Delaware progressive Democrat Eric Morrison – a popular local drag queen known who performs as Anita Mann – has defeated incumbent State Rep.
Earl Jaques (D) in the state’s primary election, garnering over 61% of the vote. Morrison claimed 61.13% of the vote in Tuesday’s Democratic primary for House District 27, while, Jaques received just 38.87% of he vote.
Jaques, who has sat in the Delaware House of Representatives since 2009, made headlines during the campaign when he launched an attack on his opponent for holding a drag show as a campaign fundraiser.
When his bigoted remarks failed to land, he offered Jaques an apology. “That is so far off-base for our district, it’s unbelievable,” Jaques told The News Journal in November 2019. “You