{"id":42444,"date":"2019-03-20T08:27:28","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42444"},"modified":"2019-03-20T08:27:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-20T12:27:31","slug":"democrats-endorse-sondergaard-binder-maxwell-maddox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=42444","title":{"rendered":"Democrats endorse Sondergaard, Binder, Maxwell & Maddox"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>WEST CHESTER \u2014 Chester County Democrats are on the verge of a third consecutive tear of historic wins <\/span>as they gathered at Stetson Middle School Tuesday night to endorse countywide judicial and row offices. \u00a0Among the 23 candidates\u00a0<\/span>presented to the Committee<\/span>, only two\u00a0<\/span>\u2013 Deb Ryan for District Attorney and Chris Pielli for Recorder of Deeds —\u00a0<\/span>ran unopposed. All came with impeccable resumes from years of serving in government,\u00a0<\/span>business, law and on the bench,\u00a0<\/span>showing the strong support from a united Chester County Democratic Committee (CCDC).<\/span><\/p>\n

Deb Ryan for District Attorney and Chri<\/span>s Pielli for Recorder of Deeds\u00a0<\/span>each earned a voice vote of unanimous consent from the\u00a0<\/span>362<\/span>\u00a0eligible<\/span>\u00a0voters in attendance.<\/span><\/p>\n

An abundance of riches<\/span>\u00a0was how many\u00a0<\/span>CCDC<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>members described the Endorseme<\/span>nt Convention\u00a0<\/span>as almost two-<\/span>doze<\/span>n candidates took to the podium, five for the Court of Common Pleas\u2019 two slots and four for the Chester County Sheriff position.<\/span><\/p>\n

Endorsed candidates g<\/span>enerating 65% or more of ballots cast\u00a0<\/span>were:<\/span><\/p>\n

District Attorney: Deb Ryan<\/span><\/p>\n

Recorder of Deeds: Chris Pielli<\/span><\/p>\n

Pennsylvania Superior Court<\/span>\u00a0(vote for two): Amanda Green-Hawkins, Dan McCaffery<\/span><\/p>\n

Court of Common Pleas<\/span>\u00a0(vote for two): Analisa Sondergaard, Bret Binder<\/span><\/p>\n

Sheriff<\/span>: Fredda Maddox<\/span><\/p>\n

County Commissioner<\/span>\u00a0(vote for two): \u00a0Josh Maxwell\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There<\/span>\u00a0was no 2<\/span>nd<\/span>\u00a0endorsement leaving<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Kathi<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Cozzone<\/span>, Marian\u00a0<\/span>Moskowitz<\/span>\u00a0and Ginny\u00a0<\/span>Kerslake<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>to also<\/span>\u00a0run in the primary<\/span><\/p>\n

Prothonotary<\/span>: no endorsement\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Debbie Bookman and Joe Heffern to run in primary<\/span><\/p>\n

Register of Wills<\/span>: no endorsement\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Lisa Longo and Michele Vaughn to run in primary<\/span><\/p>\n

The four-person race for Sheriff went two rounds with no candidate grabbing the 65% threshold on the first ballot. One the second ballot, Fredda Maddox surpassed Joe Lunsford with 75% of the votes cast for the two remaining Sheriff candidates.<\/span><\/p>\n

Likewise, the race for County Commissioner went three rounds. Democrats could vote for two of the four runners. No one passed the 65% threshold on the first round. With all four candidates running again, Josh Maxwell captured 66% of the vote. The two next-highest vote getters, Marian Moskowitz and Kathi Cozzone, ran for a third ballot. Neither candidate earned an endorsement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The standing-room only crowd drew\u00a0<\/span>hundreds of\u00a0<\/span>Committee Persons and Zone Leaders from 20 regional\u00a0<\/span>zones. Many of the speakers noted the high turnout\u00a0<\/span>on this night\u00a0<\/span>was reflective of the\u00a0<\/span>high\u00a0<\/span><\/a>energy in the Democratic\u00a0<\/span>party<\/span>\u00a0across the whole county.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe ripple effect for change from one-party rule,\u201d noted CCDC Chairman Dick\u00a0<\/span>Bingham,<\/span>\u00a0\u201cbegan in 2017 when we elected four County Row Officers. Last year Chester County voters<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>chose<\/span>\u00a0to go \u201c<\/span>blue\u201d —\u00a0<\/span>electing\u00a0<\/span>six Democrats of\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nine PA state Represe<\/span>ntative seats<\/span>\u00a0and sending the first Democrat to Congress from the 6<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0District.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat enthusiasm has spread to a record number of\u00a0<\/span>Democrats filing petitions for their\u00a0<\/span>local School Board and\u00a0<\/span>to run<\/span>\u00a0as\u00a0<\/span>Township Sup<\/span>ervisors<\/span>.\u00a0<\/span>History\u00a0<\/span>is poised to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span>made<\/span>\u00a0again this fall as more women, minorities and first time candidates step up to serve their communities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The change in political parties has already made a tremendous impact in Chester County from West Chester and Harrisburg to Washington, DC. \u00a0<\/span>Just last week Yolanda Van del Krol, Chester County Clerk of Courts, announced that her office\u00a0<\/span>is now accepting documents by electronic filing, or e-filing.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The e-filing process allows lawyers to submit documents electronically, alleviating the need to visit the Clerk of Courts Office in West Chester. Once filed, lawyers can then view the documents on a case electronically, eliminating the need to again visit the Clerk of Courts Office to view paper files.<\/span><\/p>\n

With the addition of Democratic leaders<\/span>hip<\/span>\u00a0in Chester County<\/span>, change is finally coming to county and state government after decades of one-party rule.<\/span>\u00a0It should be noted it took more than a century for Democratic leadership to finally represent the 6<\/span>th<\/span>Congressional District.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tuesday, May 21 is the Municipal Primary<\/span>. The last day for residents<\/span>\u00a0to register to vote for<\/span>\u00a0the primary is April 22. Absentee ballots are available from Chester County Voter Services and must be returned by May 17.<\/span>\u00a0The General Election is Tuesday,<\/span>\u00a0November 5.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WEST CHESTER \u2014 Chester County Democrats are on the verge of a third consecutive tear of historic wins as they gathered at Stetson Middle School Tuesday night to endorse countywide judicial and row offices. \u00a0Among the 23 candidates\u00a0presented to the Committee, only two\u00a0\u2013 Deb Ryan for District Attorney and Chris Pielli for Recorder of Deeds […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42446,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1190,2819,7426,7433,3326],"class_list":["post-42444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-chester-county-democrats","tag-endorsements","tag-featured","tag-politics","tag-primary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42444","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=42444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42445,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42444\/revisions\/42445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/42446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}