By virtual two-to-one margins, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters re-elected President James Hoffa and Secretary-Treasurer C. Thomas Keegel to new five-year terms.
In the third Teamsters-wide popular-vote election held under the union's anti-corruption consent decree with the government, Hoffa, of Detroit, won 200,169 votes, or 66.9 percent, to 108,389 for challenger Thomas Leedham.
Keegel, of Minneapolis, won 196,832 votes, or 64.7 percent, to 107,298 votes for challenger Thomas Gilmartin. The entire 21-member slate of pro-Hoffa candidates for vice presidencies and membership on the union's executive board won also, according to Teamsters Joint Council 32, Keegel's home local.
Hoffa will be inaugurated in January for a five-year term. His present term was shorter, as he had to win a rerun election against then-incumbent President Ron Carey.
Carey won their first face-off, but the federal judge overseeing the cleanup threw out the election after disco-very of a money-transfer scheme that illegally saw Carey workers use union funds for his campaign.
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.
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By virtual two-to-one margins, members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters re-elected President James Hoffa and Secretary-Treasurer C. Thomas Keegel to new five-year terms.
In the third Teamsters-wide popular-vote election held under the union’s anti-corruption consent decree with the government, Hoffa, of Detroit, won 200,169 votes, or 66.9 percent, to 108,389 for challenger Thomas Leedham.
Keegel, of Minneapolis, won 196,832 votes, or 64.7 percent, to 107,298 votes for challenger Thomas Gilmartin. The entire 21-member slate of pro-Hoffa candidates for vice presidencies and membership on the union’s executive board won also, according to Teamsters Joint Council 32, Keegel’s home local.
Hoffa will be inaugurated in January for a five-year term. His present term was shorter, as he had to win a rerun election against then-incumbent President Ron Carey.
Carey won their first face-off, but the federal judge overseeing the cleanup threw out the election after disco-very of a money-transfer scheme that illegally saw Carey workers use union funds for his campaign.
This article was written by Press Associates, Inc., news service. Used by permission.