Silly idioms aside, seemingly re-energized by the announcement that Rep. Gerlach is not running for re-election, Dr. Manan Trivedi officially is pursuing the District 6 seat for a 3rd time. (Trivedi ran against Jim Gerlach in 2010 and 2012.)
In a landslide delegate vote of 120 to 42, the Chester County Democratic Committee overwhelmingly chose to endorse Dr. Manan Trivedi as the PA-6 District candidate at the CCDC Convention on Saturday.
In addition to the Chester County Democratic Committee, per PoliticsPA, the following individuals, organizations &/or committees endorse Dr. Trivedi for Congress:
Wendell Young IV, President UFCW Local 1776; Kate Michelman, President Emerita, NARAL Pro-Choice America; Jake Long, Chairman of the Committee for Political Education and Dennis Bomberger, Business Agent, BCTGM (Chocolate Workers Local 464); State Representative Mark Painter; John Hellman, Chester County Central Labor Council Delegate, IBEW Local 654; Monica Kline, PA Democratic State Committee, Lebanon County; Mayor Michael J. Speck, Phoenixville; Cornell Wilson, Vice Chair, City of Lebanon Democrats and Lebanon City School Board Member; Stephanie Markstein, Chairperson of the West Chester Borough Democratic Committee; Micah Mahjoubian, LGBT Rights Activist; Frank Burstein, Chairman of the Limerick Township Democratic Committee.Dr. Harlan Kutscher, Berks County Democrats, Committeeman, Exeter; Chris Tarsa, Lebanon County Democrats, Chairman; Lani Frank, Democratic State Committeewoman, Chester County; Brad Kirsch, Chairman of the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee Senior Caucus; Diane O’Dwyer, Chester County Democrats, Leader Zone 25; Dave McLimans, Chester County Democrats, Leader Zone 4, Chester County Labor Council President; Stephanie Beemer McLimans, Chester County Democrats, Assistant Leader Zone 4, PA Democratic State Committeewoman; Bret Binder, Chester County Committeeman, West Chester; Bob Roggio, former Candidate PA-6; Bill Tricoski, Berks County Committeeman, Bechtelsville; Cindy Tricoski, Berks County Committeewoman, Bechtelsville; Mark Banfield, West Pikeland, Chester County Democratic Committeeperson; Diane Welsh, Chester County Democrats, Assistant Leader Zone 25; Adam Swope – Chester County Democrats, Leader Zone 11; Bernice Hines – Berks County Democratic Committeewoman, Exeter; Sue Shaak, Berks County Democratic Committeewoman, St. Lawrence; Laura Henkle-Sauer, Berks County Democratic Committeewoman, St. Lawrence
While Trivedi's official campaign website is under construction for the 2014 campaign, check out the 2010 website courtesy of the Wayback Machine.
Regardless of a person's political inclinations, Trivedi's choice to run for election in 2010, 2012 and now 2014 is incredibly admirable and shows how passionate he is about and highly dedicated to PA-06.