HARBESON, Del. - According to Scott Dailey, candidate for Sussex County Recorder of Deeds, 30 of his posted campaign signs were destroyed Saturday night.
"This is my fourth campaign [and] I've never seen anything like this. I've never seen anything like this in the 12 years I've been involved in Sussex County politics." Said Dailey. "To see this level of [an] obviously personal attack against me. The question really comes down "who benefits from this?" and there's a lot of speculation"
Dailey says no other candidate's signs were touched, leading him to believe that this was a targeted attack. Dailey says that each sign is worth $75, making the total damages high enough to be considered a federal crime.
"This is not who we are in Sussex County, this is not how we run elections." Said Dailey. "The idea that you would try to silence someone who is running for an election through this type of cowardly intimidation runs against everything that is American."
His opponent, Alexandra Reed Baker, put out a response on Facebook Sunday where she claims she tried to reach out to Dailey regarding the vandalism and got no response.
"I am extremely saddened that someone would engage in such terrible behavior. This is wrong on so many levels." Wrote Baker. "I want nothing more than to have a clean, cordial, and fair race. This whole situation hurts my heart."
Dailey says that Delaware State Police is investigating, and to reach out to him if you have any information.