How to organize Places tags in Elements 12

Hi
I have assigned pictures to several different locations in Colorado using the Photoshop Elements 12 Organizer. Most of these locations are listed under "Colorado" category but one location persistantly lists under "CO". I have the same issue with "Utah" and "UT".
I can rename the "CO" to "Colorado" but then I have two cateogories of "Colorado" when I would like all the locations in Colorado to be listed under the same category. I have deleted and reasigned without sucess.
Is there a way to edit these tag names so that they nest appropriately? Maybe a 'work around' or something?
Thanks for any thoughts!

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