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TEXAS AFL-CIO COPE POSTS ENDORSEMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL, LEGISLATIVE SEATS
The Texas AFL-CIO COPE rounded out its pre-primary endorsement list by adopting recommendations from central labor bodies across the state to go with endorsements made at the COPE Convention.
“Speaking through Central Labor Councils and the Area Labor Federation, our affiliates have carefully vetted candidates and endorsed, by at least two-thirds vote, those they believe will build a better Texas for working families,” Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy said.
The Texas AFL-CIO COPE Convention approved statewide endorsements on Jan. 21.
Levy took note of a resolution approved by delegates to the Texas AFL-CIO COPE Convention calling for independent political participation.
“This endorsement list seeks a pro-worker agenda and nothing else. It includes Democrats and Republicans,” Levy said. “For the first time, based on action by the Gulf Coast Area Labor Federation, our list specifically calls for opposition to two Democratic candidates who were connected to a lawsuit in Houston that undermined the rights of immigrant janitors to speak up together for a better workplace.”
“The Texas AFL-CIO COPE, joined with central labor bodies, affiliated unions, members, retirees, families and allies, will do everything in our power to give value to these endorsements.”
These endorsees are subject to additions or amendments by the COPE Committee as the campaign proceeds:
U.S. Senator – No endorsement
Governor – Lupe Valdez
Lieutenant Governor – Mike Collier
Attorney General – Justin Nelson
Comptroller – No action
Land Commissioner – Tex Morgan
Agriculture Commissioner – Kim Olson
Railroad Commissioner – Chris Spellmon
Texas Supreme Court, Place 2 – Steve Kirkland
Texas Supreme Court, Place 4 – R.K. Sandill
Texas Supreme Court, Place 6 – Kathy Cheng
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Presiding Judge – Maria T. “Terri” Jackson
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 7 – Ramona Franklin
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 8 – No action
Texas Democratic Party Chair – Gilberto Hinojosa
U.S. HOUSE
CD 2 – Todd Litton
CD 5 – Dan Wood
CD 6 – Jana Lynne Sanchez
CD 7 – (Opposition to Lizzie Pannill Fletcher)
CD 9 – U.S. Rep. Al Green
CD 10 – Mike Siegel
CD 13 – Greg Sagan
CD 14 – Adrienne Bell
CD 15 – U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
CD 16 – Veronica Escobar
CD 17 – Dale Mantey
CD 18 – U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
CD 19 – Miguel Levario
CD 20 – U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro
CD 22 – Sri Preston Kulkarni
CD 23 – Jay Hulings
CD 25 – Chris Perri
CD 28 – No endorsement
CD 29 – Sylvia Garcia
CD 30 – U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson
CD 31 – Mary Jennings “MJ” Hegar
CD 32 – Dual endorsement: Colin Allred & Ed Meier
CD 33 – U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey
CD 34 – U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela
CD 35 – U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett
CD 36 – Dayna Steele
TEXAS SENATE
SD 2 – Kendall Scudder
SD 8 – Mark Pharris
SD 10 – Beverly Powell
SD 14 – Sen. Kirk Watson
SD 15 – Sen. John Whitmire
SD 16 – Nathan Johnson
SD 23 – Sen. Royce West
TEXAS HOUSE
HD 19 – Rep. James White
HD 22 – Rep. Joe Deshotel
HD 23 – Rep. Wayne Faircloth
HD 26 – L. Sarah DeMerchant
HD 27 – Rep. Ron Reynolds
HD 28 – Meghan Scoggins
HD 31 – Rep. Ryan Guillen
HD 32 – Rep. Todd Hunter
HD 34 – Rep. Abel Herrero
HD 35 – Rep. Oscar Longoria
HD 36 – Rep. Sergio Munoz Jr.
HD 37 – Rep. Rene Oliveira
HD 38 – Rep. Eddie Lucio III
HD 39 – Rep. Armando “Mando” Martinez
HD 40 – Rep. Terry Canales
HD 41 – Rep. Bobby Guerra
HD 42 – Rep. Richard Raymond
HD 44 – John Rodgers
HD 45 – Rebecca Bell-Metereau
HD 46 – Sheryl Cole
HD 48 – Rep. Donna Howard
HD 49 – Rep. Gina Hinojosa
HD 50 – Rep. Celia Israel
HD 51 – Rep. Eddie Rodriguez
HD 52 – James Talarico
HD 65 – Michelle Beckley
HD 66 – Sharon Hirsch
HD 67 – Sarah Depew
HD 74 – Rep. Poncho Nevárez
HD 75 – Rep. Mary Gonzalez
HD 76 – Rep. Cesar Blanco
HD 77 – Rep. Lina Ortega
HD 78 – Rep. Joe Moody
HD 79 – Rep. Joe Pickett
HD 80 – Rep. Tracy King
HD 83 – Drew Landry
HD 85 – Jennifer Cantu
HD 86 – Mike Purcell
HD 88 – Ezekiel Barron
HD 90 – Rep. Ramon Romero Jr.
HD 95 – Rep. Nicole Collier
HD 100 – Rep. Eric Johnson
HD 101 – Rep. Chris Turner
HD 102 – Ana-Maria Ramos
HD 103 – Rep. Rafael Anchia
HD 104 – Rep. Roberto Alonzo
HD 105 – Terry Meza
HD 107 – Rep. Victoria Neave
HD 108 – Joanna Cattanach
HD 110 – Rep. Toni Rose
HD 111 – Rep. Yvonne Davis
HD 112 – Brandy Chambers
HD 113 – Rhetta Bowers
HD 114 – John Turner
HD 115 – Julie Johnson
HD 116 – Rep. Diana Arévalo
HD 117 – Rep. Philip Cortez
HD 118 – Rep. Tomas Uresti
HD 119 – Rep. Rolando Gutierrez
HD 120 – Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins
HD 121 – Celina D. Montoya
HD 122 – Claire Barnett
HD 123 – Rep. Diego Bernal
HD 124 – Rep. Ina Minjarez
HD 125 – Rep. Justin Rodriguez
HD 126 – Natali Hurtado
HD 131 – Rep. Alma Allen
HD 134 – Allison Lami Sawyer
HD 135 – Jon Rosenthal
HD 137 – Rep. Gene Wu
HD 138 – Jenifer Rene Pool (Oppose Adam Milasincic)
HD 139 – Rep. Jarvis Johnson
HD 140 – Rep. Armando Walle
HD 141 – Rep. Senfronia Thompson
HD 142 – Rep. Harold V. Dutton Jr.
HD 143 – Rep. Ana Hernandez
HD 144 – Rep. Mary Ann Perez
HD 145 – Rep. Carol Alvarado
HD 146 – Rep. Shawn Thierry
HD 147 – Rep. Garnet Coleman
HD 148 – Rep. Jessica Farrar
HD 149 – Rep. Hubert Vo
The Texas AFL-CIO is a state labor federation consisting of approximately 237,000 affiliated union members who advocate for working families in Texas. The Committee on Political Education (COPE) is the organization’s Political Action Committee, making endorsements and donating funds in state races.
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