held their final debate together on Wednesday night, discussing education reform, economic development and taxes, according to The Associated Press.

October 23, 2008 - 12:52 pm — Safe Democratic — #9
In the candidates' debate on Wednesday night, Lee pounded Markell for refusing to say whether he would raise taxes as governor, The Associated Press reported.

October 15, 2008 - 12:57 pm — Safe Democratic — #6
Markell has a large lead in the first Rasmussen Reports survey of the race. The Democrat is up 62 percent to 34 percent.

October 13, 2008 - 12:46 pm — Safe Democratic — #6
A recent poll from West Chester University and WHYY-TV shows Markell leading by 31 points, 61 percent to 30 percent, according to The Delaware Business Ledger.

October 8, 2008 - 12:43 pm — Likely Democratic — #7
In campaign finance reports, Lee reported about $81,000 in contributions since early September, according to The News Journal. The Republican challenger reported $98,699 on hand. His opponent hasn't released his reports, but in early September he had a balance of $930,000.

October 3, 2008 - 11:23 am — Likely Democratic — #7
The state's AFL-CIO and the state workers' union have endorsed Markell, according to The Associated Press.

September 26, 2008 - 1:23 pm — Likely Democratic — #7
A Public Mind Poll of Farleigh Dickinson University shows Markell leading by a large margin, 61 percent to 27 percent when "leaners are included."

September 12, 2008 - 1:05 pm — Likely Democratic — #6
Mike Protack, who lost Tuesday's Republic primary to Bill Lee, said he would end his campaign rather than remain on the ballot as the Independent Party of Delaware candidate, according to WILM.

September 10, 2008 - 12:29 am — Likely Democratic — #6
Markell defeated Lt. Gov. John Carney for the Democratic nomination in the Sept. 9 primary.

September 9, 2008 - 11:31 pm — Likely Democratic — #6
Former Gov. Russel W. Peterson touts Markell's environmental credentials in a letter to the editor published in the News Journal. "He could put Delaware out front in solving the global warming problem," Peterson wrote.

September 5, 2008 - 11:12 am — Likely Democratic — #6
With under a week to go before the Democratic primary, Markell had $1.6 million in his coffers, outpacing Carney's $140,000, the News Journal is reporting. Lee — the Republican one of them will meet in the general election — had $123,000 in the bank.

August 26, 2008 - 10:38 pm — Likely Democratic — #6
Markell says if he is elected governor, he will do more to keep guns away from criminals, as reported by the Associated Press. Markell spoke in Wilmington on Aug. 25 and said he wants to eliminate a loophole in the law which allows people to buy guns at gun shows without background checks.

August 14, 2008 - 9:34 pm — Leans Democratic — #5

Lt. Gov. John Carney Jr. reported donations to his gubernatorial campaign of more than $420,000 this year -- about $700,000 less than State Treasurer Jack A. Markell reported Tuesday, the deadline for primary candidates to file finance reports with the state Commissioner of Elections according to the Delaware News Journal. With Tuesday's reported totals, donations for the Democratic gubernatorial race topped $5 million, unprecedented in any previous race for the state's highest elected office.

August 12, 2008 - 7:22 am — Leans Democratic — #5

The Cape Gazette explores how the Democratic gubernatorial primary is playing locally. It leads this way:

"With five weeks to go before the Sept. 9 primaries, few polls, if any, have been released that indicate a Democratic gubernatorial front-runner.

July 31, 2008 - 7:04 pm

This week the two Democratic candidates for governor bickered over campaign finance issues. First, some Democrats joined Markell in saying that Carney should reiumburse the state Democratic Party for running ads on his behalf. (The party formally endorsed him at their convention in June.)

Carney countered by saying the nearly $900,000 Markell collected in his fund to run for state Treasurer shouldn't be used to attack a fellow Democrat in a primary.