Victory for Labor!

Landslide Lorraine Birabil swamped her opponent in the January 28 runoff for Texas House District 100. Her share of the vote was 66.28%; his was 33.72%. Dallas Labor had selected Birabil after carefully screening all candidates before the first round. In a separate process, the Texas Alliance for Retired Americans also selected and backed Birabil.

Active union members, retired union members, and our many community friends then threw themselves into this important race. District 100 includes most of downtown Dallas and part of Mesquite.

Birabil will have no resting period. To extend her term beyond January 2021, she will have to win again in the March 3 primaries. Labor will be right there with her as we win even more elections for working families. Contact Political Director Lorraine Montemayor or Mark York at 214-826-4808 and join us!

Texas Labor Makes Its Choices

Dear Brothers and Sisters,

TEXAS AFL-CIO COPE (Committee On Political Education) has concluded and below are the Official COPE Endorsements. District 7 (Dallas) came out in full force and on the front row voting for Working Families.

At your Texas AFL-CIO Executive Board Meeting the majority of candidates running for office and seeking our endorsements where from Dallas County.

The 6 year long range strategic plan of the Dallas Central Labor Council has come to fruition. We elected candidates with a pro working family agenda and now they move onto higher offices.

You should be proud of yourselves and the hard work accomplished. It is committed affiliates that built this bench of elected leaders at the National, State, County and Local level.

We would also like to share our deep gratitude and appreciation for every candidate that is running for an elected office. The sacrifice and commitment to make the Country, Texas, Dallas County and Dallas a better, safer and fairer place for all working families is something you should be proud of.

UNITY PAYS!

Fraternally,Mark YorkSecretary-Treasurer Dallas AFL-CIO1408 N. Washington Ave Suite 240Dallas, TX 75204O: 214-826-4808http://texas.aflcio.org/dallas/"We advocate for the worker nobody wants to build a labor movement everyone wants" ~Mark York

Statewide Offices

U.S. Senate -No Action (No candidate was able to obtain ⅔ of the vote)

Railroad Commissioner =Roberto “Beto” Alonzo

Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice =Dual Endorsement of Amy Clark Meachum and Jerry Zimmerer

Texas Supreme Court, Place 6 =Kathy Cheng

Texas Supreme Court, Place 7 =Brandy Voss

Texas Supreme Court, Place 8 =Gisela Triana

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 3 =Dual Endorsement of William Demond and Dan Wood

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 4 =Tina Clinton

Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, Place 9 =Brandon Birmingham

Texas Democratic Party Chair =Gilberto Hinojosa

Congress

U.S. House, District 1 =Hank Gilbert

U.S. House, District 2 =Sima Ladjevardian

U.S. House, District 3 =Dual Endorsement of Sean McCaffity and Lulu Seikaly

U.S House, District 6 =Stephen Daniel

U.S. House, District 7 =U.S. Rep. Lizzie Fletcher

U.S. House, District 9 =U.S. Rep. Al Green

U.S. House, District 10 =Mike Siegel

U.S. House, District 12 =Dual Endorsement of Danny Eugene Anderson and Lisa Welch

U.S. House, District 14 =Dual Endorsement of Sanjanetta Barnes and Adrienne Bell

U.S. House, District 15 =U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez

U.S. House, District 16 =U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar

U.S. House, District 17 = Dual Endorsement of David Jaramillo and Rick Kennedy

U.S. House, District 18 =U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee

U.S. House, District 20 =U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro

U.S. House, District 21 =Wendy Davis

U.S. House, District 22 =Sri Preston Kulkarni

U.S. House, District 23 =Gina Ortiz Jones

U.S. House, District 24 =Dual Endorsement of Kim Olson and Candace Valenzuela

U.S. House, District 25 =Dual Endorsement of Julie Oliver and Heidi Sloan

U.S. House, District 28 -Jessica Cisneros

U.S. House, District 29 =U.S. Rep. Sylvia Garcia

U.S. House, District 30 =U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

U.S. House, District 31 =Donna Imam

U.S. House, District 32 =U.S. Rep. Colin Allred

U.S. House, District 33 =U.S. Rep. Marc Veasey

U.S. House, District 34 =U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela

U.S. House, District 35 =U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett

Texas Senate

Texas Senate, District 1 =Audrey Spanko

Texas Senate, District 4 = Jay Stittleburg

Texas Senate, District 6 =Sen. Carol Alvarado

Texas Senate, District 11 =Susan Criss

Texas Senate, District 13 =Sen. Borris Miles

Texas Senate, District 19 =Xochil Peña Rodriguez

Texas Senate, District 20 =Sen. Juan “Chuy” Hinojosa

Texas Senate, District 21 =Sen. Judith Zaffirini

Texas Senate, District 22 =Robert Vick

Texas Senate, District 24 =Clayton Tucker

Texas Senate, District 26 =Sen. José Menéndez

Texas Senate, District 29 =Rep. Cesar Blanco

Texas House

Texas House, District 2 =Bill Brannon

Texas House, District 6 =Julie Gobble

Texas House, District 19 =Rep. James White

Texas House, District 21 =Rep. Dade Phelan

Texas House, District 22 =Rep. Joe Deshotel

Texas House, District 23 =Jeff Antonelli

Texas House, District 24 =Brian Rogers

Texas House, District 25 =Mitch Thames (Republican primary)

Texas House District 25 =Patrick Henry (Democratic primary)

Texas House, District 27 =Rep. Ron Reynolds

Texas House, District 28 =Eliz Markowitz

Texas House, District 29 =Travis Boldt

Texas House, District 31 =Rep. Ryan Guillen

Texas House, District 34 =Rep. Abel Herrero

Texas House, District 35 =Rep. Oscar Longoria

Texas House, District 36 =Rep. Sergio Munoz

Texas House, District 37 =Amber Medina

Texas House, District 38 =Rep. Eddie Lucio III

Texas House, District 39 =Rep. Armando Martinez

Texas House, District 40 =Rep. Terry Canales

Texas House, District 41 =Rep. Bobby Guerra

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. Celia Israel

Texas House, District 51 =Rep. Eddie Rodriguez

Texas House, District 52 =Rep. James Talarico

Texas House, District 54 =Likeithia "Keke" Williams

Texas House, District 58 =Cindy Rocha

Texas House, District 64 =Angela Brewer

Texas House, District 65 =Rep. Michelle Beckley

Texas House, District 75 =Rep. Mary Gonzalez

Texas House, District 76 =Elisa Tamayo

Texas House, District 77 =Rep. Lina Ortega

Texas House, District 78 =Rep. Joe Moody

Texas House, District 79 =Rep. Art Fierro

Texas House, District 80 =Rep. Tracy King

Texas House, District 83 =Addison Perry-Franks

Texas House, District 85 =Joey Cardenas

Texas House, District 90 =Rep. Ramon Romero Jr.

Texas House, District 91 =Jeromy Sims

Texas House, District 92 =Dual endorsement of Steve Riddell and Jeff Whitfield

Texas House, District 93 =Lydia Bean

Texas House, District 94 =Alisa Simmons

Texas House, District 95 =Rep. Nicole Collier

Texas House, District 96 =Joe Drago

Texas House, District 97 =Elizabeth Beck

Texas House, District 101 =Rep. Chris Turner

Texas House, District 102 =Rep. Ana-Maria Ramos

Texas House, District 103 =Rep. Rafael Anchia

Texas House, District 104 =Rep. Jessica González

Texas House, District 105 =Rep. Terry Meza

Texas House, District 106 =Jennifer Skidonenko

Texas House, District 107 =Rep. Victoria Neave

Texas House, District 108 =Joanna Cattanach

Texas House, District 109 =Rep. Carl Sherman Sr.

Texas House, District 110 =Rep. Toni Rose

Texas House, District 111 =Rep. Yvonne Davis

Texas House, District 112 =Brandy Chambers

Texas House, District 113 =Rep. Rhetta Andrews Bowers

Texas House, District 114 =Rep. John Turner

Texas House, District 115 =Rep. Julie Johnson

Texas House, District 116 =Rep. Trey Martinez Fischer

Texas House, District 117 =Rep. Philip Cortez

Texas House, District 118 =Rep. Leo Pacheco

Texas House, District 120 =Rep. Barbara Gervin-Hawkins

Texas House, District 121 =Becca Moyer DeFelice and Celina Montoya

Texas House, District 123 =Rep. Diego Bernal

Texas House, District 124 =Rep. Ina Minjarez

Texas House, District 125 =Rep. Ray Lopez

Texas House, District 126 =Natali Hurtado

Texas House, District 128 =Josh Markle

Texas House, District 129 =Ryan Lee

Texas House, District 130 =Brian Henry

Texas House, District 131 =Rep. Alma Allen

Texas House, District 132 =Rep. Gina Calanni

Texas House, District 134 =Ann Johnson

Texas House, District 135 =Rep. Jon Rosenthal

Texas House, District 136 =Rep. John Bucy

Texas House, District 137 =Rep. Gene Wu

Texas House, District 138 =Dual endorsement of Akilah Bacy and Josh Wallenstein

Texas House, District 139 =Rep. Jarvis Johnson

Texas House, District 141 =Rep. Senfronia Thompson

Texas House, District 142 =Jerry Davis

Texas House, District 143 =Rep. Ana Hernandez

Texas House, District 144 =Rep. Mary Ann Perez

Texas House, District 145 =Rep. Christina Morales

Texas House, District 146 =Rep. Shawn Thierry

Texas House, District 147 =Rep. Garnet Coleman

Texas House, District 148 =Penny Shaw

Dallas County

5th Court of Appeals District, Place 3 + Bonnie Goldstein

5th Court of Appeals, Place 6= Craig Smith

5th Court of appeals, Place 8= Dennise Garcia

Dist. Judge, 14th District. Court= Eric V. Moye

Dist. Judge, 95th Judicial District Court (Civil Court/Dallas County)=Monica Purdy

District. Judge, 162nd Dist. Court = Maricela Moore

Dist. Judge, 254th Dist. Court Sandre Streete Moncriffe

Dist. Judge, Criminal Dist. Court 2 = Nancy Kennedy

Dist. Judge Criminal Dist. Court 3 = Alison Grinter Allen

Judge, Criminal District Court 4 = Dominigue Collins

Dallas County Sheriff = Marian Brown

County Tax Assessor Collector = John R. Ames

Dallas County Commissioner Pct 1 = Theresa Daniel

Dallas County Commissioner Pct 3 = John Wiley Price

Dallas County Democratic Party Chair = Carol Donovan

Tarrant County

Sherriff Tarrant Vance Keyes Johnson Co Democratic Chair Linda Brown Tarrant County Commissioner pct 3 Kathy Braatz Johnson County Commissioner Chris Evans Denton Co Comm District 1 Sandy Swan District Judge 96th Tim Brandenburg Judge 360th Michael Munoz

Retirees Hold State Convention

The Texas Alliance for Retired Americans held its statewide convention in Austin on January 24. Participants showed their confidence in the leadership by electing all three top officers by acclamation.

The main spaker was National ARA Executive Director Rich Fiesta. Special presentations on building our retiree movement, Medicare for All, and the great importance of the 2020 census were given. Photos and videos are on our Facebook page. There are also four videos on Youtube:

More Actions Coming Up

Jan 30, 8:30P: KNON showing of “The Wizard of Oz” at Texas Theatre, 231 W Jefferson in Dallas (Oak Cliff)

Jan. 31: Deadline for high school seniors to apply to the Texas AFL-CIO Scholarship Program. Call 214-826-4808

Jan 31, 1865: Slavery outlawed by our constitution

Jan 31, 1876: Natives forced onto reservations. The U.S. government ordered that all Native Americans had to move to reservations by this date or be declared hostile.

Feb 2: Last day to register for 2020 primary elections

Feb 7, 9A-3P: “Hope Summit” with President of the college Dr Joe Seabrooks and State Rep Dist 109 Carl Sherman at Cedar Valley College, 3030 N Dallas Av, Lancaster TX 75134 972-860-8201.

We win when we pull together