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Schenectady County GOP Chair Koetzle Backs State Leadership Change

 Schenectady County GOP Chair Chris Koetzle
Schenectady County GOP Chair Chris Koetzle
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After a decade, Ed Cox is out as chair of the New York state Republican Committee. Cox, the son-in-law of President Richard Nixon, will join the Trump 2020 campaign after Erie County Republican Chair Nick Langworthy secured enough support to take over state leadership. Republicans haven’t won a statewide election in New York since 2002 — one of the reasons local leaders sought the change. Schenectady County GOP Chair Chris Koetzle, also the Glenville Town Supervisor, supported the change, citing Langworthy’s upstate roots. Koetzle spoke Tuesday with WAMC’s Ian Pickus.

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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