{"id":13144,"date":"2023-09-18T14:07:44","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:07:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/politics\/jennifer-wexton-will-not-seek-reelection-citing-health-concerns\/"},"modified":"2023-09-18T14:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T14:07:44","slug":"jennifer-wexton-will-not-seek-reelection-citing-health-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=13144","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Wexton will not seek reelection, citing health concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-editable=\"content\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-reorderable=\"content\">\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_DD08BD26-2004-8745-CFB3-A83DED66E37A@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced Monday morning she will finish out her term in Congress but will not seek reelection, citing health concerns.\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_B25945B2-1E19-03BA-EEA9-A8457F2EFEAB@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      Wexton was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease a few months ago, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepWexton\/status\/1703741063586857406\" target=\"_blank\">but her statement Monday <\/a>said that her doctor had \u201cmodified my diagnosis to Supra-nuclear Palsy \u2013 a kind \u2018Parkison\u2019s on Steroids.\u2019\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9BA69429-42F3-CE5B-D03D-A8475F841276@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      \u201cI\u2019m heartbroken to have to give up something I have loved after so many years of serving my community,\u201d she said. \u201cBut taking into consideration the prognosis for my health over the coming years, I have made the decision not to seek reelection once my term is complete and instead spend my valued time with Andrew, our boys, and my friends and loved ones.\u201d\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_3917D401-7602-C54E-A41E-A83FC11669F2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n      <em>This story has been updated with additional developments.<\/em>\n  <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/18\/politics\/jennifer-wexton-not-running-reelection\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democratic Rep. Jennifer Wexton of Virginia announced Monday morning she will finish out her term in Congress but will not seek reelection, citing health concerns. Wexton was diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s disease a few months ago, but her statement Monday said that her doctor had \u201cmodified my diagnosis to Supra-nuclear Palsy \u2013 a kind \u2018Parkison\u2019s on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13144","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Jennifer Wexton will not seek reelection, citing health concerns | Prosfunds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Democratic Rep. 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