{"id":9199,"date":"2018-01-09T19:17:38","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9199"},"modified":"2018-01-09T19:17:38","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T00:17:38","slug":"andrew-platt-wont-seek-reelection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9199","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Platt Won&#8217;t Seek Reelection"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Platt-Retires.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Platt-Retires.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"519\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Platt-Retires.png 519w, https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Platt-Retires-300x217.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 519px) 100vw, 519px\" \/><\/a>In a shocker, Del. Andrew Platt announced on Facebook that he does not plan to seek reelection to the House of Delegates.<\/p>\n<p>Platt&#8217;s retirement after one term surprises me. When Platt ran for the House of Delegates four years ago, he put together among the most focused, organized and well-thought out campaigns. He has been a relatively young, active lawmaker who has seemed eager to play a strong role and continue to move up the political ladder.<\/p>\n<p>If this had been a bit earlier in this election season, I might have speculated that Andrew was planning to seek another office, such as the nomination to the Sixth District or the County Council. While it&#8217;s not too late, at least for the latter, it would be unlike Andrew to allow so many opponents to get the jump on him.<\/p>\n<p>My general impression has been of a passionate legislator and among the better new people we&#8217;ve sent to Annapolis is recent years. His departure after just one term is a loss to the delegation and the House more broadly.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless, people have many good reasons for making a decision like this one. I wish Andrew well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a shocker, Del. Andrew Platt announced on Facebook that he does not plan to seek reelection to the House of Delegates. Platt&#8217;s retirement after one term surprises me. When Platt ran for the House of Delegates four years ago, he put together among the most focused, organized and well-thought out campaigns. He has been &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=9199\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Andrew Platt Won&#8217;t Seek Reelection<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[612],"class_list":["post-9199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-district-17","tag-andrew-platt"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2on","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9199"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9202,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9199\/revisions\/9202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}