Schenectady County GOP party head won’t seek position again | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS Shares0 Chris Koetzle announced Friday he will not seek another year as Schenectady County’s Republican Party chairman. However, he said he will remain in the Republican Party as he turns his focus to his re-election campaign for Glenville’s supervisor’s seat. “I have accomplished my goal of helping the partc transition during this time after losing our chairman to a judgeship and along the way I have continued to urge the party to find a longer-term Chairperson,” he said in an emailed statement to the committee members. “I am announcing my decision not to seek re-election now to give the party at least 60 days to find a suitable chairperson.”