2020 Endorsements

Denver Area Labor Federation Releases Endorsements for 2020 Primary and General Elections

Metro areas largest labor body backs candidates with clear record, bold vision, and a passion for fighting for working people

DENVER – The Denver Area Labor Federation, AFL-CIO held its 2020 Committee on Political Education (COPE) Endorsement Convention on Thursday, April 23. Delegates representing unions from across Denver Metro gathered online for this first-ever “virtual” convention to vote on which candidates have earned organized labor’s support for election in June's Primary Election and the Fall General Election. By DALFConstitution, a two-thirds majority vote is needed for endorsement. Below is the full list of DALF endorsements from Thursday. DALF delegates will consider additional endorsements at the June Delegates Meeting and/or at a special COPE Convention that may be convened this summer.

Denver Area Labor Federation President Josh Downey said, “We’re proud to stand with our endorsed candidates because they stand with working families.  We are no longer content with candidates who simply provide platitudes to our members. We are demanding that the candidates we support take bold stands on collective bargaining, job creation, higher wages, affordable housing, a just transition for workers, and improving our schools.  The workers who make the Denver metro area great deserve leaders who will help them build an economy that works for everyone and not just the wealthy few.  And we look forward to working with those newly-elected leaders after the election this fall.”

To receive the Denver Area Labor Federation endorsement each candidate was asked to complete a four-step process which included an apprenticeship tour, a candidate education forum, a candidate questionnaire and a panel interview.  “We are confident that the 90,000 plus union members, the 114 local unions, and countless job classifications represented by DALF will be served well by our endorsed candidates,” said Muriel Ponder an APWU member who participated in the endorsement process. 

2020 DALF Endorsed Candidates

The Denver Area Labor Federation is proud to stand with the Colorado AFL-CIO in their 2020 endorsements. 

The Colorado AFL-CIO is the state federation made up of 185 labor unions with more than 180,000 union members and working families in both the public and private sectors. Our mission is to help more families enjoy the positive and transformative benefits of a union on the job, to educate our members and the working public about the importance of good jobs, and to stand together for justice, dignity and equality in every aspect of life in our communities, Colorado and our nation. We are proud to make the following endorsements for the 2020 Election. 

President

United States Senate

United States Congress

Colorado State Senate

Colorado State House

CU Regent

Colorado State School Board

Statewide Ballot Measures

The Colorado AFL-CIO make the following endorsements: 

United States Congress

Colorado State Senate

Colorado State House

CU Regent 

Colorado State School Board

Ballot Measures