Subject: Carney: 'Absolutely' would support Biden campaign
From: "Eric Schwerin" <[email-masked]>
To: "Hunter Biden" <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2015 09:20:16 -0400

Carney: 'Absolutely' would support Biden campaign

http://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/politics/firststatepolitics/2015/08/06/carney-biden/31198941/

Carney: "Absolutely" would support Biden campaign
KYLE GRANTHAM/THE NEWS JOURNAL
Democratic Congressman John Carney, himself the subject of 2016 political
speculation, would "absolutely" line up behind Joe Biden if the vice
president enters next year's presidential race, a spokesman said. less

Democratic Congressman John Carney, himself the subject of 2016 political
speculation, would "absolutely" line up behind Joe Biden if the vice
president enters next year's presidential race, a spokesman said.

Carney has made no announcements about his own political future, but most
Democrats expect him to launch a campaign for Delaware governor as a clear
frontrunner.

A spokesman for the third-term Congressman said there's no question that
Carney also would campaign for Biden next year if he decides to challenge
former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential
nomination.

"Congressman Carney hasn't made any official statements on the race but he
is a longtime friend of the Biden family," said Albert Shields, a spokesman
for Carney. "If the Vice President throws his hat in the ring, the
Congressman will absolutely be supporting him."

Carney worked for three years in the late 1980s as a staff assistant in
Biden's U.S. Senate office, before going on to work for then-Gov. Tom
Carper and serving two terms as Delaware's elected lieutenant governor.

While Biden has set an end-of-summer deadline for a decision on the
presidential race, Carney is for now avoiding questions about his next move.

Shields has deflected questions about whether Carney plans to seek
re-election to Congress, or take another shot at the governor's office.
Carney sought the governor's office in 2008, but lost a Democratic primary
to Gov. Jack Markell, who is term-limited and will leave office in January
2017.

Carney could announce his plans by August 29, when the Sussex County
Democratic Party will host its annual Jamboree at Cape Henlopen State Park,
which serves as an unofficial kickoff for the upcoming election cycle.

Local and statewide candidates, including Carney, will likely speak.

"This is the time to meet the core of the party, network with committee
members and become energized to launch the 2016 election season," said
Mitch Crane, chair of the Sussex County wing of the party.

*Contact Jonathan Starkey at (302) 983-6756 <(302) 983-6756>, on Twitter
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Eric D. Schwerin
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