Metro Washington Council AFL-CIO Announces Local Endorsements
Wednesday, April 23, 2014(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The
Metro
Washington Council AFL-CIO - whose nearly 200
affiliated local unions represent
over 150,000 area union members - today
announced its endorsements in upcoming
primary races in Montgomery, Prince George's,
St Mary's, Charles and
Calvert Counties.
"These candidates have shown that they're
committed to supporting working men
and women in our community"said Metro
Washington Council president Joslyn N.
Williams, "so we're urging the full support of
the entire labor community for
their campaigns."
The Council's Committee on Political Education
(COPE) circulated a
questionnaire to all candidates on issues of
concern to area working families,
interviewed dozens of candidates and then made
endorsement recommendations to
the Metro Council's Executive Board and
delegates, which reviewed, discussed
and then approved the endorsements below.
NOTE:
endorsements in races not listed below will be
considered at the May Metro
Council meeting. Endorsement in state-level
primaries in Maryland will be
released
shortly.
Montgomery
County
County
Council: District 1- Duchy Trachtenberg;
District 3- Ryan Spiegel; District 5-
Tom Hucker
Clerk of the Court- Alan Bowser
Montgomery Democratic Central Committee- Erin
Yeagley
Prince
George's County
County
Executive- Rushern Baker
County Council: District 1- Mary Lehman;
District 2- Doyle Niemann; District 3-
Dannielle Glaros; District 4- Vince Canales;
District 5- Andrea Harrison;
District 7- Karen Toles; District 8- Obie
Patterson; District 9- Mel Franklin
State's Attorney- Angela Alsobrooks
Clerk of the Court- No Position
Sheriff- Melvin High
Democratic Central Committee: At- Large-
Cynthia Collins
Charles
County
County
Commissioners
President- No Position
District 1- Sam Graves; District 2- Debra
Davis; District 3- No Position
Sheriff- Rex Coffey
Orphans' Court- Frank Lancaster
Register of Wills- Lorraine Hennessy
Clerk of Court- Sharon "Sherri" Hancock
Democratic Central Committee- Greg
Waller
Calvert
County
County
Commissioners
At-Large- Joyce Stinnett Baki; District 3-
Kelly McConkey
Democratic Central Committee- Cliff
Savoy
County Commissioners
President- Jack Russell
District 2- Bob Schaller; District 3- Joseph "Tony" St. Clair