{"id":10661,"date":"2018-05-23T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2018-05-23T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10661"},"modified":"2018-05-23T10:25:18","modified_gmt":"2018-05-23T14:25:18","slug":"afl-cio-makes-endorsements-in-moco-prince-georges-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10661","title":{"rendered":"AFL-CIO Makes Endorsements in MoCo, Prince George&#8217;s Races"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Metro Washington AFL-CIO has announced endorsements in local races in Montgomery and Prince George&#8217;s Counties.\u00a0 They have previously endorsed Marc Elrich for County Executive.\u00a0 Following is their press release.<\/p>\n<p>*****<\/p>\n<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<br \/>\nMay 22, 2018<br \/>\nContact: David Dzidzienyo, <a href=\"mailto:ddzidzienyo@dclabor.org\">ddzidzienyo@dclabor.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Metro Washington AFL-CIO Endorses in DC, Montgomery and Prince George\u2019s Primaries<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the Supreme Court ruling on Janus vs. AFSCME expected any day, political engagement by union voters is more important than ever,\u201d said Metro Washington Council president Jackie Jeter in announcing endorsements in upcoming local primaries. \u201cThese candidates have proven their commitment to the issues that affect the working men and women of our communities and deserve the full support of the local labor movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Metro Council released endorsements in the following races: DC Mayor, Council and Attorney General; Montgomery County Council, Prince George\u2019s County Council and Prince George\u2019s County Board of Education.<\/p>\n<p>The Metro Council also endorses Cynthia Collins (SEIU 400) for the PG Democratic Central Committee (At-Large) and Initiative 77 in the District.<\/p>\n<p><strong>District of Columbia<br \/>\n<\/strong>Mayor: Muriel Bowser<br \/>\nDistrict of Columbia City Council &#8211; Chairman Candidate: Phil Mendelson<br \/>\nDistrict of Columbia &#8211; Attorney General Candidate: Karl Racine<br \/>\nDistrict of Columbia City Council &#8211; At-Large Candidate: Anita Bonds<br \/>\nDistrict of Columbia City Council &#8211; Ward 1 Candidate: Brianne Nadeau<br \/>\nDistrict of Columbia City Council &#8211; Ward 5 Candidate: Kenyon McDuffie<br \/>\nDistrict of Columbia City Council &#8211; Ward 6 Candidate: Charles Allen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince George\u2019s\/Montgomery County<br \/>\n<\/strong>Montgomery County Council At-Large: No Recommendation<br \/>\nMontgomery County Council At-Large: Brandy Brooks<br \/>\nMontgomery County Council At-Large: Danielle Metiv<br \/>\nMontgomery County Council At-Large: Chris Wilhelm<br \/>\nMontgomery County District 001: Jim McGee<br \/>\nMontgomery County District 003: Ben Snyder<br \/>\nMontgomery County District 004: Nancy Navarro<br \/>\nMontgomery County District 005: Tom Hucker<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince George\u2019s County Council At-Large<br \/>\n<\/strong>Prince George\u2019s County Council At-Large: Gerron Levi<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County Council At-Large: Karen Toles<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 001: Tom Dernoga<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 002: Deni Tavaras<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 005: No Recommendation<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 006: No Recommendation<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 007: No Recommendation<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 008: Tony Knotts<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 009: Sidney Harris<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prince George\u2019s County Board of Education<br \/>\n<\/strong>Prince George\u2019s County District 002: Joshua M. Thomas<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 003: Juwan Blocker<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 006: Pat Fletcher<br \/>\nPrince George\u2019s County District 009: Arun Puracken<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Metro Washington AFL-CIO has announced endorsements in local races in Montgomery and Prince George&#8217;s Counties.\u00a0 They have previously endorsed Marc Elrich for County Executive.\u00a0 Following is their press release. ***** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 22, 2018 Contact: David Dzidzienyo, ddzidzienyo@dclabor.org Metro Washington AFL-CIO Endorses in DC, Montgomery and Prince George\u2019s Primaries \u201cWith the Supreme &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/?p=10661\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">AFL-CIO Makes Endorsements in MoCo, Prince George&#8217;s Races<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[852],"class_list":["post-10661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-afl-cio"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4mKJE-2LX","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10661"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10661\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10663,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10661\/revisions\/10663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theseventhstate.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}