Delaware Republican running for governor aims to flip one-party rule in Biden's home state after three decades

A Republican primary candidate for governor of Delaware, Mike Ramone, said in a conversation with Fox News Digital that he intends to beat what he called one-party rule in President Biden's home state.

Currently serving as the minority leader of the state House, Ramone said he intends to flip the governor's office red for the first time in more than three decades come November.

"Delaware has been controlled by one party for 32 years. And I am here to give Delaware a choice," Ramone said. "Balance brings discussion and discussion brings vetting, and vetting avoids unintended consequences…. There is the far red and the far blue that both will be out to vote. But I believe that many far-blue might even consider that they can do better also in the state of Delaware."

Under Democratic leadership, Ramone argued that Delaware has morphed into one of the worst states when it comes to education, health care, safety, traffic, and business friendliness.

He said it's the only state in the nation that had negative GDP.

"We need to go back to line item reviews of every single expense we make because we're spending people's taxes. It's not our money. It's their money. And I do think Ronald Reagan had it best, you know, ‘Are you better off today than you were then?’ And if people feel they're better off, we won't have a Republican," Ramone said. "But if they feel that they're tired of the drama in politics, if they feel they want to have a leader who leads from the front but supports from the back, if they feel that it's time to move into the technology and the job development in fintech, in pharma, in other aspects like Pete DuPont did for our state when he moved us into being the corporate capital of the world, then they're going to