{"id":20517,"date":"2014-01-27T15:44:42","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T20:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20517"},"modified":"2014-01-27T15:45:26","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T20:45:26","slug":"democratic-commissioner-wont-enter-6th-district-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=20517","title":{"rendered":"Democratic commissioner won\u2019t enter 6th District race"},"content":{"rendered":"

Citing family impact, Kathi Cozzone says she won\u2019t run for Congress<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h1>\n
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\u00a0By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/strong><\/span>,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\"Chester<\/a>

Chester County Commissioner Kathi Cozzone<\/p><\/div>\n

A potential battle between Chester County Commissioners for the Sixth District Congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach won\u2019t happen, a news release from Commissioner Kathi Cozzone said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter several weeks of careful consideration, long conversations with my husband and son, and many discussions with friends and supporters, I have decided not to run for Congress this year,\u201d said Cozzone.<\/p>\n

Cozzone said the excitement of serving as the \u201ccommunity\u2019s representative in Congress\u201d was offset by family issues. \u201c\u2026This is just not the right time for me to make a change that would have such a large impact on my family,\u201d she said.\u00a0 \u201cSpending time with my son, who is just 11, is too important to me during this time of his life.\u201d<\/p>\n

If she had run, Cozzone, a Democrat and vice-chair of the county commissioners, could have ended up in a race against Commissioners\u2019 Chairman Ryan Costello, a West Chester Republican who announced his candidacy a week ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have been overwhelmed by all the calls of encouragement I\u2019ve received over the past few weeks \u2013 I am lucky to have the support of so many great friends,\u201d said Cozzone.\u00a0 \u201cTheir support means so much to me and is very important in my role as county commissioner; and in whatever comes next.\u201d<\/p>\n

Besides Costello, a West Chester Republican, the only other declared candidate so far is Michael Parrish, a Malvern Democrat. Chester County GOP Chair Val DiGiorgio said he considered entering the race but decided against it.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is sure to be a spirited campaign this fall and I look forward to working with our nominee to help secure a Democratic victory,\u201d said Cozzone, a Uwchlan Township resident who was elected county commissioner in 2007 and re-elected in 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Citing family impact, Kathi Cozzone says she won\u2019t run for Congress \u00a0By Kathleen Brady Shea,\u00a0Managing Editor, The Times A potential battle between Chester County Commissioners for the Sixth District Congressional seat being vacated by U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach won\u2019t happen, a news release from Commissioner Kathi Cozzone said. \u201cAfter several weeks of careful consideration, long […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":20518,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[4864,2553,4865,4866,4867],"class_list":["post-20517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-chester-county-commissioner-kathi-cozzone","tag-commissioners-chairman-ryan-costello","tag-michael-parrish","tag-sixth-district-congressional-seat","tag-u-s-rep-jim-gerlach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20517"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20517\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}