Labor's Candidates: Linda Cropp, DC Mayor

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)

Linda Cropp, endorsed for DC Mayor by the Metro Washington Council, has earned a reputation for getting results.  As Chairman of the Council, Cropp worked alongside Mayor Williams—passing ten consecutive balanced budgets and helping bring the city back from bankruptcy. A longtime union supporter, Cropp has consistently taken the side of working people in every battle labor fought on behalf of the District’s working men and women.  "I promise to continue to work on behalf of working families,” says Cropp. “When I am elected your next Mayor, labor will have a place at the table in a Cropp administration." Raised by a single mother, Linda Cropp learned at an early age the importance of a good education.  As a former teacher, Cropp knows education starts in the classroom, and ran for the School Board to fight for better schools. She later was elected President of the Board where she pushed to create Banneker High School, which Newsweek recently named as one of the top 50 high schools in the country. Linda Cropp was the first woman elected Chairman of the DC Council, and has not been afraid to take on the tough fights.