{"id":6945,"date":"2016-04-04T09:28:41","date_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:28:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=6945"},"modified":"2016-04-04T09:28:41","modified_gmt":"2016-04-04T13:28:41","slug":"with-li-out-parrish-looks-to-fall-race-in-6th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=6945","title":{"rendered":"With Li out, Parrish looks to fall race in 6th"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mike Parrish<\/p><\/div>\n

The primary race for the Democratic nomination for the 6th Congressional District ended more than three weeks early, when Lindy Li was forced to drop out of her race against Mike Parrish over questions with her nominating petitions, late Friday night.<\/p>\n

Parrish is now slated to take on freshman incumbent Republican Ryan Costello in November.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am thankful to be focusing full time on the November General Election which is a must-win for the American people,\u201d said Parrish in a statement. \u201cLeadership is sorely lacking in Washington and we need a dramatic change in Congress.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Parrish, a businessman who is a West Point graduate and served 14 years in the U.S. Army as an officer,\u00a0said he\u00a0knows that leadership is about selfless service.\u00a0 He made the point that he is\u00a0running to serve our community, lead in Washington and get real results for the people of the Sixth District and our country and that Li’s decision was selfless and showed leadership.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI applaud Lindy for her willingness to jump into the political process and I thank her for withdrawing from the race when it was time to do so,” Parrish said. “By stepping aside, she has cleared the way for everyone to work together and focus on giving the people of the Sixth district the leadership we deserve in Washington.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Li officially dropped out of the race via court order late Friday evening following a three-day hearing in Commonwealth Court challenging her nominating petitions.\u00a0 The challenge, brought by attorney Kevin Greenberg on behalf of the Parrish campaign and three prominent Sixth District Democratic leaders, alleged a variety of defects with the petition signatures submitted by Li.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGathering a large number of good petition signatures is the first and most important test of a candidate\u2019s strength,\u201d said Greenberg.\u00a0 \u201cDespite an honest effort, Ms. Li was in a tough spot and she made a wise and brave choice to step aside and allow the Party to move forward without continued litigation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

While the deck is cleared for the April primary, Parrish acknowledged that the fall race will be a tough one.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday\u2019s win is a victory for our campaign, but a minor victory. The important victory has to come in November,\u201d said Parrish. \u00a0“In the coming months, I will continue to work tirelessly on winning this campaign, just as I will work tirelessly to give our community the representation we deserve in Washington. I look forward to working with Lindy, with party leaders, and with every resident of the Sixth District of every political affiliation to show that Congress can deliver jobs, quality education, and opportunities for all, and not just a bunch of sound bites. Together we can build a coalition and raise the money required to defeat Ryan Costello and his running mate, whether that is Donald Trump or Ted Cruz.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The primary race for the Democratic nomination for the 6th Congressional District ended more than three weeks early, when Lindy Li was forced to drop out of her race against Mike Parrish over questions with her nominating petitions, late Friday night. Parrish is now slated to take on freshman incumbent Republican Ryan Costello in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,8],"tags":[4133,357,760,580],"class_list":["post-6945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-featured","tag-6th-congressional-district","tag-congress","tag-democrats","tag-mike-parrish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}