Delaware Candidate Spotlight: Meet the candidate looking to unseat Bryan Shupe

MILFORD, Del. – In Delaware’s 36th house district Representative Bryan Shupe is facing a primary challenge from Patrick Smith. Smith tells us he wants to see a more conservative approach to leadership in the district.

Smith says he does not believe that Shupe’s voting record is conservative enough for the district and believes a change needs to made by the voters. He tells us he is passionate about adding more trade school programs in local high school, and upgrading roads before new development is approved. He tells us he feels Representative Shupe has not addressed these concerns and it’s time for a change.

“He’s had two terms in office, two terms as Mayor and yet the infrastructure issues persist and nothing has really changed. We need people in office that will solve this issue and not just during the campaign,” he said.

He tells 47 ABC he is a pro-life conservative, and believes that the issue of abortion in the first state is one that Representative Shupe is not conservative enough on. On the issue of development, he believes it’s the developers that should pay for expanding roads, sidewalks and plumbing to service their new homes, not the tax payers.