Labor-Endorsed Candidates Fare Well in Primaries

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Area candidates endorsed by the Metro Washington Council did well in yesterday’s primaries, as the Council’s Labor-to-Labor effort fielded dozens of union volunteers urging support for endorsees at polling sites across the region. Here’s a scorecard, as of Wednesday morning:
District of Columbia winners:
Congressional Delegate: Eleanor Holmes Norton (D); DC City Council Ward 2: Jack Evans (D); DC City Council Ward 8: Marion Barry (D)
Also endorsed and in an undecided race: DC City Council At Large: Vincent Orange (D)
Also endorsed but unsuccessful in their races were DC City Council Ward 4: Renee Bowser (D); DC City Council Ward 7: Tom Brown (D)

Maryland winners:
U.S. Senate: Benjamin Cardin (D); U.S. House of Representatives: MD 4th District: Donna Edwards (D); MD 5th District: Steny Hoyer (D); MD 8th District: Chris Van Hollen (D). Prince George’s County School Board: District 1: David Murray; District 7: Carletta Fellows; District 8: Edward Burroughs.
Also endorsed but unsuccessful in their races were Rob Garagiola (D) in the MD 6th Congressional District: Sandy Vaughns (Prince George’s County School Board District 4) & Deidre Jackson (PGC School Board District 5).

DC COPE Primary Day Snapshots (clockwise from top right): IAFF 36 members prep lunches for COPE volunteers; Steve Courtien (Washington Building & Construction Trades Council) with Metro Council Political/Legislative Assistant Alya Solomon; Carl Carson (Cement Masons 891) with a Sheet Metal 100 volunteer; Charlie Beck & Andrew Gonciarz (Sheet Metal 100); DC COPE Chair Fred Allen; Carl Carson unloads Vincent Orange signs and chats with Steve Courtien and Dyana Forester (DC Jobs with Justice); JC Recinos, Rodmen 201. - photos/collage by Chris Garlock