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November 2024 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. To find the Colorado AFL-CIO's endorsements, please visit: https://coaflcio.org/2024-endorsements.

 

 

AS OF July 1st, 2024, THE DENVER AREA LABOR FEDERATION HAS ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING CANDIDATES:

ADAMS COUNTY

County Commissioner District 1: Julie Duran Mullica

County Commissioner District 2: Kathy Henson

County Commissioner District 5: Lynn Baca

ARAPAHOE COUNTY

County Commissioner District 1:  Carrie Warren-Gully

County Commissioner District 3: Scott Brown

County Commissioner District 5: Rhonda Fields

DOUGLAS COUNTY

County Commissioner District 2: Angela Thomas

JEFFERSON COUNTY

County Commissioner District 2: Andy Kerr

DISTRICT ATTORNEYS

Judicial District 02 (Denver): John Walsh

Judicial District 17 (Adams/Broomfield): Brian Mason

Judicial District 18 (Arapahoe/Douglas/Elbert/Lincoln): Amy Padden

BALLOT INITIATIVES - SUPPORT

Denver Ballot Issue 2Q - Denver Health Funding

Denver Ballot Issue 2R - Affordable Housing

Denver Referred Question 2U - City Worker Collective Bargaining

Denver Referred Question 2V - Firefighter Collective Bargaining

(Multiple Counties) RTD Ballot Issue 7A - RTD Funding

 

BALLOT INITIATIVES - OPPOSE

Denver Initiated Ordinance 309 - Slaughterhouse Ban

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 2024 Election Endorsements

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