Election Update

Working families were the big winners in this week's elections. In Virginia, New Jersey, Maine, and other states and cities, working people and progressive voters rejected the harmful policy proposals and divisive message of President Trump and Republican candidates.

In Virginia, voters elected Ralph Northam governor, Justin Fairfax lieutenant governor, and Mark Herring attorney general. In a big turnaround that surprised pundits, voters elected at least 15 Democratic representatives to the House of Delegates who will put the concerns of working people and ordinary Americans first, and not be beholden to corporate and right wing interests.

Governor-elect Northam will help Virginia's working families succeed by ensuring fair wages and real opportunity to get a good education. He rejects the trickle-down economic and tax policies that the Republicans are pushing.

CWA members throughout the state walked neighborhoods and staffed phone banks to help turn out the vote for state delegate candidates as well as Northam, Fairfax, and Herring.

CWA members with Governor-elect Ralph Northam (center) at a labor walk in Richmond.

Read the rest of the article on the CWA National website.