{"id":186886,"date":"2019-12-11T09:27:35","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T15:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=186886"},"modified":"2019-12-11T14:25:23","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T20:25:23","slug":"kelly-schmidt-wont-seek-re-election-state-treasurer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=186886","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Schmidt won&#8217;t seek re-election, State Treasurer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SchmidtKelly.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-186936\" src=\"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SchmidtKelly-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SchmidtKelly-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SchmidtKelly-260x175.jpg 260w, https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/SchmidtKelly.jpg 445w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\u00a0(AP)\u00a0 North Dakota&#8217;s longest-serving state treasurer says she won&#8217;t seek a fifth term in 2020. Kelly Schmidt was first elected in 2004 and won reelection in 2016 with 63% of the vote. The state treasurer is custodian of the state&#8217;s funds and sits on several boards, such as the State Historical Board, State Investment Board and State Canvassing Board. The 57-year-old Schmidt says it&#8217;s just time for a new chapter in her life. State lawmakers in recent years have attempted to eliminate the treasurer&#8217;s office and transfer its functions to other state agencies<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0(AP)\u00a0 North Dakota&#8217;s longest-serving state treasurer says she won&#8217;t seek a fifth term in 2020. Kelly Schmidt was first elected in 2004 and won reelection in 2016 with 63% of the vote. The state treasurer is custodian of the state&#8217;s funds and sits on several boards, such as the State [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":186936,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186886","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186886","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=186886"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186886\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":186937,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186886\/revisions\/186937"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/186936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=186886"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=186886"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=186886"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}