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There are of them. reporter: while republican christine o donnell has become nationally known, few heard anything about her democratic opponent for the delaware senate seat once held by joe biden. 47-year-old chris coons is the county executive of newcastle county, the most populous area. he bounced the budget but did so by laying off workers and raising taxes. first 5, then 17-1/2 and 25% for the three years. that makes it politically very vulnerable. he has a strong liberal voting record. backed most of the obama agenda and opposes any restriction on abortion. it would be particularly difficult for me to support any legal prohibition on a woman s full access to an abortion. reporter: amid controversy surrounding o donnell, coons promised not to run a negative campaign and indicated if he throws a punch, it will be only in self-defense. she doesn t represent the source of values, policy agenda and initiatives i think are in delaware s best interest, but i look forward to posit ....
reporter: while republican christine o donnell has become nationally known, few heard anything about her democratic opponent for the delaware senate seat once held by joe biden. 47-year-old chris coons is the county executive of newcastle county, the most populous area. he bounced the budget but did so by laying off workers and raising taxes. first 5, then 17-1/2 and 25% for the three years. that makes it politically very vulnerable. he has a strong liberal voting record. backed most of the obama agenda and opposes any restriction on abortion. it would be particularly difficult for me to support any legal prohibition on a woman s full access to an abortion. reporter: amid controversy surrounding o donnell, coons promised not to run a negative campaign and indicated if he throws a punch, it will be only in self-defense. she doesn t represent the source of values, policy agenda and initiatives i think are in delaware s best interest, but i look forward to positive campaign, one f ....