2026 Primary 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 April 24th, 2026, THE DENVER AREA LABOR FEDERATION HAS ENDORSED THE FOLLOWING COUNTY CANDIDATES:
ADAMS COUNTY
Assessor: Thomas Swingle
Clerk & Recorder: Josh Zygielbaum
Commissioner District 3: Emma Pinter
Treasurer: Jason Anaya-Ledeboer
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
Assessor: PK Kaiser
Clerk & Recorder: Joan Lopez
Commissioner District 2: Jessica Campbell
Commissioner District 4: Leslie Summey
Sheriff: Tyler Brown
Treasurer: Michael Westerberg
DOUGLAS COUNTY
Assessor: Kara Garr
Commissioner District 1: Irene Bonham
JEFFERSON COUNTY
Assessor: Andy Kerr
Clerk & Recorder: Nicole Hensel
Commissioner District 3: Lisa Cutter
Coroner: Nick Lobello
Treasurer: Eric Proctor
Sports Unions Come Together to Fight for the PRO Act
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Sports Unions Come Together to Fight for the PRO Act
The PRO Act is about as important a piece of labor legislation as we’ve seen in some time. It holds the potential to open the door for workers and organizers to step up and reverse 40 years of losses for organized labor. The law, whose initials stand for Protecting the Right to Organize, aims to do
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Elon Musk Hosting SNL: A Very Bad Joke on Working People
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Elon Musk Hosting SNL: A Very Bad Joke on Working People
Before we even find out if Elon Musk can do comedy, we know this: Letting him host “Saturday Night Live” is a joke. Musk has used his social-media megaphone to spread misinformation about COVID, endanger employees’ health and violate their organizing rights. He’s exactly the kind of union-busting
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AFL-CIO Releases Annual Report on Workplace Fatalities
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AFL-CIO Releases Annual Report on Workplace Fatalities
In 2019, 5,333 working people were killed on the job and an estimated 95,000 died from occupational diseases, according to the 30th edition of Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect report released today. That means every day, on average, 275 U.S. workers die from hazardous working conditions. And
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Human Rights and Labor Organizations Release Report on the PRO Act
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Human Rights and Labor Organizations Release Report on the PRO Act
The U.S. Senate should pass the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, five human rights and labor groups said today in releasing a question-and-answer document about the issue. The groups—including Human Rights Watch, the AFL-CIO, Amnesty International USA, the Economic Policy Institute and
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Biden: 'I'm a Union President'
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Biden: 'I'm a Union President'
Few presidents in America’s history have demonstrated a higher commitment to the labor movement than President Biden. “The truth is I’m a union president, and I make no bones about that,” he said on Saturday. “I’m committed to strengthening our unions and rebuilding the backbone of this country—the
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Labor, Environmental Advocates Call for High-Paying Electric Vehicle Jobs
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Labor, Environmental Advocates Call for High-Paying Electric Vehicle Jobs
Yesterday, ahead of the Leaders Summit on Climate, the AFL-CIO Industrial Union Council and BlueGreen Alliance, along with the UAW and United Steelworkers (USW), released a report highlighting the need to preserve high-paying union jobs in the U.S. auto industry as part of any equitable clean energy
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EPI Finds Current Labor Laws Don’t Protect Workers Organizing
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EPI Finds Current Labor Laws Don’t Protect Workers Organizing
The National Labor Relations Act (NLRA)—first passed in the 1930s—is supposed to provide workers protection from anti-union retaliation in the pursuit of organizing and collective bargaining. However, a new report from the Economic Policy Institute finds that the NLRA is no longer up to the task of
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Labor Reacts to the Chauvin Verdict
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Labor Reacts to the Chauvin Verdict
On Tuesday, a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd. While many in the labor movement were quick to commend the verdict, we also know that the work of racial justice must continue. “Derek Chauvin has been held accountable for murdering George Floyd. While we
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AFT Member and Army Vet Saves on New Home
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AFT Member and Army Vet Saves on New Home
José Acevedo served in the U.S. Army before teaching high school history in New York City. After being stationed in the Panama Canal Zone from 1974 to 1977, he spent the next 30-plus years teaching ninth and tenth grade and became a member of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT). “I loved
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Workplace Violence Prevention Act Will Save Lives, Shuler Says
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Workplace Violence Prevention Act Will Save Lives, Shuler Says
On Friday, AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer Liz Shuler celebrated the House passing the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1195), which directs the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to issue a federal workplace violence prevention standard to
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USW Member Uses Union Plus Legal Program To Stand Up for Workers' Rights
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USW Member Uses Union Plus Legal Program To Stand Up for Workers' Rights
Lisa Pedersen of Revere, Massachusetts, has been a United Steelworkers (USW) member for 34 years. As “the first girl in [her] area” when she started as a gas leak investigator and repair person for the National Grid, Pedersen is used to being a leader. She is now a “working leader” at the National
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New Poll: 77% of Americans Support Amazon Union Drive
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New Poll: 77% of Americans Support Amazon Union Drive
Today, the AFL-CIO and GBAO released a nationwide poll of registered voters that found more than three-quarters of Americans support workers’ efforts to organize a union at the Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama. The findings come days after voting closed in the organizing drive and demonstrate a
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