Governor Stepping Down and Running for Mayor

Delaware Gov. John Carney “is about to do something that no other governor in modern American history has done — step down as a state’s leader and immediately take office as a mayor,” the New York Times reports.

“In his campaign for mayor of Wilmington, a city of 71,000, he and his staff knocked on more than 11,000 doors and have been met, at times, with confusion by voters.”

Said Carney: “The main thing they would say is, ‘Isn’t this a step down?’ And I would say, ‘Well, I don’t think so.’”