The energetic New Castle County councilman was only 29 years old when he decided to challenge two-term U.S. senator and former two-term governor, Republican J. Caleb Boggs, for his Senate seat.
The young lawyer had a beautiful family and ran on a platform of “change,” while also questioning the incumbent’s age and fitness to continue to serve.
Admittedly, Boggs was an old-looking 63 when his o…