America in Solidarity - Candidates

2008 Candidates

Sun, 25 May 2008 12:36:53 -0400

Below is a list of 2008 Candidates who have signed the America In Solidarity pledge to support working families. If your favorite is not listed, refer them here.
Congressional Candidates

Congressman Neil Abercrombie (HI-01)
Congressman Dennis Kucinich (OH-10)
Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey (CA-06)
Bill Durston (CA-03)
Congressman Adam Smith (WA-09)
Darcy Burner (WA-08)
Congressman Norm Dicks (WA-06)
Paul Richmond (WA-06)
Congressman Brian Baird (WA-03)
Cheryl Crist (WA-03)
Jerry Northington (DE)
Gilda Reed (LA-01)
Corbett Kroehler (FL-08)
Clint Curtis (FL-15)
George Fearing (WA-04)

Washington State (statewide races)

THE LAST LEG OF THE GREAT RACE TO VICTORY

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:35:47 -0400

This is time to fulfill the pledge you made as a America In Solidarity volunteer to help to elect those that will stand up for the issues and legislation that concerns you. These candidates have vowed to work for us to obtain affordable healthcare, safe healthy work environments & a living wage. Please check out the GET OUT THE VOTE schedules for these AIS Pledge signers and see if you can volunteer some time. They are fighting to make your community a better place to live and work.

Cerqui signs AIS pledge

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 08:45:47 -0400

Fife City Councilmember Rob Cerqui recently sent in his signed America In Solidarity pledge to support working families. He is running for the open House seat in Washington's 25th District. A family farmer and small business owner, Rob is labor's pick in this hard fought, close race. Some of his priorities include keeping taxes low, yet helping our schools and preserving open space. Read more about Rob on his website.

Bruce Lachney Signs AIS Pledge

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:27:48 -0400

Bruce Lachney, candidate for Pierce County Council (Pos #3), signs AIS pledge to protect America's working families.

Along with his support of working families Bruce pledges:

All citizens must have the benefit of a responsive government

where decisions are not made in the shadows, where there is

George Fearing Pledges to Support America's Working Families

Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:52:14 -0400

Darcy Burner Vows to Continue Campaign After House Fire

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:38:32 -0400

Darcy Burner, 8th Congressional candidate and AIS 2006 pledge signer showed her “courage under fire” literally when she ran from her burning house July1st.
Mike and Darcy’s brave 5 year old son Henry alerted his sleeping parents to the fire early Tuesday morning. Henry’s comforting night light had turned deadly igniting a fire in his room.
Burner ran with Henry from the burning house as the ceiling started to collapse to safety along with husband Mike. The family’s golden retriever puppy Bruce Wayne was rescued by one of the 20 firefighters responding to the call. Sadly the family’s cat Charlotte did not make it out.

Two anti-war Congressional candidates sign the pledge

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:30:34 -0400

Democrats will have more than one choice in Washington's 3rd and 6th Congressional Districts in 2008 as Cheryl Crist and Paul Richmond are challenging Democratic incumbents in their respective districts. Both Crist (an AIS volunteer since 2006) and Richmond recently signed our pledge to support working families.

Crist is running to get our troops out of Iraq and on a bold platform that includes universal health care, renewable energy and public campaign financing. She is running against Brian Baird, who signed the AIS pledge in 2004. Richmond, like Crist, was inspired to run because he thought the incumbent, Norm Dicks, was not representing the district. Dicks signed America In Solidarity's pledge in 2003.

Mahan signs pledge

Wed, 07 May 2008 13:04:39 -0400

Monty Mahan, candidate for Kitsap County (WA.) Commissioner, recently sent in his signed pledge and questionaire. Currently the Executive Director of the Pierce Conservation District, Monty has a broad range of civic experience that will serve the citizens of Kitsap County well. He's already been out knocking on doors and meeting with his future constituents and his "citizens first" attitude is impressing folks.

Monty's blog

We Need Reed! Congressional Candidate Gilda Reed signs AIS pledge

Thu, 13 Mar 2008 12:34:24 -0400

"Fired-up and feisty, Gilda entered political life in 2007 to make a powerful difference in the lives of senior citizens, children, working men and women and small business owners."

There are few bright spots in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina. Gilda Reed is one of them. Dr. Reed, a professor at UNO, is running on getting our troops out of Iraq, universal health care and protecting America's unions and working families (read her stance on the issues). Reed is running for Louisiana's First Congressional District and recently won the Democratic primary with over 70% support.

Jerry Northington signs AIS pledge

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:40:32 -0500

Jerry Northington, a great progressive candidate for Delaware's lone seat in the House of Representatives, recently signed America In Solidarity's pledge to support working families. Northington wants us out of Iraq, affordable health care for all, and living wages. He also states that we need to restructure our current trade deals that have cost millions of American jobs, not to mention worsening conditions for workers abroad.

See Northington's answers to our questionaire here.

Burner looking ahead to 2008

Mon, 27 Aug 2007 19:06:48 -0400

Having come painfully close to knocking off the Republican incumbent in 2006, Darcy Burner is charging ahead to win Washington's 8th Congressional race in 2008. Burner signed our pledge to support working families in 2006.

Burner (in picture with AIS volunteer Jerry Beckendorf) has been making waves lately with calling out the Bush Administration about their failed direction in Iraq and the Administration's constant attacks on our civil liberties.

Pledge Signer Profile: Das Williams

Thu, 23 Aug 2007 11:51:21 -0400

Over 50 elected officials and candidates have signed America In Solidarity's pledge to support working families. To see them all, see our map.

Das Williams

Santa Barbara City Council

Elected in 2003 to the Santa Barbara City Council, Das Williams has been a great friend of working families. He is a member of the United Auto Workers and has successfully advocated for a living wage in five jurisdictions. He has also fought against a local proposal that would have benefited Wal-mart while driving out local living wage jobs. Das signed our pledge in 2007.

A Teamster's Last Wish

Sun, 12 Aug 2007 13:00:06 -0400

If you were involved in the Pierce County labor movement, odds are you knew Al Brebner. A dedicated Teamster and Planning Commissioner, Al beamed with enthusiasm.

Harold Moss, former Tacoma mayor and councilman, former Pierce County councilman, pays tribute to his good friend Al:

Al was the most focused, brightest, committed working stiff, as he called himself, you could want to meet. He put his whole heart and effort in the things he believed made a difference for the average working man or woman. He would get out the troops, mostly Teamsters, to carry picket signs on strike lines, wave political signs on corners, pound yard signs for candidates all over Pierce County. And he would do this rain or shine, and day and night.

He would start a sentence with "I may not be the sharpest knife in the drawer but...." and then proceed to give his analysis of a problem in his clear and un-complicated way.

A couple of Saturdays ago, Breb (as most referred to him) was smiling and excited as over 40 volunteers showed up on a Saturday morning to go doorbell for Dave Lovell, a fellow Teamster running for Port Commissioner. That was the last time many of us saw him. A few days later, Al Brebner had a massive heart attack that a week later ultimately claimed his life. Likely cause of death: the Tacoma News Tribune endorsed Dave's big business-backed opponent in the paper.

Pledge Signer Profile: Dave Lovell

Sun, 05 Aug 2007 01:37:57 -0400

Over 50 elected officials and candidates have signed America In Solidarity's pledge to support working families.

A lifelong advocate of working families, former local Teamsters President Dave Lovell is running for Port of Tacoma Commissioner. It is only fitting he signed our pledge to support working families as he is hoping to replace retiring Commissioner Jack Fabulich, who signed our pledge way back in 2003. The Port of Tacoma has been the region's biggest supplier of family wage jobs and its important to have a commission that understands the Port's role in the Tacoma-Pierce County community.

It is going to be a tight race as seven candidates have filed to run in the primary election on August 21^st

Corbett Kroehler latest to stand up for working families

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 17:28:50 -0400

Corbett Kroehler has thrown his hat in the ring for Florida's 8th Congressional District race in 2008. He stands for a national, single-payer health care system, ending Presidential Fast Track Authority on free trade agreements and promoting living wages (all things that sit well with America In Solidarity).

He joins two 2007 candidates who have signed our pledge in the last week:

Councilmember Das Williams in Santa Barbara, California
David Stemp, candidate for Fircrest, WA City Council