Texas Labor Makes Its Choices for the Primary, 2024
Texas AFL-CIO COPE Endorses Allred for U.S. Senate
Alongside Slate of Pro-Worker Candidates
Setting the stage for organized labor’s 2024 political program, delegates to the Texas AFL-CIO COPE Convention endorsed U.S. Rep. Colin Allred for U.S. Senate alongside dozens of statewide, congressional and legislative candidates.
Allred cleared a two-thirds requirement to garner the endorsement, which directs grass-roots political work by the state labor federation and central labor bodies across Texas.
“The labor movement in Texas is seeing heights of popularity and new organizing not seen in more than a half-century,” Texas AFL-CIO President Rick Levy said. “This COPE Convention continued to elevate the voice of workers as candidates recognized the importance of working Texans in the politics of this state.”
“The endorsement of Colin Allred for U.S. Senate follows the first and perhaps only debate among top candidates at our COPE Convention,” Levy said. “The delegates who represented union members across Texas were enthusiastic in putting their broad shoulders behind Colin Allred as he works to send Sen. Ted Cruz into the Cancun sunset.”
“The Texas AFL-CIO believes our endorsed candidates will fight for working families,” Levy said. “We may not be able to write $6 million checks and we may not have our hands on the levers of state power, but we intend to fight for these candidates, worksite by worksite, union by union, and door by door.”
The endorsement list is subject to additions by the Texas AFL-CIO COPE Board based on March 5 primary elections and further examination of candidates.
List of endorsements:
Statewide
U.S. Senate — Colin Allred
Railroad Commissioner — Bill Burch
Texas Supreme Court, Place 2 — Randy Sarosdy
Congress
U.S. House, District 7 — U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher
U.S. House, District 8 — Laura Jones
U.S. House, District 9 — U.S. Rep. Al Green
U.S. House, District 10 — Keith McPhail
U.S. House, District 14 — Rhonda Hart
U.S. House, District 15 — Michelle Vallejo
U.S. House, District 16 — U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar
U.S. House, District 18 — U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee
U.S. House, District 21 — Dr. Kristin Hook
U.S. House, District 22 — Marquette Greene-Scott
U.S. House, District 23 — Santos Lemon
U.S. House, District 24 — Francine Ly
U.S. House, District 26 — Ernest Lineberger III
U.S. House, District 29 — U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia
U.S. House, District 30 — U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett
U.S. House, District 31 — Stuart Whitlow
U.S. House, District 33 — U..S. Rep. Marc Veasey
U.S. House, District 34 — U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez
U.S. House, District 35 — U.S. Rep. Greg Casar
U.S. House, District 37 — U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett
U.S. House, District 38 — Melissa McDonough
Texas Legislature
Texas Senate, District 6 — Sen. Carol Alvarado
Texas Senate, District 7 — Nasir Malik
Texas Senate, District 8 — Rachel Mello
Texas Senate, District 12 — Stephanie Draper
Texas Senate, District 14 — Sen. Sarah Eckhardt
Texas Senate, District 16 — Sen. Nathan Johnson
Texas Senate, District 17 — Kathy Cheng
Texas Senate, District 23 — Sen. Royce West
Texas Senate, District 27 — Sen. Morgan LaMantia
Texas Senate, District 29 — Sen. César Blanco
Texas House, District 12 — Dee Howard Mullins
Texas House, District 14 — Fred Medina
Texas House, District 17 — Desiree Venable
Texas House, District 21 — Rep. Dade Phelan
Texas House, District 22 — Rep. Christian “Manuel” Hayes
Texas House, District 25 — Jai Daggett
Texas House, District 26 — Daniel Lee
Texas House, District 27 — Rep. Ron Reynolds
Texas House, District 28 — Nelvin Adriatico
Texas House, District 29 — Adrienne Bell
Texas House, District 34 — Solomon Ortiz Jr.
Texas House, District 37 — Ruben Cortez Jr. & Alex Dominguez (dual)
Texas House, District 38 — Rep. Erin Elizabeth Gamez
Texas House, District 39 — Rep. Armando “Mando” Martinez
Texas House, District 45 — Rep. Erin Zwiener
Texas House, District 46 — Rep. Sheryl Cole
Texas House, District 47 — Rep. Vikki Goodwin
Texas House, District 48 — Rep. Donna Howard
Texas House, District 49 — Rep. Gina Hinojosa
Texas House, District 50 — Rep. James Talarico
Texas House, District 51 — Rep. Maria Luisa “Lulu” Flores
Texas House, District 52 —Angel Carroll
Texas House, District 56 – Erin Shank
Texas House, District 63 – Michelle Beckley
Texas House, District 65 – Detrick DeBurr
Texas House, District 70 –Rep. Mihaela Plesa
Texas House, District 74 – Rep. Eddie Morales
Texas House, District 75 – Rep. Mary González
Texas House, District 76 – Rep. Suleman Lalani
Texas House, District 77 – Alexsandra Annello
Texas House, District 78 – Rep. Joe Moody
Texas House, District 79 – Rep. Claudia Ordaz
Texas House, District 90 – Rep. Ramon Romero Jr.
Texas House, District 92 – Rep. Salman Bhojani
Texas House, District 93 – Perla Bojorquez
Texas House, District 94 – Denise Wilkerson
Texas House, District 95 – Rep. Nicole Collier
Texas House, District 96 – Ebony Turner
Texas House, District 97 – Dr. Carlos Walker
Texas House, District 100 – Rep. Venton Jones
Texas House, District 101 – Rep. Chris Turner
Texas House, District 102 – Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos
Texas House, District 103 – Rep. Rafael Anchía
Texas House, District 104 –Rep. Jessica González
Texas House, District 105 – Rep. Terry Meza
Texas House, District 107 – Linda Garcia
Texas House, District 108 – Yasmin Simon
Texas House, District 109 – Aicha Davis
Texas House, District 110 – Rep. Toni Rose
Texas House, District 111 – Rep. Yvonne Davis
Texas House, District 112 – Averie Bishop
Texas House, District 113 – Rep. Rhetta Andrews Bowers
Texas House, District 114 – Rep. John Bryant
Texas House, District 115 – Cassandra Hernandez
Texas House, District 116 – Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer
Texas House, District 117 – Rep. Philip Cortez
Texas House, District 119 – Charles Fuentes
Texas House, District 125 – Rep. Ray Lopez
Texas House, District 126 – Sarah Smith
Texas House, District 128 – Charles “Chuck” Crews
Texas House, District 130 – Henry Arturo
Texas House, District 131 – Rep. Alma Allen
Texas House, District 132 – Chase West
Texas House, District 134 – Rep. Ann Johnson
Texas House, District 136 – Rep. John Bucy III
Texas House, District 138 – Stephanie Morales
Texas House, District 139 – Mo Jenkins
Texas House, District 144 –Rep. Mary Ann Perez
Texas House, District 145 – Rep. Christina Morales
Texas House, District 146 – Lauren Ashley Simmons
Texas House, District 147 – Rep. Jolanda Jones
Texas House, District 148 – Rep. Penny Morales Shaw
Texas House, District 149 – Rep. Hubert Vo
Texas House, District 150 – Marisela Jimenez
State Board of Education
SBOE, District 3 – Marisa B. Perez-Diaz
SBOE, District 15 – Morgan Kirkpatrick
The COPE Drafting Committee further recommends that in runoff elections and the general election, the COPE process laid out in the Texas AFL-CIO Constitution and observed at the COPE Convention will continue to apply to statewide, congressional and legislative endorsements. For elections in which no Central Labor Council or ALF has jurisdiction or in which a Central Labor Council or ALF has not taken action, the Texas AFL-CIO COPE Committee is empowered to make endorsements.
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The Texas AFL-CIO is the state labor federation representing more than 240,000 affiliated union members who advocate for working families in Texas. The COPE is the political arm of the Texas AFL-CIO