‘Could be considered a bribe’: Delaware incumbent was secretly recorded offering potential challenger a job if he didn’t run

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When Mike Kozikowski, the New Castle County recorder of deeds, invited potential challenger David Tackett to lunch on June 24, Tackett decided to record their meeting.

Tackett, a county councilman, told WHYY News he wanted to document what Kozikowski said because he had been tipped off that the six-term incumbent was going to offer him a job in exchange for him not running against Kozikowski in the Sept. 15 Democratic primary…

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