Dayton congratulated his DFL opponents, Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Matt Entenza, for running “positive and respectful and honest” campaigns. Dayton said, “What binds us together is our principles….We know it\'s not possible to cut $6 billion from the state budget without costing jobs, hurting schools and raising property taxes.”
Dayton also thanked his union supporters – AFSCME Council 5, Teamsters Joint Council 32, United Steelworkers, and the Police and Peace Officers – for believing in him and getting his voters to the polls. Now, our hard work continues for 83 more days with the help of many partners. The Minnesota AFL-CIO will endorse for governor Aug. 16.
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| DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton (above) addressed Wednesday\'s unity rally, as his former rivals in the primary, Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Matt Entenza, joined him to show support. Below, representatives of AFSCME Council 5 and Teamsters Joint Council 32 — which both had endorsed Dayton – stood in the front row along with a representative of the Minnesota Nurses Association, which had endorsed Kelliher. Photos by Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review |
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On the Nov. 2nd ballot, Dayton will square off against Independent Tom Horner and Republican Emmer, who promises to “cut government by a third” and eliminate our guaranteed pensions. By threatening our jobs and our retirement, Emmer has motivated an army of AFSCME volunteers to help Dayton win.
For Minnesota’s first-ever August primary, our volunteers made more than 100,000 calls to identify and persuade voters, plus another 50,512 calls to get them out to vote for Dayton.
That effort, combined with our billboards and radio commercials, really made the difference in northeastern Minnesota, where voters carried Dayton across the finish line in a very close election that was called at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Dayton’s narrow margin of victory was found in St. Louis County, where he won 7,184 more votes than Kelliher. With nearly 4,000 Council 5 voters in that county, we helped bring home the win.
“Mark has always been a great friend to northeastern Minnesota and they remember him,” said Sen. Yvonne Prettner Solon, Dayton’s running mate from Duluth.
Reprinted from the AFSCME Council 5 website.
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View photos from primary election night on the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation\'s Facebook page.
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Dayton congratulated his DFL opponents, Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Matt Entenza, for running “positive and respectful and honest” campaigns. Dayton said, “What binds us together is our principles….We know it\’s not possible to cut $6 billion from the state budget without costing jobs, hurting schools and raising property taxes.”
Dayton also thanked his union supporters – AFSCME Council 5, Teamsters Joint Council 32, United Steelworkers, and the Police and Peace Officers – for believing in him and getting his voters to the polls. Now, our hard work continues for 83 more days with the help of many partners. The Minnesota AFL-CIO will endorse for governor Aug. 16.
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| DFL gubernatorial candidate Mark Dayton (above) addressed Wednesday\’s unity rally, as his former rivals in the primary, Margaret Anderson Kelliher and Matt Entenza, joined him to show support. Below, representatives of AFSCME Council 5 and Teamsters Joint Council 32 — which both had endorsed Dayton – stood in the front row along with a representative of the Minnesota Nurses Association, which had endorsed Kelliher.
Photos by Steve Share, Minneapolis Labor Review |
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On the Nov. 2nd ballot, Dayton will square off against Independent Tom Horner and Republican Emmer, who promises to “cut government by a third” and eliminate our guaranteed pensions. By threatening our jobs and our retirement, Emmer has motivated an army of AFSCME volunteers to help Dayton win.
For Minnesota’s first-ever August primary, our volunteers made more than 100,000 calls to identify and persuade voters, plus another 50,512 calls to get them out to vote for Dayton.
That effort, combined with our billboards and radio commercials, really made the difference in northeastern Minnesota, where voters carried Dayton across the finish line in a very close election that was called at 12:30 a.m. Wednesday. Dayton’s narrow margin of victory was found in St. Louis County, where he won 7,184 more votes than Kelliher. With nearly 4,000 Council 5 voters in that county, we helped bring home the win.
“Mark has always been a great friend to northeastern Minnesota and they remember him,” said Sen. Yvonne Prettner Solon, Dayton’s running mate from Duluth.
Reprinted from the AFSCME Council 5 website.
For more information
View photos from primary election night on the Minneapolis Regional Labor Federation\’s Facebook page.