November 2025 Election Endorsements

The Denver Area Labor Federation (DALF) represents over 80,000 working Coloradans, through over 114 affiliated unions. Our membership is diverse and includes everyone from teachers, firefighters, and home care workers to electricians and aerospace workers. We come together as the Denver Area Labor Federation because we believe in one simple idea: when working people stand together, we can create positive changes for everyone.

DALF votes to endorse candidates based on how they will impact not only our unions, but all working people in the Denver Area. We carefully consider how each candidate will help us fight for a more equal and secure economy where working people can build power, ensure economic justice for themselves and their families, and combat the influence of corporations and wealthy elites.

Voting is our chance as working people to support those who support us. Who you vote for is your personal decision, but we hope that you will take DALF’s endorsements into consideration as you fill out your ballot.

AS OF September 1st, 2025, THE DENVER AREA LABOR FEDERATION HAS ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:

ARVADA

City Council District 1: Randy Moorman

City Council At-Large: Michael Griffith

AURORA

City Council Ward I: Gianina Horton

City Council Ward II: Amy Wiles

City Council At-Large: Alli Jackson

City Council At-Large: Rob Andrews

AURORA SCHOOL BOARD (28J)

At-Large: Dr. Anne Keke

At-Large: Gayla Charrier

At-Large: Kristin Mallory

At-Large: Tramaine Duncan

CENTENNIAL

Mayor: Christine Sweetland

City Council District 1: Cindy Sandhu

City Council District 2: Ashish Vaidya

City Council District 4: Durrell Middleton

CHERRY CREEK SCHOOL BOARD

District E: Mike Hamrick

COMMERCE CITY

City Council At-Large: Jennifer Allen-Thomas

DENVER SCHOOL BOARD

District 3: Dr. DJ Torres

District 4: Monica Hunter

At-Large: Amy Klein Molk

DOUGLAS COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

District B: Kyrzia Parker

District D: Tony Ryan

District E: Clark Callahan

District G: Kelly Denzler

THORNTON

City Council Ward 1: Cherish Salazar

City Council Ward 2: John Alge

WESTMINSTER

Mayor: Claire Carmelia

City Council At-Large: Obi Ezeadi

WHEAT RIDGE

City Council District III: Pat Quinn

November 2025 Election Endorsements

Let’s Protect and Reward Workers Who Are Keeping America Going

07 May, 2020

As Richard Trumka, the president of the AFL-CIO, wrote in a public letter to the U.S. Secretary of Labor, Eugene Scalia, “the Department of Labor and federal government have failed to meet their obligation and duty to protect workers; the government’s response has been delinquent, delayed

November 2025 Election Endorsements

Coronavirus at Work: Safety Inspectors Reviewing Scores of Employee Hospitalizations, Deaths

01 May, 2020

“For all workers, the toll of COVID-19 infections and deaths is mounting and will increase even more rapidly as workers return to work without necessary safety and health protections,” AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka wrote in the letter, which listed dozens of members who have died from the virus

November 2025 Election Endorsements

Unions, advocates say Trump putting meat packing workers at risk

29 Apr, 2020

The national union that represents workers in meatpacking and food processing jobs, the United Food and Commercial Workers, says the administration should enact enforceable standards instead of guidance that requires protections like protective equipment, physical distancing, daily testing for

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AFL-CIO Warns Against Hasty Reopening Of Economy: ‘Many More Deaths’

21 Apr, 2020

The AFL-CIO warned Tuesday that workplaces were still far too dangerous to consider reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic, even as some governors are starting to lift restrictions in order to get businesses up and running again. Richard Trumka, the federation’s president, said there was still

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Heroes on the Frontlines of COVID-19

20 Apr, 2020

This has been a month like no other in modern American history. We are in a war against an invisible virus that has required most people to stay home to fight it. With each day of the coronavirus pandemic, Americans have grown increasingly grateful for things we used to take for granted, like

November 2025 Election Endorsements

Putting Profits Over People': Unions Warn New COVID-19 Guidance From Trump CDC Endangers Frontline Workers

13 Apr, 2020

"Once again the CDC is putting profits over people with its latest recommendations that downgrade worker protections at a time when they are needed most," said Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO. "These dangerous new guidelines tell employers to keep potentially infected workers at work, which

November 2025 Election Endorsements

The New Front-Line Coronavirus Workers: Grocery Clerks, Delivery Drivers

27 Mar, 2020

Much of the American workplace has shut down, sending millions of employees home to wait out the coronavirus pandemic. Among those still on the job are grocery-store clerks, prison guards and delivery drivers. “Who would have ever thought that we would be on the front lines?” said Joyce Babineau, a

November 2025 Election Endorsements

It’s Time for A Higher Minimum Wage in North Carolina

27 Feb, 2020

North Carolina workers need a raise. For 11 consecutive years, the cost of living (food, rent, education, childcare) has increased causing our minimum wage to decline in value by 24 percent. Now, a person working full-time while making $7.25 an hour lives thousands of dollars below the federal

November 2025 Election Endorsements

Trump Betrays His Promise to Protect and Fight for American Workers

24 Feb, 2020

Campaigning for the presidency in 2016, Donald Trump promised that, if he was elected, “American worker[s] will finally have a president who will protect them and fight for them.” Has he kept this promise? When it comes to protecting workers’ health and safety, his administration has been a disaster

November 2025 Election Endorsements

Some Striking Numbers

18 Feb, 2020

Today, strikes are back—among teachers, hotel workers, auto workers, supermarket employees, and disconsolate Google-ites, among others. (The walkout of roughly 20,00 Google employees, protesting the company’s treatment of sexual harassment, didn’t even make it into the BLS numbers due to the bureau

November 2025 Election Endorsements

Trump’s $4.8 Trillion Budget Would Cut Safety Net Programs and Boost Defense

10 Feb, 2020

President Trump released a $4.8 trillion budget proposal on Monday that includes a familiar list of deep cuts to student loan assistance, affordable housing efforts, food stamps and Medicaid, reflecting Mr. Trump’s election-year effort to continue shrinking the federal safety net. The proposal

November 2025 Election Endorsements

'Victory for Workers!': House Praised for Passing Landmark PRO Act to Strengthen Unions and Labor Rights

07 Feb, 2020

Union leaders and labor rights advocates applauded the Democrat-controlled U.S. House for passing landmark legislation Thursday night that supporters have called one of the most notable efforts to expand workers' rights in several decades. "Make no mistake, this is the most significant step Congress