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

Marijuana Retailer is Tirst to Unionize in Washington State

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Study: Construction Workers are Uniquely at Risk for Heroin Overdoses

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Belabored Podcast #157: What’s a Strike and How Can I Help?

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Too Many Americans Die on the Job. Are Things About to Get Worse?

Maddin won his case, but it’s Gorsuch’s world we’re living in. According to an AFL-CIO report, 5,190 workers died on the job in the United States in 2016. Another 50,000 to 60,000 die annually of occupational diseases, and nearly 4 million experienced work-related injuries or illnesses. This latter
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'They Want To Go A different Way': Missouri Voters Scrap ‘Right to Work’ Law

A law to free nonunion workers from paying union dues has been undone by Missouri voters, a victory for labor organizers who spent millions of dollars to organize a “no” campaign. “It’s a clear message that they want to go a different way,” said AFL-CIO president Richard Trumka. “They want workers
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Trump Administration Mulls a Unilateral Tax Cut for the Rich

The Trump administration is considering bypassing Congress to grant a $100 billion tax cut mainly to the wealthy, a legally tenuous maneuver that would cut capital gains taxation and fulfill a long-held ambition of many investors and conservatives. Steven Mnuchin, the Treasury secretary, said in an
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Worker Wages Remain Stagnant as Wealthy Executives are Rolling in Cash

Congressional Republicans and President Trump continue to push their sole legislative accomplishment, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, as a game-changer for average working Americans — but the benefits of that bill appear to be going mostly to the people at the top. Rather than delivering an
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November 2025 Election Endorsements

Actor John Goodman Joins Fight to Stop 'Right to Work' Law in Missouri

The union-backed fight against making Missouri a "Right to Work" state has enlisted some star power to get its message out. Actor John Goodman is featured in a 30-second radio ad saying a law that will be decided by Missouri voters in the Aug. 7 primary election will hurt the middle class. "The bill
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AFL-CIO president: ‘Workers Are United to Defeat Kavanaugh’

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka says the nation’s labor movement has come to a conclusion about President Donald Trump’s latest U.S. Supreme Court nominee: “Workers are united to defeat Kavanaugh,” he declares. His statement was part of a much longer July 12 speech behind closed doors to Democratic
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Stiglitz: Benefits of Multiple Layers of Financial Regulation So Much Higher Than Costs

Joseph Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University, who was the Nobel laureate in economics in 2001, spoke at a talk on Monday with Damon Silvers, the director of policy and special counsel at the AFL-CIO, part of a day-long strategy session on “Bargaining for the Common Good in the World of Global
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AFL-CIO Chief Warns Red to Blue Candidates That Being a Democrat Isn’t Enough

House Democratic candidates in town this week for training at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee in Washington got a visit from AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka for some tips on how they can win back working-class voters. “I don’t have to tell you that you can’t count on the D next
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