{"id":146941,"date":"2026-01-02T18:46:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146941"},"modified":"2026-01-02T18:46:27","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T23:46:27","slug":"ce-ce-gerlach-to-announce-plans-for-2026-following-democratic-party-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/?p=146941","title":{"rendered":"Ce-Ce Gerlach to Announce Plans for 2026 Following Democratic Party Decision"},"content":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, PA<\/strong>\u00a0 \u2014 Ce-Ce Gerlach, Allentown City Councilperson, longtime Center City resident and working-class champion, will hold a press conference this\u00a0Saturday, January 3rd<\/strong>\u00a0at\u00a012:30 p.m. at 8th and Gordon<\/strong>\u00a0to outline her plans for 2026 and the future of her grassroots movement, following the Democratic Party\u2019s selection of a nominee for the Special Election.<\/p>\n

The press conference comes at a pivotal moment for voters in the district, many of whom have expressed\u00a0frustration with insider-driven political processes<\/strong>\u00a0and the growing disconnect between party leadership and working-class communities.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor too long, decisions that affect working people have been made behind closed doors,\u201d said Gerlach.<\/p>\n

Gerlach emphasized that her campaign has always been about\u00a0expanding participation, transparency, and accountability<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 not about legacy names, political favors, or inherited power.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis movement has never been about party insiders,\u201d Gerlach added. \u201cIt\u2019s about renters, homeowners, workers, immigrants, and families struggling to get by \u2014 and I\u2019m running\u00a0to change the status quo<\/strong>\u00a0so working people have a real choice and a real voice in their government.\u201d<\/p>\n

Saturday\u2019s event will outline Gerlach\u2019s vision for the\u00a0next phase of organizing, policy advocacy, and electoral engagement heading into 2026<\/strong>. Supporters, community members, and members of the press are encouraged to attend.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is about fighting for working people,\u201d Gerlach said. \u201cAnd that fight doesn\u2019t stop because a party makes a decision. In many ways, it\u2019s just beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Information provided to TVL by:
\nBen Stemrich<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ALLENTOWN, PA\u00a0 \u2014 Ce-Ce Gerlach, Allentown City Councilperson, longtime Center City resident and working-class champion, will hold a press conference this\u00a0Saturday, January 3rd\u00a0at\u00a012:30 p.m. at 8th and Gordon\u00a0to outline her … Continue reading Ce-Ce Gerlach to Announce Plans for 2026 Following Democratic Party Decision<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ce-ce-Announcement-.jpg?fit=672%2C372&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/146943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}